Ruffles Roses and Pearls Wedding Cake

How gorgeous is this wedding cake?!? Alice designed her cake based off her dress, wanting lots of ruffles and pearls, and the soft pink that she had everywhere at the reception. The bottom two tiers were made to mimic the ruffles of her wedding dress. The next tier was covered in hand rolled and airbrushed pearls, and the top tier was covered in layers and layers of ruffles. All of the roses were hand made and airbrushed. The cake was white velvet, almond, and strawberry with fresh strawberry filling and the reception was at the Ashton Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. 

Armadillo Cake

Now this cake was definitely a little out of my comfort zone! For one- I don't get a lot of requests to do animals/3-d sculpted, and two- armadillos scare the ever loving buttercream out of me!! But this Birthday Cake was for my neighbor, who I now know goes by "The Diller Killer" and all he wanted for his birthday was an armadillo cake. His wife requested the bullet holes- so that will be a nice little surprise for him.

The grass portion is a 10" square red velvet with cream cheese filling, covered in green buttercream, and the armadillo himself is also red velvet- yes think "Steel Magnolias". He is covered in ivory fondant, which I texturized, airbrushed, and luster dusted. He has little fondant ears, feet and tail, and face. How can he look so cute and cuddly- whilst dead, and covered in bullet holes??? That takes talent people :) 

Black and Red Burlesque Cake

I am calling this cake the "Burlesque" Cake- but it was actually for an awesome party thrown for Jenna Rabideau who owns Halo Salon on Camp Bowie, Halo Brides Hair & Makeup, and her newest venture "Halo Artists Group"- a DFW talent agency that specializes in all the "behind the scene" talents: hair/makeup/photography/set design etc. The party was a joint birthday and launch of Halo Artists Groupe- showcasing all their great work! The party theme was kind of a mixture of circus/burlesque/oddities, and Jenna requested the cake be black and red. I had so much fun making this cake! I love when clients give me free range to basically do whatever I want along the lines of the theme. The tiny top quilted tier, and red and black striped tier were both almond cake with buttercream filling. The black tier which had a "fishnet" texture, and red lace border was a 9" red velvet cake with cream cheese filling, and the bottom harlequin cake was a 12" quadruple chocolate cake- chocolate chocolate chip cake, chocolate buttercream with drizzled chocolate!! The roses were made of fondant, airbrushed, disco/sparkle/and luster dusted, along with black glitter leaves. 

Day of the Dead Cake

I had an awesome time last night at the Lena Pope Home Sweetheart Dessert Fantasy Event at the Fort Worth Club! This was my second cake I submitted, with a "Day of the Dead" or Dia de los Muertos theme. The cake was red velvet on the bottom, strawberry in the middle, and red velvet on the top as well. The bottom and top layers were airbrushed black and green. The Skulls were made out of gumpaste, hand painted with food coloring. The "mosaic of tiles" on the middle layer were made out of fondant, and the flowers on top were made out of fondant and also airbrushed. What a fun, bright cake- right up my alley!

Princess and the Pea Cake

This cake was made for the Lena Pope Home Sweethearts Dessert Fantasy Cake Competition (Say that 5 times fast!) I chose the theme "Princess and the Pea" with a modern day twist. The cake was made out 6 layers of Strawberry Cake and buttercream frosting, all covered with fondant blanket and sheets! The princess was made out of white modeling chocolate and fondant, and all the little details were also made out of fondant.

Butterfly Smash Cake

This was such a fun theme to work with for Ashleigh's first birthday party!! The cake is a 6" white smash cake with buttercream filling and frosting & fondant details. The cupcakes are 1 dozen white and 1 dozen chocolate with corresponding fondant decorations. The flowers and butterflies on the cake have been airbrushed. 

Leopard & Pink Birthday Cake

This 6" cake is for my dear friend Erin's Birthday! It has a giant leopard bow that is fondant, and airbrushed. The cake is covered in pink buttercream with fondant details and buttercream details. It is a pink champagne cake with pink champagne buttercream and fresh strawberry filling. Happy Birthday Erin! PS ...... you are getting old! ;)

Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Cake

This is a funky, fun 21st Birthday cake! It is a 6" and 8" stacked "confetti" cake with buttercream filling and frosting, with fondant and gumpaste flower details. The inspiration was Lilly Pulitzer!

Purple Zebra Sweet 16 Cake

This Sweet 16 Cake was super fun to make! It is a "confetti" cake (my first request for this!) --> White cake with sprinkles baked in, with buttercream filling and frosting. The zebra stripes are fondant. Gumpaste funky flowers & "16" are airbrushed. The tiers are 8" and 6".