2nd Birthday Cake: Space-themed Cake

Last year, this little boy celebrated his 1st birthday with a Where the Wild Things Are party.  For his 2nd birthday, the theme was space.  My client shared some of the photos she took of the event.

The first and second tier of the cakes were vanilla and strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream.  The top tier was styrofoam.

2nd Birthday Cake

2 years old sure love Thomas the Train and Elmo - so give them both!  Kids love cake and cupcakes - so give them both!

2nd Birthday Cake: Hello Kitty Cake

I love when I have the freedom to design cakes.  I have many regular clients that I work with year after year and they will give me a theme and trust my design style.  A few years back, it started with this baby shower cake and then Lola's 1st birthday cake.

This year, the birthday girl turned 2 and wanted Hello Kitty!  I wanted to experiment with some edible ink painting and I loved it!

2nd Birthday Cake: Sesame Street Cake

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.  Earlier this month, my daughter Sidney celebrated her 2nd birthday.  I knew for a long time that it would be a Sesame Street theme but she kept changing her favorite character every month.

For this design, I was able to incorporate all the characters. 

 

And here is the back of the cake.  I got the lettering idea from an Instagram Photo that SugarBaking posted.  She said the idea came from an Amy Atlas post of a Muppet Dessert Table.

Similar to Sidney's 1st birthday, I created a dessert table.  Here is a little sneak peak of some of the decorations. I will post all the photos of the sweet table next week.

Butterflies and Flowers

A pretty cake with some butterflies and flowers for a 2 year old.  Have a fabulous week everyone and thanks for stopping by!

2nd Birthday Cake: Bubble Guppies Cake

There are so many different TV shows for kids out there... have you heard of the Bubble Guppies?  A cute little show that my daughter also loves, but calls it "Buggies".  And she recognized the characters so I knew it was toddler approved.

The cake was strawberry vanilla cake filled with strawberry preserves and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.  I was able to use some of the design techniques that I learned from the Cakelava Clownfish cake design.

2nd Birthday Cake: Sesame Street Cake

A very popular theme for 2nd birthday cakes: Sesame Street!  I can see why, as my daughter is almost 18 months old and just discovered Elmo!

At first, I wasn't sure how to blend a pink cake with the bold colors of Sesame, but I think it worked!  I love how it turned out and my daughter really took notice to my handmade sugarpaste decorations this time.  

Hope everyone has a wonderful and happy week as we approach the holidays!  I will post again before that with some holiday sweetness!

Cookie Monster Cake

Cookie anyone?  Well, there are actually no cookies - only cake for this 2nd birthday celebration!

Cookie monster, including his head is vanilla butter cake and the cookie jar is chocolate sour cream cake.

 

2nd Birthday Cake: Elmo Cake

Elmo is so popular for 2 year olds!  This was a very fun and colorful cake design.  Although, I must admit, the chevron design was very difficult - but I was so happy with how it turned out! 

The bottom tier of the cake was banana sour cream cake with cream cheese icing.  The middle tier was strawberry vanilla cake with strawberry cream cheese icing.  I even made matching triple chocolate brownies.

The inspiration for this party came from WH Hostess and Hostess with the Mostess Blog.  Isn't it just fabulous?

 And here's another close-up of Elmo!  Have a great week!

2nd Birthday Cake: Chuggington Cake

A Chuggington themed cake with handmade sugarpaste Koko and Wilson for a 2nd birthday.  The cake was chocolate sour cream cake with strawberry buttercream.

Have a great week!  See you next Tuesday!

2nd Birthday: Elmo Cakes

There has been a lot of 2nd birthday parties lately and the most popular request has been Sesame Street cakes!  In particular, Elmo!

This design was a 2-tier cake with Elmo popping out of the box.  The flavor was Chocolate Sour Cream with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

The client sent me over one of her photos which included the cute cookie monster cupcakes that she made.  She has her own blog called Crazy4Cupcakes.

Here is vanilla butter cake Elmo sitting with his 3 chocolate cake presents.

Lastly, a smaller Elmo sitting alongside a sugarpaste figure of the birthday girl.  

Sesame Street Cake n' Cupcakes

Sesame Street characters just makes you smile, so I had so much fun making these characters out of sugarpaste.  I loved how the cake turned out for a little boy's 2nd birthday.

The top tier was Strawberry Vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream.  The bottom tier was chocolate sour cream cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

I'm not sure who my favorite character is, but I was told that the boy loved Cookie Monster the best.

I dug up these photos of cupcakes that I have made for some other clients - how fun are these?

2nd Birthday: Yellow Tractor Cake

This past weekend was my nephew Maseo's 2nd birthday.  Last year I made him a fun Heffalump Cake and this year it was a tractor cake.  He actually calls dump trucks, excavator and any yellow truck a tractor.

Everything is completely edible on the cake.  It was lemon butter cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

He loved the cake and really wanted to play with the tractor.  I think it was confusing for him whether it was a toy or a cake.  We let him remove the sugarpaste wheels before we cut it up...  he then pointed at it and said "Broken".

Twins' Birthday: In the Night Garden Cake

Ever since I posted about an In the Night Garden Cake that I made, it continues to be one of my most popular blog posts. This children's show from the UK is continuing to become more popular.

I never make a cake design twice - it always has to be different.  So, when I got a request for it again - I just have to change it up a little.

This 2-tier cake was for a twin's 2nd birthday party.  The top tier was Vanilla Butter Cake and bottom tier was Chocolate Sour Cream Cake.  All characters are handmade out of sugarpaste.

2nd Birthday: Toy Story Cake

This past weekend, I made a wonderful and fun 2nd birthday cake based off of Disney's Toy Story movies.  The client was very flexible and said I could do whatever I wanted.

I really wanted to put my sugarpaste modelling skills to the test with these characters.  I'm so happy with the result and I had so much fun doing it!  I think my favorite is Mrs. Potato Head.

Dinosaur Cake

I made this cake this past weekend for a little boy turning 2 who loves dinosaurs of all kinds. I love this color for the dino. I planned to add more decorations to it like dots or scales.... but I didn't want it to look too much like a dragon. Then I just fell in love with the plain red dino with the happy dino face.

Here's what his mom wrote me that evening "Big success...rhys loved it...once we cut the tail (boo hoo)...he hugged him and kissed him. We have pics!!!! Thanks a ton!"

I am excited to see their pictures. And here is a picture of the cake pre-fondant. The cake is Chocolate Sour Cream with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

Max & Ruby Cake

Last weekend, I made this fun Max & Ruby cake for a little girl who was turning 2. The cake was 4 layers of chocolate velvet cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream decorated with handmade sugarpaste decorations.

A couple weeks before the party, the mother called to order a second "plain" cake as there would be actually be 2 parties. She would just move over the sugarpaste decorations to the plain cake on party #2.

It was not a problem to do a plain cake.... however, I discovered that I actually cannot make a plain cake. I still had to dress it up with some decorations - this must be some sort of illness... I can't let a cake out of my studio without any decorations. :-) Have a look at my "plain" cake posted below.

btw - I should also mention that my inspiration for this cake came from a wonderful blog called the Frosted Cake n' Cookie.



Cake Decorators Tip: Sometimes it is hard to sculpt something that is a cartoon character and make sure they have a likeness and are cute. For Max and Ruby, I found a picture of cute 3D stuffed animal picture of them to use as my guide.