Pirate Party

I had the most fun making a pirate-themed cake and accompanying cupcakes for Jack's birthday party last month.  Jack's mom, Melissa had such confidence in my creative abilites that she gave me full reign of the creative process...I love when that happens!  She knew she wanted a pirate theme and a combination of cake and cupcakes.  The rest was up to me.  I couldn't wait to get started, so immediately started sketching.

Here is what I came up with for the cake and cupcake toppers:

Finished fondant decorations ready to go on the cake:

Finished fondant cupcake toppers:

Cake - vanilla cake with lemon curd filling and blue raspberry buttercream:

Pirate cupcakes - vanilla/vanilla, parrot - vanilla/chocolate, skull and crossbones - chocolate/chocolate, treasure chest - chocolate/peanut butter:

Detail of treasure chest.  I'm so proud of how they came out!

I loved this project so much and look forward to doing more like it!

3-Cake Weekend - Part III

The third cake in my 3-Cake Weekend blog series was for my 5 year-old nephew Evan.  I was unable to have a cake ready for his party, so I decided to make a 6" personal cake just for him.  Evan is crazy about Transformers, as most little boys his age are, so I knew the cake had to have some sort of Transformer on it.  But which one?   There are so many...too many to count really.  After a lot of unproductive brainstorming, I finally got a lightbulb and decided that the Autobot insignia was the answer.  It's clean and simple (just as I like it!) and representative of all the good-guy Transformers. 

Evan's 5th birthday Autobot cake  - Chocolate cake with vanilla cream cheese buttercream: