Frozen in Minnesota!

So, it's the middle of July and we're still FROZEN in Minnesota! When I was asked to make this cake for a special young lady I was excited to use this popular Disney theme! I'm loving the colors and fun details!

Fishing themed cake and cupcakes!

This cake was made for a special Grandpa who was celebrating his 85th Birthday! That is definitely a reason to celebrate and I hope he enjoyed his cake!!!

Ducky Shower

This cake was created for a baby shower! It is a 6in yellow butter cake with buttercream and raspberry filling. It is frosted with buttercream and decorated with marshmallow fondant decorations!

TURTLE POWER!!!

Seems that Ninja Turtles are back in the spotlight! I'm loving the simplicity of this cake! The green was a great color to use this spoon technique to frost with! This is a 4 layer red velvet buttercream filled 8 in cake!

Pirate Cake

What's not to love about a pirate cake made special for a little 4 year old boy??? This cake was a lot of fun to make and had my own little nuggets requesting a pirate cake for their own birthdays!!! The cake is a double layered chocolate 10in cake with a double layered chocolate 6 in cake topper! Butter cream frosting was used to fill and frost the cake and marshmallow fondant was used to create the fondant decorations!

MONSTERS!

Who doesn't love Mike and Sully? This Monsters cake was created to resemble some of the most popular characters from the Monster, Inc movies. My favorite part about this cake was the minimal amount of fondant needed. I find that little kids really don't prefer the taste of fondant. Fondant icing usually makes the cakes look better, but not taste the best. So, I used a marshmallow fondant to create Mike and a few of the facial features on Sully and the rest of the cake is yummy buttercream frosting.

The cake was made using 2-8in yellow cake layers and 2-6in chocolate cake layers. I used 1 and a half cupcakes to create the top of Sully's head. I love how the piping turned out on Sully! So cute!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

It seems that Ninja turtles are all the rage again! I remember my brother begging for the little figurines at the store in the 90's whenever we went shopping. I also remember watching the shows and movies with these crazy talking turtles...it makes me feel as if I am 12 years old again! Everything new is old!

These cupcakes were made for a sweet 4 year old birthday party. The cupcakes were a mix of chocolate and vanilla with peanutbutter buttercream and a stabilized whipped cream frosting. I've always tried to stay away from whipped cream frosting on my cupcakes because it was never stable enough to produce the look I was going for. However, this stabilized whipped cream frosting recipe is great!

Here is a look at the finished product: