Happy first birthday Alex and Olive!

Alex and Olive had their big first birthday on 12-12-13.  I didn't get a lot of good photos of this one since I was trying to beat the snowstorm that is supposed to dump 8.5inches on us today.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of their individual smash cakes.  Oh well.
The cake a layer of white almond sour cream cake and a layer of chocolate fudge cake.   Animals are handmade from gumpaste, the ark is rice crispy treats covered in fondant.

Happy Birthday Finnley!

Finnley just turned 4 and loves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  I remember these guys from when I was young, though I had to watch a few episodes to remind myself of some of the details....like that they LOVE pizza.  Here is Finn's cake - the turtles live under the city, so they're coming out of a manhole, with the cityscape on a tier and a base of pizza of course.  Fondant pizza. 
All the details and the turtles are hand crafted from fondant.

Noah's Ark

This cake was for a Jewish Naming Ceremony for two beautiful little boys, hence the Mazel Tov wording.  I made the animals by hand from gumpaste. The cake is a chocolate fudge cake with vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant.  The top part of the ark(the second tier) is RKT covered in fondant.  So happy with how this turned out!  I think it might be my favorite cake creation yet!
Here are the pics - enjoy!

Sprinkle cake with bunting

My 3 yr old little guy had his first tap dancing recital this weekend.  He and the other preschool age tappers danced to a song about ice cream.  We celebrated his big show afterwards with a sprinkle cake.

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 and this post wouldn't be complete without a picture of my little guy tapping!  This is from the dress rehearsal:

Happily Ever After - Happy Adoption Day to three lucky kiddos!

It has been over a year (over 2 years for the older two) since these three lucky children came into the lives of two very dedicated mommies.  Tomorrow is the day that they will officially be adopted.  Forever and happily ever after, at last!  This is the cake I made for their very special celebration! 
Happy Adoption Day S Family!!

Giraffe 1st Birthday Cake

I'm told that Megan absolutely LOVES giraffes. Her first birthday cake had to travel to Vermont, so I decided to stick with colorful cupcakes and a smash cake for Megan, instead of something big and difficult to travel with.  Of course, Megan's smash cake had a little giraffe to top it off! The giraffe is hand made of gumpaste.  When Megan saw her cake, she shrieked and laughed with delight!

  Take a look:

Happy 1st Birthday, Megan!!

Sundae themed 1st Birthday Party.

Kayla turned one on Thanksgiving and her moms threw her an Ice Cream Sundae themed first birthday party.  This isn't the first cake I've made for this family, but it might be the coolest one so far.  This cake has a false bottom tier.  The top tier is my signature chocolate cake with cookie cream filling.  Both tiers are covered with vanilla buttercream, the bottom drizzled with chocolate and top sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles.  The waffle bowl on top has gumpaste ice cream scoops with a gumpaste cherry to top it all off. 

Happy Birthday Sasha! ~ Hungry Caterpillar Cake ~

Sasha turns one today and is having a hungry caterpillar themed party.   Her mom ordered these adorable invitations from Ebay and then ordered a cake to match.  The cake is my signature white cake with vanilla buttercream.  The caterpillar is gumpaste, as is the leaf sign.  The 1 is buttercream and the two lines of color on the base (to match the invite) are Satin Ice fondant. 

Here are the pics:

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SASHA!!

Charlie's First Birthday Puppy Cake & Smash Cake:

Happy 1st birthday little guy!  Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!! 

xoxoxoxo

* Toddler, puppies, blocks, flowers, caterpillar, snails, sign and  
   butterflies hand made from gumpaste.

* Cake:  White almond sour cream cake

* Filling: cookie cream

* Frosting:  buttercream

And, of course, it wouldn't be a First Birthday Party without a Smash Cake for the Birthday Boy!!