Making of the Millennium Falcon Cake Video

As with all of my son's cakes, he has made a video showing all the work that went into creating the cake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0DA2g1OqA&feature=youtu.be

Millennium Falcon Cake

My son asked for a Millennium Falcon cake for his 18th birthday. Biggest undertaking I have ever attempted. I was very stressed out doing this cake but I think it was worth it in the end.

Plum Wedding Cake

If there's one thing you have to be able to do to be a cake decorator, it's react on short notice whenever possible. This wedding cake came about after a Friday evening phone call asking if I could have a wedding cake ready for pick up in about 36 hours. In many cases I would have had to say no but as it turned out I could pull it off this time. The bride's only request was for the cake to look elegant, with sugar pearls and a small splash of plum purple to match her wedding color scheme. This is what I came up with. The cake underneath is red velvet with a cream cheese icing.

Toopy and Binoo Birthday

So here's another case of a request for a character cake where I knew nothing of the characters being asked for. I guess not having toddler age children means I'm a little out of the loop these days. Toopy and Binoo, ever heard of them? I hadn't but thanks to photos and the internet educating myself doesn't take too long.

Dairy Farmer's Wedding

Keeping with the tradition of me always getting non-traditional wedding cakes, here is a wedding where I was asked to do a cow bride and groom sitting on top of a tractor tire for the wedding cake, and fondant cow faces on cupcakes. Needless to say, the bride and groom are dairy farmers.This was such a blast to do. I was even asked by a wedding guest where I found the cow bride and groom cake toppers. I was able to proudly say I made them. My apologies about the blurry quality of some of the photos. As photographers go .... I'm a good cake decorator, lol.

A Halloween Birthday

This one was fun. For a first birthday in October so why not a Halloween theme? Bottom cake is lemon, with a lemon meringue pudding filling. The top cake is red velvet.

Mother-In_Law's Birthday

 My mother-in-law had a milestone birthday, her seventieth. A milestone like that deserves a great cake. I'm really proud of this one. It was nearly perfect.

Thanksgiving Cupcake Bouquet

This was my contribution to my family's Thanksgiving this year.Vanilla and chocolate cupcakes arranged in some bouquets. This was my first time trying this and I learned a lot from the experience.

Old Fart Cake

This was for a repeat client who wanted something funny for her boyfriend's 51st birthday. This is what we came up with. The entire cake is covered in buttercream icing only.

A Cake for my Niece

This was a red velvet cake for my niece who turned 23. She left the design totally up to me. To be honest I prefer it when people tell me exactly what they want. When it's left up to me there are way too many ideas to choose from.

CFL Team Logos in Fondant

A client I did a Grey Cup cake for last November asked me to do all 8 C.F.L. team logos for him so he will always have the logos of the teams playing for the cake that he has at every Grey Cup party he holds every year. All the logos are on fondant and hand painted.

Baby Cake

This cake was for one of the newest moms at my church. Cake is lemon with a lemon meringue pudding filling. All decorations are in fondant.

Quilted Pearl Wedding Cake

I was booked to do this wedding cake a year ago. It was nice to see it come to fruition. This was a nice cake to do, so elegant and a testament to the "less is more" adage. The bottom layer was a vanilla cake with a vanilla buttercream icing, the middle layer was vanilla cake with a hazelnut buttercream icing, and the top was red velvet with a cream cheese icing.

Batman!!!

My most faithful return customer asked for a Batman cake for her 2 yr old's birthday. She sent me a photo of exactly the pose she wanted and I recreated it in buttercream. I had some issues with this cake and ended up decorating it at 3 a.m. That's dedication isn't it .... isn't it???

A Very British Birthday

 I got a last minute request for a British themed birthday cake for a 91st Birthday. The cake is lemon with a lemon meringue pudding filling. All the London scenes and the Happy Birthday banner are hand painted.

A Co-worker's Wedding

A co-worker of my wife's got married and asked me to do her wedding cake, well, small cake and cupcakes. The cupcakes were all adorned with a fondant yellow and black Gerber daisy, as was the cake.

Angry Birds Cupcakes

Some angry birds cupcakes for a little one's birthday. They are so much fun to make.

Cheerleader Birthday

This isn't the first cheerleading theme birthday cake I've done but it is the first in a long time. Bottom level is done in buttercream icing with fondant accents. Top level covered in black fondant with fondant accents.

A Classic Wedding Cake

Well this was a first for me on more than one level. Anyone who has followed my blog may have noticed that I do not seem to get many requests for traditional wedding cakes. This assignment changed that. This cake was an old fashioned fruitcake (a first for me) and was decorated entirely in royal icing (another first). The bride and groom tell me this cake will be traveling with them to England (will the firsts never end). Therefore, this cake was an education for me in more ways than one.

Summer Birthday (X4)

Another big family birthday celebration. This cake had to do duty for four birthday celebrants this month. My daughter and I came up with the summer theme. Cake is carrot cake with cream cheese icing. That is why the fondant is not quite as smooth as usual. Cream cheese icing doesn't crust up as nice as buttercream.

Coors Lite Birthday Cake

So here is something different. My fist ever 3-D can cake. In this case, a Coors Lite beer can. The cake is alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake. Can is wrapped in fondant and the logo is hand-painted fondant.

100th Birthday Teapot Cake

My wife's grandma had a milestone most of us can only dream about, her 100th birthday. I was honored to make this teapot cake for the occasion. My only regret is that it didn't turn out better. The flower patterns are all hand painted, this is the first time I have done that.

Transformer Cake

One of my best customers, a multiple repeat client asked for a transformer cake for her son as well as some transformer themed cupcakes. This is what I came up with.