Dora the Explorer

Hi guys! I haven't written or posted much latelybecause unfortunately I've been sick. Sick Michelle = no cake making or decorating! Thankfully, I am starting to feel much better and am getting right back to it!

My daughter turned 3 last month, so of course we had a birthday party for her. These days she really enjoys Dora's little monkey friend, Boots. Let me clarify, she couldn't care less about Dora, it's all about Boots! We set out to find a Dora set for her party. Thanks to the internet, we were able to find quite a few items that included Boots and even stuff where he was the star!

After I figured out the decor, I was on a mission to figure out her cake. I really enjoyed making the fondant sesame street figures for my nephew, so I decided to attempt fondant figures for my daughter's cake as well. I made Boots, Dora, and Backpack out of fondant and gumpaste about a week and a half before the party. My daughter was super excited as I was making them and really wanted to use them as toys! I was pretty happy with how they came out.

On to the actual cake! The bottom layer was a chocolate cake filled with a peanut butter mousse. The top layer was a rainbow cake with a strawberry mousse. Can you guys tell I REALLY like making rainbow cake? I just think it's so much fun!

Anyway, before we get to the photos, I wanted to mention that we had a few mishaps along the way. The party was held at my parent's house since they have more room. We decided to get there before Anjali's nap so that we wouldn't be rushed later. We packed up the car, and headed into the city. On the way, we got cut off quite a few times which has always been a nightmare for me when delivering a cake. It's stressful enough without having to worry about the others on the road.

Unfortunately, one of those times we had to stop very suddently causing the cake to go slamming into the back seat of our SUV. I kind of freaked out. I made my husband pull over so that I could survey the damage... there was a lot of it. Dora's birthday hat flew off her head and cracked in half and half of the cake itself was stuck to the back of our seats. The colored striped along the side were also smashed together and were crooked. After all that work, it was ruined in seconds. Thankfully, I brought some of my tools with me and was able to repair some of it once we got to my parents house. Of course I should have took pictures before I left, but didn't think of it.

So here is the final result!

And a picture of the inside of the top layer.

What do you guys think?

Introducing Rainbow cupcakes!

I’ve gotten a bunch of questions about how I made the rainbow cake. Sorry guys, but it’s my little secret! Thanks for all of the support though! The rainbow cake ended up being a HUGE hit!

I invited my family over for dinner this weekend for a surprise birthday dinner for my cousin, Jasmine. Jasmine has helped me with my cakes before and always has nothing but good things to say about my cakes. I figured it would be nice for her to have her own cake and not just a slice of someone else’s.

She LOVED the rainbow cake that I made last weekend so I thought it would be nice to make her one for her birthday. I think they turned out pretty cute!

Here they are!

The cupcakes were white almond cake with a french vanilla buttercream frosting. The party hats and flowers were made of fondant.

A picture of them on my cute little cupcake tree:


And a view of the inside!


Happy Birthday Jasmine!

Neon rainbow cake

Recently, my best friend asked me to make a birthday cake for her daughter's surprise party. Of course I accepted. I've said it before, and I will say it again, I love making kids cakes!

She sent me a picture of the party set that she purchased and asked if I could match the cake to it. Here is what she sent me:

I was pretty excited to get started. We threw some design ideas around for quite some time before finally deciding on what it would look like and what flavors it would be. Her daughter isn't the biggest fan of cake (crazy huh?) so I decided it might be nice to make a rainbow cake. I thought it would be really cool and was anxious to try it out. She agreed. We ended up deciding on a white almond rainbow cake with strawberry mousse filling and fondant decorations.

Here was the final result:

A side view of the cake:

And the rainbow surprise inside! Those of you who know my personally can guess how excited I was about this!

A picture of the whole cake:

What do you guys think? I had a ton of fun making it!

Happy Birthday Jely!

Where it all began!

Alright! Want to see some cakes? I'll start from the beginning with my first cake that was decorated beyond store bought icing, sprinkles, and a candle or two. Don't laugh....it was my first cake! Thankfully, I've learned how to keep the cake crumbs out of my frosting, how to cover my board, and to not stick random utensils into the cake if I run out of hands ;-)

My second cake that I made was for my mom's birthday. It turned out a bit better. It was a yellow cake that I dyed purple inside. The things at the bottom are sweet pea flowers and NOT feet- thanks for that Dad!

Third cake for class was cute and a lot of fun! My daughter couldn't wait to dig right in! Notice her arm in the background. Daddy had his work cut out for him trying to keep her away so that I could take a picture!

And my final cake! I had a ton of fun figuring out how to use fondant. My present cake- isn't it cute?