Friday, March 28, 2014

Italian Buttercream Vanilla Cake By my Dad


This was my birthday cake this year! What a fabulous year its been. Our daughter was born this year :) My dad made this cake, he is a fabulous pastry chef at the Hilton Chicago.


Chocolate Cake with Italian Buttercream and Chocolate Ganache


I loved this one! It was a chocolate cake with an italian buttercream frosting. I poured a chocolate ganache over and decorated the top~! This one was for Mandy one of my co-workers!



Manly Birthday Cake

This one was made for my hubby for his birthday...

1st birthday Heart Cake (Valentines Day and Heart Themed Cake)


This one was her "smash cake. Both are funfetti cakes because my husband loves funfetti :) The smash cake (above) is a single layer with an italian buttercream.


This cake is a double layered funfetti cake we made into a shape of a heart and then I used WILTONS SUGAR SHEETS to cut out the polka dots and placed them over the pink colored italian buttercream frosting. Then I piped happy 1st birthday Stella. What  a fabulous day it was! Thanks to my dad, mom, and husband for all of their help with the party!

Leopard Cake and Zebra Cake Going Away Cake...


This is a yellow butter cake with a salted caramel Frosting inside!!


Then I rolled out and covered it with fondant...



The dots are done with a brown food coloring and gold bronze dust mixed with vodka and painted on with a pastry brush.


Then I took a dark pigmented brown gel food coloring and mixed with vodka as well to paint around the leopard spots.


Just adding some chocolate candies attached with a buttercream piping. PS. There are wooden sticks stuck inside the bottom cake to make sure it does not sink. (Also the round cake on top has card board underneath. The bottom cake is a double layer chocolate fudge cake with an oreo buttercream center.



TA DA!!! 

Carmel Apples

YUM! Fall = Caramel Apples :) My favorite thing to make besides cakes~

Healthy Coconut Maccaroons

Not a cake but easy maccaroons with coconut, coconut oil, & agave nectar. Easy breasy...

Matthews Drum birthday cake

This was for my oldest bro Matthew. He is a drummer :) This was a 4 level cake :) fondant & buttercream...

Birthday Present Cake

Fondant with Colors :) This was one of my firsts working with fondant.

Daniels Detroit D cake

D is for Daniel From Detroit :) This was a cake for my younger bro. One of my firsts.