Cow Themed Birthday Cake

This past weekend was my nephews birthday.  I have a few wedding cakes coming up and I wanted to practice making tiered cakes and using fondant, so they lucked out and got a really big birthday cake!  Both boys love being on the farm, with the littlest one being a bit cow crazy, so the theme was not too hard to come up with.  Here are a few pictures of the end result.  The boys loved to see it, and the crowd thought it tasted pretty good too!

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Hockey Stick Cake!

Hockey is a very important part of our family, so it was only fitting to make our nephew a hockey stick cake for his 9th Birthday.  I baked a square cake and cut it into pieces to make it into a hockey stick.  It is covered with buttercream icing. Mmmm!



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Green Panda Bear

My newphew Kyle decided that he wanted a panda bear for his birthday party so I decided to make him a 3-D bear, as the kids always seem to love them.  His favourite colour is green, so we decided to make a green and white panda, instead of black and white.  For a special little touch, I put his initials on the paws...all of the kids noticed this detail right away- before the adults!

    

By doing the bear with these colours, I saw how easily the 3-D bear could be made into a Care Bear too!  I might need to try that this summer.

Check back in the coming days for more peanut butter treats.  I made some but they all got eaten before I took pictures so I will need to make another batch!  But trust me, they are delicious, and pretty easy too!

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Jewelery Box Cake

I made this jewelery box cake for Taryn's 7th birthday.  I used a square cake, cut it and layed one portion on top of the other.  I used graham crakers to make the sectionals on the top layer.  The 'lid' of the jewelery box was not edible as I made it using cardboard covered in tin foil and icing.  It was fun to add some candy heart rings and candy necklaces to the jewelery box.  The kids loved them!  

I added some colourful gumballs around the edge of the bottom drawer to add some colour and fun for the kids.

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Winnie The Pooh!

For Christmas I recieved several Wilton Cake Pans including this Winnie the Pooh.  What a fun and easy way to make a special cake.  I love how there is room to personalize the cake on the balloon.  I made this lemon cake for my nephews 2nd birthday.  First I covered in in white buttercream icing, with a shell border.  I smoothed out green on the balloon and piped a special message.  The Winnie the Pooh was made up of LOTS of stars.  I love that piping a star is so easy and yet looks so good!   Mmmm...good!

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Strawberry Shortcake

When my our niece told Richard that she wanted Strawberry Shortcake for her birthday, he replied, "Perfect, that's Auntie's favourite cake to make." Well, he was right. My favourite cake is simply a moist white cake, dripping with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Mmmm! He was also naive. I knew instantly that she wanted THE Strawberry Shortcake, after all, she did dress up as her last Halloween. I was a little intimated by the thought, but decided to give it a go! I had to change it from my original drawing a bit as it just wouldn't work for me, but I am happy with the end result!

I made a two layered 10" cake filled with Whipped Cream Cream Cheese frosting and Strawberries!  I then used buttercream to decorate the cake.  The little strawberry on the left hand side was made using a heartshaped cupcake.  The flowers along the bottom were licorise flowers.  I piped strawberries around the outer edge of the cake as well. 

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Thomas the Train

My nephew has been in love with Thomas for over 3 years now.  Each May we travel to see Thomas on his Day Out at Heritage Park in Calgary.  It is so much fun watching his eyes light up when he sees Thomas on the traintrack.  For his 5th birthday he requested a Thomas Cake.  I searched online and fell in love with a few.  I was inspired when I saw a half-tiered cake with Thomas emerging from a tunnel.  I added a few of my own ideas as well.  All in all I love the way that it turned out.

I made 2 8" white cakes and then cut one of them in half and stacked them on one half of the other cake.  I used a Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese frosting for the filling and then decorated it using buttercream icing.  I started with green grass and a blue sky.  I piped some brown to make the tunnel and outlined it with chocolate chips.  I made a tree on the front and added some licorise candies that look like flowers.   I used a toy Thomas to set on the brown piped railway track.   I also put chocolate chips all around the bottom.     

On the top I wrote 'Happy 5th Birthday Josh!' and then I decided I needed to add some decorations to the back.  Harold flying over the mountains of Sodor Island was the perfect way to finish this Thomas and Friends Cake!

