This cake was so much fun to design. I love that it is girly yet colorful and fun. After covering the cakes in white fondant, I used my airbrush to color the tiers this pretty teal and blue-green underwater color. I made the figures out of gum paste because it dries harder and more quickly than fondant. Once they were dry, I attached them to the cake using royal icing. I used the same royal icing to pipe tiny bubbles around the cake.

I added the number 4 to a cute starfish I made using a silicone mold. The seashells were also made using silicone molds. I think they were one of the first molds I ever bought and they always come in handy! I cut the purple seaweed freehand out of thin fondant and just twisted them a bit. They give the cake some life, movement, and texture. They also make the cake look super cute! Happy 4th Birthday Libby!

I love making first birthday cakes. The themes always change and are always super cute! This cake was made to match the birthday invitations which featured the cute dump truck. I made the same dump truck but made it all edible! The cake needed some more detail so I added in some simple orange construction cones that I cut out freehand.

For the sides of the cake I applied a black and yellow stripe pattern to look like construction caution tape. I love the graphic look this gave the cake! I added the birthday message “Happy Birthday Hayden” in a nice large clean font.

Now this is definitely the best part of the whole order! Hayden’s parents wanted a small cute smash cake for the party. I surprised them with this cute orange construction cone cake. It was about 4 inches wide and 6 inches tall. It was so super cute and tiny! I wish I had some pictures of little Hayden digging into it. Happy First Birthday Hayden!

I am finally over my fear of car cakes!  I have made a few in the past, but each one gets better and better.  This one got me nervous because the truck needed to be driving up a pile of dirt.  I usually decorate cakes as I go along, I don’t often do a lot of planning, but car cakes need to be planned out.  I designed a template for the shape of the truck and used that to carve out the whole cake.  I have carved cakes by eye in the past and they never come out realistic enough.  They looked cute, but not to scale.

This cake was made for the boss of a company so the license plate read “Boss” which I love. I made the whole truck and then built a styrofoam ramp to prop the cake up.  I added the wheels once the truck was propped up on the ramp.

The wheels were always the toughest part, so a few years ago I invested in a silicone mold set of wheels to have on hand.  I’m so happy that I did!  The wheels look round, detailed and were easy to make!  I made the wheels out of black fondant and then added a circle of white fondant to the center and then painted that silver.  The car handles and bumpers were also painted silver.  The only thing that could have made this cake better would be working lights!  Maybe next time.