I know it’s finally warm outside; I think it is safe to say that winter is officially over!  But I made this cake a few months ago, for my cute little niece, Anna.  It’s traditional to have a little party after a baby girl is born.  Although Anna won’t remember, her cake was super cute.

The bottom tier was covered with gray fondant.  Then I airbrushed it a metallic silver color.  This cake tier measured 8 inches in diameter.

This middle tier was the focal point of the cake, and took a really long time to create!  I needed to cut strips of varying widths in 4 different colors to apply to the cake.  This technique was definitely worth it though, I love the bold graphic look it gives the cake.

The top tier was simply covered in pink and adorned with a cascade of snowflakes.  I had purchased a snowflake cutter and embosser set and was just waiting for the perfect occasion to use it.  I wanted the snowflakes to look like they were actually falling out of the sky.  Happy Birthday Anna!

This cake was made for a special grandmother/bubby on a special milestone birthday.  I was given a few things that she enjoyed including knitting, reading, drinking coffee, and her 9 grandchildren.  The color scheme was gold, and blue/green.  This is the cake I came up with!  I love making book cakes, I don’t know why, I just think they are so cute and the perfect shape for a cake.  The two books were the basic foundation for the cake.

I made an edible coffee mug out of rice crispy treats covered in fondant.  The handle is also made of fondant and attached with royal icing.  I used toothpicks for added support.  The mug is filled with brown piping gel to look like coffee and finished with swirls of white paper covered floral wire to look like steam.

Here is a good view of the balls of yarn.  They were made by extruding fondant ropes out of my clay extruder and wrapping them around a giant ball of rice crispy treats.  The blue ball of yarn was made from blue fondant.  The gold ball of yarn was made of white fondant and then airbrushed with gold color spray.  The knitting needles were made of wooden skewers topped with balls of fondant and then airbrushed in gold to match the rest of the cake.

To include the 9 grandchildren elegantly, I used custom cookie cutters to cut out silhouettes of 6 girls and 3 boys, painted them gold, and had them hang off the cake on a gold fondant chain.  I think the necklace is my favorite part of this cake.  Happy Birthday Bubby!

How cute is this birthday cake?!  It was made to match a nautical themed birthday party. I love the simplicity of this cake, but sometimes simple cakes are the hardest to make because there is nowhere to hide flaws!

The bottom tier featured the birthday boys name in crisp white set on a navy blue cake tier.  There were fondant ropes, made using a clay extruder, strung around the entire tier.

The middle featured an anchor I made using a custom cookie cutter my husband printed using his new toy: his 3D printer.  I have to say, it took time to design and plan the cutter, but it was really cool, and now I have the shape for future use!  The life savers were made out of thick pieces of white fondant wrapped with thin red strips of fondant.

This steering wheel was also made using a custom cookie cutter that I designed and my husband printed on his 3D printer.  It would have been really tough to cut out such a perfect shape using a template.

The blue and white striped number cake topper was the perfect finishing touch to this cake!  Happy 3rd Birthday Aiden!