Saturday, April 18, 2009

Yellow streak

Hello Kitty!


Hello Kitty Cake done for a girl's 3rd birthday.  Black velvet cake, filled with caramel filling and vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant.  


Go Speed Racer!


Speed Racer's Mach 5 card for a 6th birthday party.  


Pinky Tuscadero


Pink birthday cake for first birthday!


Let's go to the zoo!


Zoo cake!


Sunday, November 30, 2008

Reese!


This cake was done for Reese's first birthday.  The main cake is devil's food with vanilla buttercream, covered in vanilla fondant.  The stem, leaves, and bat were all made of gum paste.  I used the airbrush to add all color.  The smaller cake is a personal cake just for the birthday girl to dig into all by herself.  So that she could get nice and messy, the cake was covered in buttercream rather than fondant.  Again, the ghost and other accents were made of gum paste.  


Charity Auction

This cake was done for a charity auction to benefit my wife's alma mater.  The cakes were yellow cake with vanilla buttercream, devil's food with hazelnut buttercream filling and chocolate buttercream icing, and red velvet cake with caramel buttercream filling and cream cheese frosting.  

Friday, July 11, 2008

Baby Shower



This is a baby shower cake created for the marketing department of Miller Brewing Co.  Both tiers are yellow cake with vanilla buttercream.  The baby and blanket were made of fondant, and piped with royal icing.  The tassels on the blanket are buttercream.  


Fore!



This cake was created for a 60th birthday party.  Both cakes are chocolate with vanilla buttercream.  The golf ball is covered with white fondant.  The dimples in the fondant were made with a dowel.  The tees are made from 50/50 fondant and gumpaste, and piped with colored royal icing.  

After further review, I would do the golf ball differently next time.  The weight of the fondant compressed the cake, distorting it's shape.  In addition, the dimples began to flatten out, making them less apparent, as time went on.  Next time I'll cover the ball in buttercream and impress the dimples right into the buttercream.  


Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Lizzie's Graduation



Lizzie just graduated from the University Of Wisconsin, and her mom requested a cake bearing the university's crest.  To compare my creation to the original, go to www.wisc.edu

The cake is Red Velvet with Caramel Cream Cheese Filling, covered in Swiss Buttercream.  


Breckan's First Birthday!





The first tier was just for her.  Think she liked it???


Baby Shower and Bachelorette Party



First Communion



Saturday, March 15, 2008

Walleye!



My wife's uncle Bob is a big hunter and fisherman who is turning 70 this weekend.  His wife asked me to make a cake based around hunting or fishing.  Knowing that he is a big walleye fisherman, as am I, I decided to make a walleye.  

The fish is made of rolled fondant, as are the rocks.  The leaves and cattails are made of gumpaste.  The cake is yellow cake, filled and covered with vanilla buttercream.