THE SWEET SPOT

Dora the Explorer Shaped Cake , a photo by melissatarun on Flickr.  I have done several variations of Dora the Explorer cakes over the years; my girls, when they were younger, adored her!

Brave Merida 3D Cake , a photo by melissatarun on Flickr. I love how this cake turned out! I also love the character of Merida from Disney's Brave , so it was fun to create this cake. All decor made from fondant or gumpaste.

3D Pirate Cake , a photo by melissatarun on Flickr. A variation on my earlier 3D Pirate Cake, only this one was slightly better. (Got my "sea legs" now!) This was supposed to be the Wiggles' Pirate Ship so I used Wiggles' colors.  

As I've mentioned before , until a couple of years ago, I'd never done a Classic Winnie the Pooh cake. I'd done the brightly colored Disney Pooh in various forms many times, but never a more low-key, pastel version of the loveable childhood friend. So when one of my best girlfriends told me her new baby's nursery theme was Pooh, I jumped at the chance to do a Classic Pooh themed shower for her! The invitations were sweet but still boyish enough for her soon-to-arrive Sam: I love this invitation, which we printed in a light sage green ink. All Classic Pooh and other Disney theme invitations are from my fabulous Carlson Craft Disney album of wedding and social invitations and accessories. It's been my go-to source for all of my kids' Disney-themed parties (and we've had quite a few of them over the years.) My girls love picking out their party invitations from the big blue Disney book! Designs for the cake followed the invitation, using the same muted p...

I've been asked to create a purse cake before for a little girl's 5th birthday, but hadn't done one for an adult until earlier this year! I was so excited to do one for a suprise 30th birthday party in January! The cake was her favorite, intensely chocolate with chocolate chips, and the purse was pink (her favorite color) and black buttercream and fondant. It was a hit with the birthday girl, and lots of fun to create!

How sad is it that I can only update my supposed up-to-the-minute blog every two months?! I've been busy though! Lots of cake orders and some lovely paper orders, large and small. Here is a sample of what I've spent my winter months on: Transformers 'Autobot' Logo Cake My first Transformers cake! He really wanted a 3D 'Blackout' Transformer cake, but I convinced him that an ENTIRELY BLACK helicopter cake might not be as exciting to look at as one might think . . . ! The yearly "Superbowl Sunday" Football Cake! It's a bit of a tradition now for me to do something Superbowl-ish each year. This year I was in a bit of a rush, so not the most creative cake, but still satisfying. She asked for a 'retro stars' cake, and I'm not sure if this was what she had in mind originally, but she loved it anyway! Classic Winnie the Pooh Cake I'd never done a "classic" Pooh cake until this year, using the more subdued colors of Pooh illustrat...

I was been blessed with many cake orders for sweet creations in 2007 from lovely people who ordered them. Here are some from the past year that I am really quite proud of, in no particular order (sorry, these haven't been posted onto my virtual store's website yet!): A non-traditional baby shower cake. My instructions were "no baby stuff." A "technically difficult" creation due to the many color flow pieces that had to be made for it. Each sugary gymnast was unique! The cake top has a color flow "gold medal" and a "ribbon" of frosting. Rainbow Unicorn. I just love this cake! Cap, No Gown. I just wanted to see if I could do it, and I think it did it well enough! Cookie Cakes: Cinderella's Coach & Castle. Sometimes we get really sick of cake at my house, so for my daughter's Cinderella birthday party, we opted for a pair of cookie cakes--shortbread and M&M. Dora the Explorer 'Fiesta' Doll Cake for my own little...