I created this cake for a small, intimate wedding by the ocean near Peggy's Cove in October 2009. It was frosted in classic vanilla buttercream, and decorated with sugarpaste shells and fresh orchids and lilies.

The bride was truly a pleasure to work with--one of the delightful perks of making wedding cakes is meeting fantastic people :)

Happy Birthday to my cousin!

This tall, round classic vanilla cake frosted in smooth vanilla buttercream was adorned with a gumpaste elephant on sparkly orange sugar and Tootsie roll palm trees!

Everything was edible but the gold swirly ribbon.

Sweeeeet sixteen, baby!

I was delighted to create this cake for an amazing birthday party at Pier 21.

The birthday girl wanted purple, leopard print, lots of cake jewelry, and a gumpaste stiletto on top. The accenting shoebox cake was classic vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant.

I had fun creating this under-the-sea birthday cake! I used gummy sharks and graham crumbs, and I made the octopus with pieces of cake and fondant.

A cake for the pinkest wedding I have ever attended!

The wedding was beautiful, every detail meticulously planned. Although it poured during the ceremony in the church, the sky cleared and the sun gleamed in on us during the reception overlooking the Northwest Arm.

The cake was the bride's favourite, red velvet with cream cheese frosting; covered in white gumpaste flowers. The amount of pink color in the frosting gave it a slightly bitter taste--note to self when planning bright pink or red frosting!

Thanks, Joss, for the photo!

summer wedding

This one is from July--where did the summer go? This tower was for my wonderful brother-in-law and amazing new sister-in-law...200 carrot cupcakes smothered in cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with sparkly sugar.

A sixteenth birthday cake for a girly girl who also received a car for this milestone birthday!
Both tiers were chocolate cake covered in vanilla buttercream and fondant.
Decorations were gumpaste and fondant, with some fabric ribbon added for texture. I made the LV pattern for the top using stamps that I made out of mini potatoes, dipped in a food color/vodka/lustre dust mix!

Sushi Cute

Hehe.

This funky baby shower cake's design was inspired by a great jungle print fabric that I found. I frosted it in chocolate buttercream, and made the animals and flower with chocolate clay.

Just a note to any of you blog-reading marketgoers:
I won't be at the Hubbards Farmers Market on Saturday, July 18th.
My bro-in-law is tying the knot that day, so we'll be away celebrating.

See you July 25th!

My latest creation...for a wedding at Shining Waters Marina this past weekend. The top and bottom tiers were chocolate cake with chocolate filling and raspberry buttercream, and the middle tier was classic vanilla cake filled and covered with strawberry buttercream. The cake was wrapped in strips of sunset-colored fondant and painted with gold lustre dust.
It was large enough to serve 100+ people, and incredibly heavy to carry. Thanks for your help, Steve!

No more pencils, no more books...

It's officially summer, and graduates have celebrated!
I covered and decorated this cake with fondant. The grad cap was made out of chocolate which was then covered in black fondant also. I made the engineering ring with gumpaste and painted it silver with lustre dust.
I delivered it across the city to a home with THE MOST beautiful view of Halifax! I was delighted to find that it travelled well, even through construction zones :)

My darling 11-year old cousin went bowling for her birthday, hence the matching cake(s)!

I covered the board with fondant, and just painted it with brown food color and vodka for the wood effect. A fun technique...something to play around with maybe!

The mini cakes are 2 cupcakes stacked together and frosted with buttercream--a bit less uniform than if they were covered with fondant, but tastier. The bowling ball, alas, was covered with black fondant.

Holy chocolate cake, Batman!

This was actually classic vanilla cake with fresh strawberry-vanilla buttercream filling...not at all what you'd expect from the outside! The bat is black gumpaste (edible) on a wire (not edible).

2009 Market Cupcakes

Um, I think I need a secretary. By the time I've actually sorted my photos, deleted all the goofy ones, and picked the postables, it's taken me WAY too long! I could actually be doing something productive and enjoyable instead...like reading. Or blogging. Or reading blogs.

These are just a few random cupcakes created for the market this spring. More to come!

Squirmy Wormy

Hats Off to You!

On Top of Spaghetti

Cosmopolitan

Coffee, anyone?

Sweeter than even a triple-triple, these mini cakes were created with 2 chocolate cupcakes stacked together and frosted, then wrapped in plastic chocolate (sounds icky, tastes yummy). A coffee cup lid was used as a mould for the chocolate lids, so even they were edible. I attached the fondant labels to the cups, then piped on the words with buttercream.

This was one of the most fun projects I have done!

I've been so busy preparing for the first Market this year, that I haven't had time to post!

So some cupcakes I've done in the past couple of weeks are finally making the trek from my camera to blogger:
Chocolate and Strawberry Vanilla cupcakes headed for a Kentucky Derby party the first weekend in May.

Me Want Cupcake!

An amazing high school teacher friend of mine brought these crazy monsters to school for her exam-writing students. Thanks, Ms. P!

Pastel birthday cupcakes in classic vanilla. The roses on top were swirls of moulded white chocolate...it's easy to make, fun to work with, and actually tasty!

A Rainbow Wedding

Last night my table was completely covered in parchment laden with a rainbow of melted chocolate hearts...I should have snapped a photo of that! It made me smile, just looking at it. So then this morning began with the delicious aroma of carrot cake and sweet vanilla cake baking up into lovely little cuppies for this display. I piped them with vanilla buttercream (the pink was raspberry vanilla...mmm), edged them in sparkly sugar, and adorned each with a colored chocolate heart. The brides waited patiently until last to be dressed in their sugary gowns, ready to walk down the aisle--er, throat--and live happily ever after!

Good friends give you chocolate cupcakes on your birthday.

Oh, isn't there just a freshness about spring that makes you want a cupcake? Dense chocolate cake with chocolate-coconut frosting, classic vanilla cake with fresh lemon frosting, and moist carrot cake with vanilla-almond frosting were all on the menu this weekend.