Category Archives: Celebration Cakes

Doctors On Call Cake

Doctors On Call Cake | Lil Miss Cakes

I have made a few doctors cakes (here and here) and even a nurse cake. But this cake was to celebrate the company’s 10 anniversary. I kept the cake very simple. I used an extruder to form long red ropes of fondant and placed them on the bottom tier to look like blood pressure. Then I draped a stethoscope down the side of the cake. The top of the cake had the company logo cut completely out of fondant. I used a shell border mold to add the blue border around the cake. Simple, cute, and perfect for the occasion. Congrats on 10 years!

Rustic Wedding Cake

Rustic Wedding Cake | Lil Miss Cakes

I rarely work with buttercream cakes, I much prefer working with fondant. But the couple getting married was having a rustic backyard wedding and dreamed of having a simple yet elegant cake to match. Making the buttercream look rustic and perfectly imperfect is so much harder than it sounds! Luckily I was able to achieve the look I wanted without too much trouble.

Sugar Peony Flowers | Lil Miss Cakes

The top of the cake was to have a few simple flowers. Here I made three sugar peony flowers from white gum paste. I don’t make my peonies with actual instructions, I just add petals until I like the look of them. I attached the flowers to a round disk of gum paste and placed that on top of the cake. Green gum paste leaves were added in between the flowers.

Sugar Flowers Cake Topper | Lil Miss Cakes

The final touch was some shimmery green petal dust that I added to the centers of the flowers. It gave the flowers a bit more dimension. I love how this cake turned out, I can’t believe I was so nervous to pull this off.

Stacked Book Teachers Retirement Cake

Teachers Book Stack Cake | Lil Miss Cakes

I love making this cake! I have made one just like this before for another teacher retiring. I didn’t make it exactly the same as the last one, I had to change the design up just a bit but a few elements definitely needed to stay. Book cakes are fun to make and work for a variety of occasions. Here’s one to celebrate a graduation and another to celebrate a big birthday!

Gum Paste Loose-leaf Paper | Lil Miss Cakes

I had to include the edible lined paper cake topper. I cut these pieces out of thinned out gum paste. I cut them into two different sizes and added holes down one side using a round piping tip. I cut the bottoms of the pages at an angle so they would look staggered on top of the cake instead of straight across. I used a blue and red edible marker and a ruler to make the lines on the page. I made some pink rubber erasers out of pink fondant that I molded by hand. The pencils were made in advance so they would be firm enough to pop out of the cake. I know that pencils wouldn’t actually be sticking out of books, but I love how this looks! It gives great height and dimension.

Stack of School Books Cake | Lil Miss Cakes

The middle book cake is my favorite one because I sponge painted it to look like a black and white marble notebook. Remember those?! So classic. I also included some chalk and an eraser. The chalk was made by rolling some fondant or gum paste in a long even rope and cutting it in different lengths to give some interest. The eraser is made from black fondant that I shaped by hand. I used a corn starch duster to tap some corn starch onto the eraser to look just like chalk dust.

Chalkboard Cake Board | Lil Miss Cakes

The cake board brings the whole cake together. I used some black royal icing and spread it all over the cake board. I used a thicker consistency royal icing for some additional texture. I used white gel food coloring and a food-safe paintbrush to paint on the message. The additional chalk dust was dusted on with more corn starch.

Stack of School Books Cake  Lil Miss Cakes