3rd Birthday Cake: Mr. Men Cake

I had sooooooo much fun making this 2-tier cake with the birthday boy's favorite Mr. Men characters.  The cake was chocolate sour cream with strawberry buttercream filling.

Cakes, Cupcakes n' Cookies with Bows

Sometimes all you need is a simple bow.  Here are some lovely little treats with a simple and elegant design.  Enjoy your week!

Tanooki Mario Cake

A 3D Super Mario 3D Land Cake for a 5th birthday. 

Tanooki Mario's body was chocolate sour cream cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and his head was rice krispie treat.

Rainbow & Unicorn Cake

Another year has gone by and my little girl is now 5.  From Classic Pooh, Sesame Street, Toopy & Binoo, Superheroes and now Rainbows and Unicorns.

 

She had two parties this year - one with her school friends and one with family.  Boy did those kids love the rainbow cake layers.  They each got to take home a cupcake with a rainbow docorated sugar cookie.

For our family party, I was able to conveniently re-use the sugarpaste toppers that I made and add it to a grainfree banana cake with whipped cream - it was delicious!

40th Birthday Cake: BodyStep Cake

Once again, my two careers (Personal Trainer & Cake Designer) collide.   I surprised my client and friend with this 40 and Fabulous cake.

Not only does she work a demanding full-time job, a mom to 2 girls, weight trains with me... she is an amazing BodyStep instructor at the gym.  People come from all over Toronto to attend her class. 

Cute Plaid 1st Birthday Cake

You can't go wrong with a cute plaid patterned cake and a happy green dragon.  It was gluten-free chocolate cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

Willy Wonka Cake

Every April, I look forward to designing a cake for a lovely little girl named Parker.  It all started with this 1st birthday Hot Pink cake.  Then 2nd birthday Bubble Guppies, 3rd birthday My Little Pony and 4th birthday Cinderella cake.

This year was a colorful Willy Wonka themed cake.  I had so much fun with this one - adding in some bottle caps, sweet tarts, laffy taffy and nerds to the design.

Powerlifting Cakes n' more

I have been blogging for almost 8 years now and February was the first month that I didn't post a single thing.  In the last year, I have cut back significantly on the number of custom orders that I take to focus on my other life, as a Personal Trainer.  I still have reserved spots for my regular cake clients/family, but mostly trying to balance out my time since I also took up Powerlifting.

Back in May 2015, Team Maximum Barbell convinced me to sign up and train for a Powerlifting competition.  Based on your age group and weight category, you attempt to lift as much weight as possible (with strict form) for one repetition in the Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift.  You get 3 attempts at each and your highest weight in each lift count towards your total score.  Sound fun?  Yes, it really is!!!

Since then, I've competed in 4 events including the 2015 Ontario Provincials winning a Gold Medal and 2016 Canadian Championships winning a Bronze Medal.

Along the way, I was able to make some fun sweet things.  This was a 40th birthday cake (with a weightlifting belt) for a teammate's western themed party. 

Cupcakes with sugar weight plates for a Powerlifting for Women seminar.

Fondant-covered sugar cookies.

I am very excited about the upcoming year - some more Powerlifting events for me and always exciting to see what cakes my clients will ask me to create.

6th Birthday Cake: Frozen Cake

There is a wonderful non-profit organization called Icing Smiles which provide custom cakes to families affected by critical illness.  Their goal is to create a custom cake for the ill child, or their sibling, that provides a temporary escape from worry and creates a positive memory during a difficult time.  Volunteer "Sugar Angels" are matched up with the families across the country to deliver a "Smile" in the form of a custom cake.

It was a pleasure for me to be a sugar angel for Mya Rae, currently battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), who turned 6.   Please send all your positive and healing energy to her to kick ALL's butt!