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Baseball

My family enjoys hockey in the winter and baseball in the summer.  We enjoy other sports as well, but these are our two favourites!  This past summer I created to baseball cakes.  The first was for my Dad's birthday.  I used the Wilton ball pan to make a 3-D baseball on top of an 8" circle.  I decorated it with buttercream icing.  I got the idea for this cake from a photo in a book that came with my decorating kit.  I was a little disappointed that my red icing appeared so pink.  I learned for the next time and bought premade red icing.  Definately the way to go for red and black icing!

The second baseball cake was for my Nephew's baseball team after they won Provincials. For this cake I made two huge square cakes filled with a Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese icing.  I also added a 3-D baseball in the outfield.  I put their team name and logo (The Cardinals) on the infield of the diamond.  I new I wanted to be able to use the sides of the cake to decorate, so I had to make it extra big.  Around the two front sides I wrote 'Congratulations Provincial Champs.'

I melted some white chocolate and then used red icing to make little baseballs.  I the put the name of each player, coach and manager on a baseball, along with one that said fans.  I then iced them onto the remaining sides of the cake, and filled in some of the spots on the front.

I hope that all of the players, parents and coaches enjoyed eating this cake as much as I enjoyed the opportunity to make it for them!

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3-D Hockey Bear

I love the Wilton 3-D Bear pan and all of the decorating options that come along with it.  I decided to decorate it as a hockey player for my nephew's 10th birthday.  I put the name of his spring hockey team on the front, and his name and number on the back.  Not only did his teddy have a black eye, but he even wore a bandage on his opposite cheek.  I also melted chocolate in a circular shape for the hocky puck.  The stick and skates were made of cardboard covered with tin foil.  My nephew enjoyed sharing this cake with the kids at his birthday party.

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Quilting Cake

I made this birthday cake for my Mom and Sister Janis.  My Mom is an avid quilter and my sister enjoys it as well, so when I saw a photo of a three tiered quilting bee cake, I new I had the inspiration for my mom's cake!  Each 'patch' of the quilt is made up of different colours and designs, and then stitched together with icing.  I melted chocolate to make the scissors and needle.  

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Moolicious!

I made this cake for my brother Duane who is a holstein farmer.  His little boys loved it- especially all of the sprinkles!  I designed this cake with the help of my husband and am very happy with how it turned out.  I hear it tasted pretty good too!

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Wilton Course 3, Cake 1

This was the first cake I made in Wilton Course 3, for the second class. It is a red velvet cake with Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese Filling. It is covered with Fondant, and then the scroll work was done in buttercream icing. This was the first square cake I made and covered with fondant and I was happy I decided to try something new!

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First Fondant Cake

I am currently taking the Wilton Fondant and Gum Past Class at Micheals. My last class was cancelled after I already had my cake baked and covered with Fondant so I decided to play around a little bit and this is what I came up with.

I love the colour pink, so I decided to make a couple different shades. After searching cakes online, I new that I loved the 'ball' border along the bottom- I think it is so cute. From there I cut out different sizes of circles and randomly placed them around the cake...doing my best to cover up my mistakes! haha!

Fondant will definatley take some getting used to, but I can already tell it is going to be fun. My biggest struggle so far is getting it rolled out nicely with no creases in it, but I am sure practice will help with this. I am sure Michaels will also get some more money out of me to buy some great tools to help me with fondant!

I can't wait to continue to work with this icing!

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Wiltone Course 2: Final Cake!

Throughout Wilton Course 2: Flowers & Borders, we used Buttercream Icing and Royal Icing. Royal Icing hardens quickly and is like candy. During the 2nd and 3rd class we made a variety of flowers that we then placed on our final cake during the 4th class.

The basket weave was a bit tedious, but was easier then expected- and it looks pretty neat too. Next time I would do another level on top as my border didn't end up covering as low as I thought it would, but I figure it's pretty good for a first attempt.

The birds were made using a colour flow/royal icing- another great technique to use.

I figure this would be a great Easter/Spring Cake.

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Cake Decorating

I have wanted to take cake decorating class for years, but it has never worked out~ until NOW!! I signed up for Wilton Course 1 for the month of November and have been LOVING it! I am learning lots of great techniques and tips. I am looking forward to taking Course 2 in December and learning to use Royal Icing. I can't wait!

Here are some photos of my cakes so far...Enjoy!!

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