This cake was made for a super cute little boy named Ori.  He had a million design ideas in mind for his birthday cake.  His mom and I thought it would be best if we stuck to one theme, the theme of his party…Mickey Mouse!

This cake came out so cute!  The two red tiers are moist vanilla cake with chocolate fudge filling.  The top tier that resembles a Mickey Mouse hat is made out of crispy rice cereal treats.  The crispy rice treats are lightweight and easy to mold into the exact size and shape I want.  Carving a cake into a dome shape is a lot more difficult.  Plus, who doesn’t love marshmallow treats?!  Happy Birthday Ori!!

I was contacted to make a cake inspired by Harry Potter.  A little boy named Max was turning 8 years old and is a huge Harry Potter fan.  Here is the cake his mom ordered from me to celebrate his birthday:

The cake was carved in the shape of an open book.  I wanted it to look like a really old spell book that Harry would use to study from.

It was important for me to get the lettering just right.  It took longer than expected to cut each letter out of black fondant but the results are just perfect.  I think that the lettering really makes the cake.

I shaped Harry’s wand out of fondant and left it to dry for a few days.  Once it hardened, I painted it a dark brown to look realistic.  I even made sure the wand measured 11 inches; the actual size of Harry’s wand in the books and movies.

Harry’s eyeglasses are another important element that needed to be a part of this cake.  They were made out of black fondant.  I used 2 sizes of circle cookie cutters to shape the glasses.  I let each piece dry  completely before attaching to the cake.  Harry’s scarf was the last element I added to the cake.  It gives the cake some color and a little more dimension. Happy 8th Birthday Max!

This cake was a lot of fun to make.  I was extremely nervous when making this cake because it needed to look like a minivan!  One little mistake can throw the whole look off. It’s hard to replicate a car in cake and this was my first minivan cake!  I think it came out pretty darn cute.

I like that the van is raised up a bit so it looks like it is really held up by the tires.

Here is the rear view of the minivan cake complete with a windshield wiper.  The licence plate reads “happy birthday” for a very special husband, father and grandfather.  Willy loves his charity work and uses his broken down minivan to do it.  The family thought it would be great to replicate his charity-mobile in cake for his birthday.  He loved it!

I covered the cake in 2 layers of fondant.  Then I airbrushed the cake a pearl blue to match the actual minivan.  After the car was dry to the touch, I cut out the windows and windshield.  Then I painted the windshield and front windows with silver color and the rear windows in black to match the tint.  I made a “Chevy” logo out of fondant and painted it gold.  Nice touch!

I made little boxes filled with bagels and cookies because the van is always filled with food being delivered for charity.

Here are some chocolate chip cookies and some oranges all made out of fondant.
Keep up the good work Willy; Happy Birthday!