Shamrock Birthday and Wedding Anniversary Cake

It is not St. Patrick's day. 

This adorable cake was made for a married couple.  His wife is turning 64 years.  Their daughter asked me to make a birthday / wedding anniversary cake and a dozen cupcakes for her parents and for the kids.

The cake is chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.

If you love peanut butter and has no peanut allergies, then you would love this cupcake.  The cupcake is a peanut butter cupcake with vanilla buttercream.

Disney "Frozen" Theme Birthday Cake

 The daughter, Shannon Mei, of our good family friend was turning three (3).  She is one of those adorable girls who love love love the Disney Frozen movie.

 

Originally, I made a 3D sculpted Princess Ana made of modeling chocolate.  Time was short, but the work had already begun.  At a very last minute, the cake plan changed. I could not deliver the 3D cake for Shannon Mei.  Instead, I made her an all-buttercream covered cake instead of the fondant cake.

 

Overall, I am glad that it turned out pretty and clean. 

 

 

Shannon love berries.  This was a vanilla cake with vanilla filling and layered with sliced fresh strawberries on each layer.

 

HO HO HO!!! Holiday Cake

Happy Holidays!

What is better than Filipino delicacy, a scrumptious ube cake, for Holiday dessert? 

Yesterday, 12/23/14, was not a good time to buy groceries for fresh ingredients.  Grocery stores are packed and lines were long.  I wanted to get the freshest ingredients as possible for ube cake.  I actually baked two ube cakes - one for my mom's dinner get-together tonight, 12/24/14 and one for my in-laws that we will take with us tomorrow for Christmas dinner.

I did not expect that my in-laws (mom, dad, and sister) would love a Filipino delicacy.  The actual loved my ube cake.  During their visit, I baked an ube cake that they can take with them back in Maryland.  This time it is decorated with the Christmas adornment rather than just covered with buttercream.

I am pleased with myself.  I am getting better with handling buttercream.  Getting a smooth surface has been a challenge.  Without photo-enhancement, the surface really came out clean and smooth.  

Bridal Shower Cake

I enjoyed baking and decorating the beautiful bridal shower cake on the picture below for a colleague at G&W Labs.

Nishita loves chocolate. So, I made her a chocolate cake with dark chocolate buttercream.

I see the hesitations on Nishita's face as she cuts through the cake.  She didn't want to cut the cake.

What flatters was that Nishita's fiance don't crave sweets and yet ate a quarter of the 8" cake.  They told me that the cake was very good, very rich and moist.

Cookies and cream cupcakes, again