Bringing in 2013

Not only was this my first cake of 2013, but it was also the very first Topsy Turvy cake. Oh, and it was so much fun to make.

The cake is chocolate with a cream cheese filling and frosting. The entire cake is covered in butter cream fondant. Each tier is angled to give the unique angles.

All the detail elements are made from fondant as well and the Monster Truck topper is an actual toy truck. The mud is cream cheese frosting covered in Oreo crumbles.

Topsy Turvy cakes are a little more difficult to assemble than regular tiered cakes. They are stacked the way a flat tier is assembled, but if the angles are cut too steep the top tier(s) can slide right off. Structure is very important when making these cakes.

Spooky Girls

I remember some of the shows I used to watch as a child. Gummi Bears, David the Gnome, Gargoyles and many more. I thought they were great shows. Being a mother to a boy I don’t get the chance to watch girl shows, but I have noticed that Monster High has become very popular with young girls.

I received two requests for these cakes this month and each with its own story to tell. Much of the same color scheme, though.

The first is a two tier chocolate cake with a black butter cream cover (no fondant). Gum paste was used for the white skull and large “N” topper. The top tier features a purple fondant bow. Fondant was also used to create the Nadia, Happy Birthday, balls and bottom tier design. Black sugar pearls were used to accent the bottom tier design.

Design two is a staggered tier look. This cake has 4 tiers of French Vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream. Each tier is covered in a butter cream fondant.

The tiers are staggered using a secured center dowel and angled Styrofoam circles (covered in butter cream and then fondant).

Gum paste was used once again on each white skull and fondant was used to create each of the final design elements.

On the right side of the second tier rests a black sugar rose. Rose petals are also scattered over the right side of the bottom two tiers.

Both cakes came with their own techniques and problem solving opportunities. The black butter cream cake was only my 2nd smooth butter cream surface order. Whereas the staggered tier cake was my very first of its kind. I loved creating each design and I am happy with the end results.

Brave

This cake and cakelette combo was themed around the new Disney movie Brave.

Made around the Barbie version of the character the cake is a cookies n cream flavor with butter cream frosting and covered in a butter cream fondant. The details on the dress trim and the waist sash are all hand drawn. Wrapping the doll, felt just like dressing a her in real clothes. Everything had to fit just perfect.

There are 24 of each cakelette design in cookies n cream cake, consisting of 24 crowns with a purple flower and 24 targets with an arrow. The crown and targets were made from gum paste. Flowers and arrow made from fondant.

I had a lot of fun creating this cake and the detail of the final cake left me speechless. I have been doing cake artistry for awhile, but there are still cakes that leave me in awe.

Sugar Flowers

There is nothing more rewarding than teaching yourself  a new skill and watching it come to life. It is a wonderful feeling, to say the least. Whereas, everything I have learned during my cake designing journey has been amazing, I cannot express the joy I feel every time I create a sugar flower.

I have always loved the look of a sugar flower perched softly on a cake, so much more than a flower made from frosting. What’s more is that a sugar flower will last for years and serves as a constant reminder of the special gift that was received on a special day.

Roses are by far the most popular, but I have also made Calla Lilies; Daisies, Stargazer Lillies and many more.

This cake was in celebration of their daughter in law’s 50th birthday. It was a German Chocolate, single tier cake covered in butter cream frosting and a butter cream, embossed fondant. The “50″ topper, flowers and bow are all made from fondant as well.

Cake Pops

Cake Pop Bouquets- click to enlarge

Cake Pops have become the new craze!

These fun little cake bites are a great way to portion birthday parties for small children and are a great way to say thank you to a friend or client without ordering a huge cake.

What is a cake pop?

Pokemon

Basically, a cake pop is a ball of cake on a stick with a candy shell. We use Wilton Melting Chips to cover our cake pops. There are several ways to make cake pops, with a popular method using a crumbled cake and frosting. Our shop uses a cake pop machine that forms the balls of cake. Personally, the covering shells provides plenty of sweetness so hand rolling cake balls with frosting mixed in would only add to the overall sweet level.

At Moments in Cake we focus on the design aspect of the cake pop. We do offer basic designs, consisting of either edible sugar pearls or a simple design, but we prefer to offer more detail on these small surfaces.

Baby Faces

A fun way to celebrate an event, like a baby shower, is to offer reveal cake pops. These are neutral baby faces with a gender specific cake (either blue or pink) inside. These are guaranteed to be a hit and they are one of our most popular options.

 

Our cake pops start at $1.25, for a basic design and the price increases based on final detail.

Peek-A-Boo Cat

Peek-A-Boo Cat

This adorable baby shower cake consists of Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Everything from the hat down to the actual base cake is edible.

The hat is a 4 layer cake covered in buttercream fondant. The cat face is created using the Wilton Sports Ball Pan Set and is also covered in buttercream fondant. The ears, fingers and eyes are also made from fondant. Base cake is a 10in, two layer round.

Blue “Who”  swirls are made from gum paste and the yellow and blue balls scattered around the cake are made from fondant.

I had so much fun creating this cake and watching the cat come to life. I look forward to creating this cake again, or one similar to it. Dr. Seuss cakes are full of creativity and imagination.

Damask on Cake

Damask Baby Shower

This elegant cake was created to celebrate the coming of an adorable little girl.

This cake consisted of Chocolate cake with Caramel frosting and French Vanilla with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Each layer is covered in buttercream fondant.

The Damask print surrounding the center tier is all hand pipped with black frosting. The top and base tiers are detailed in bling jewels and Wilton edible sugar pearls.

I enjoyed creating this cake and I had so much fun pipping the Damask print on to the cake. There was a lot of time and attention to detail that went into this cake.