Princess Rapunzel Cake for a Princess

It was so much fun making this cake for a sweet princess for her 3rd Birthday Party. Her favorite character is Rapunzel from the movie Tangled. So why not make a Princess Cake. The bottom cake was a 2-layer rich dark chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. The icing was a vanilla buttercream with chocolate butterflies and castles that i made, with a touch of sugar pearls. The top, which is the princess cake, was a 3-layer dome vanilla cake with chocolate mousse filling. The icing was a vanilla buttercream but had to be dyed in the colors of the Rapunzel dress. Now, I could of molded Rapunzel's body and dress with fondant but I wanted the birthday girl to actually have her favorite character to keep. So I brought the doll, removed her dress, wrapped her in clear plastic wrap from hip down so she won't get dirty, made a hole in the top of the cake, inserted her in and piped her dress in purple, lilac and pink buttercream. Thanks Chicas for asking me to do this cake for her special day.

Monkey Cake part 2

The second monkey cake above was for the baby boy to just dig in with his bare hands and just go crazy. It was a 2 layer vanilla cake, chocolate buttercream filling and chocolate buttercream for the icing. The monkey face was made out of fondant and his little fur was made out of chocolate icing.

Monkey Cakes part 1.

So this was for a baby 1st birthday party. So I had to do one for the baby so he can just go

crazy and mash the cake and then I had to do a second one for the adults to enjoy. This one

was for the adults. It was a two layer vanilla cake with liquor chocolate mousse filling and chocolate buttercream frosting. As the topper i made a monkey and flowers out of fondant.

                 

Monkey Cupcakes



What child doesn't like monkeys? Especially if it's the topper on your favorite cupcakes. Well this birthday boy who turned 1 loved it. I made 12 vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting and another 12 in chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting. Used yellow sprinkles to decorate around the edge of the frosting and made these cute little monkey faces with fondant. Then to make it more fun brought these decorative leaf liner cupcakes just to add that special jungle touch.







Baby Shower Cake

One of my friends requested a baby shower cake for a co-worker at work. The baby shower was for a male. So I didn't want the cake to be too girly. But since the father-to-be was having a girl, I had to make it a little girly.....so i made a 2 layer dark chocolate cake with a liquor chocolate mousse filling with fresh strawberries and  vanilla buttercream icing. The topper was shaped of a baby feet made in pink fondant and i molded dark chocolate hearts. Yummy.......:0)

Boy and Girl Cupcakes

So I decided to make these special cupcakes for a boy and girl to celebrate the 4th of July. It's not your American Flag, but it's red, white and blue with a fun kid's topping. The cupcake is a dark chocolate cake with a creamy vanilla frosting. For the girl, red sprinkles with a daisy fondant with a dark chocolate molded heart and rose for the topper. For the boy, blue sprinkles with a decorative round cutter fondant with a dark chocolate molded dinosaurs. Happy 4th!

Baby Shower Cake

I recieved an order for a Baby Shower Cake. I must say I had fun with this, but, it was a lot of work. It was a 2-tier cake. Bottom tier was a dark chocolate cake filled with a layer of raspberry jam spread thinly, chocolate mousse, and drizzled with chocolate ganache. The top tier was a vanilla cake with just chocolate mousse filling. The frosting is vanilla with a cornflower blue ice coloring. The topper I made from fondant, which, was 2 books and a sheep laying on top.The theme of this Baby Shower was about story books. I also made the flowers and the borders from fondant too. Good thing I took sculpting classes in college. Plus I had a fb friend who gave me some pointers on sculpting with fondant. Thank you Tonia.

St Joseph's Zeppoli for Easter

So, i made St Joseph's Zeppoli for Easter . Also called sfinge, and in Rome, Bigne di S. Giuseppe, is a pastry typical in Italian cuisine. Commonly light, deep fried, or baked, these doughnuts or fritters shape are usually topped with powdered sugar and may be filled with custard, jelly, cannoli style pastry cream, or a butter-and-honey mixture. Zeppoli are traditionally consumed on La Festa di San Giuseppe ( Saint Joseph's Day), on March 19th. In Rome, Naples and Sicily, these little pastries are sold on many streets and are sometimes gifts on this day. 

Easter Bread

 

Bread has long played an important role in religious ceremonies and holidays. This is true in many cultures and cuisines. Holiday breads are often baked in symbolic shapes and include special ingredients. They can be made sweet or adding Anise. Some bake it like a bread or cookie and will either insert a raw egg in the dough which will cook in the oven or boil the egg first, color it and then insert it in the dough. Toppings can be added with slithered almonds or sprinkles. Here i made a sweet bread without anise with colored eggs and added sprinkles.

                                              

St Joseph's Zeppole

So, i decided to make St Joseph's Zeppole for the first time. Zeppola ( Zeppole for plural) or St. Joseph's cakes, also called sfinge, and in Rome, Bigne di S. Giuseppe, is a pastry typical in Italian cuisine. Commonly light, deep fried, or baked, these doughnuts or fritters shape are usually topped with powdered sugar and may be filled with custard, jelly, cannoli style pastry cream, or a butter-and-honey mixture. Zeppole are traditionally consumed on La Festa di San Giuseppe ( Saint Joseph's Day), on March 19th. In Rome, Naples and Sicily, these little pastries are sold on many streets and are sometimes gifts on this day.