Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!  What a fun holiday.... and what a great day for a cake!  Here's my Halloween duck cake -- it is vanilla butter cake with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream.

You are probably wondering... why a duck?

Well... it is a duck because I had to make a cake to match my 4-month old daughter's halloween costume  :-)  Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!  Be sure to stop by on Tuesday for a contest giveaway!

Guest Post: Too Nice to Slice from Kitchener, Ontario

Today's post is part of our bi-weekly Guest Post: 5 Pics Series.  We feature multi-talented cake designers from all over the world that I have met online and admired.

This week's guest post come from award winning cake artist and designer, Chrissie Boon, from Too Nice to Slice in Kitchener, Ontario.  Chrissie’s love for sugar art has been a long time coming.  Starting in her mom’s kitchen with her little toy oven, to eventually running her own Christmas cookie business.  Today, in addition to creating amazing cakes, she runs a cake supply store: Icing Inspirations and host an annual cake competition.

Now if you didn't think that was enough, she also has a newly renovated classroom and runs regular classes bringing in cake designers from all over the place.  I attended one of these amazing classes back in March.  Now here's some of Chrissie's wonderful creations:

#1 - Tall and Elegant

 #2 - Wonderful and whimsical

 #3 - Unique and completely out-of-the-box for cake

#4 - A one-of-a-kind Spider-lizard

#5 - Chrissie setting a new trend in Cake Art

To see more of Chrissie's creations or visit her online store at:

• Websites at www.toonicetoslice.ca and www.icinginspirations.ca 
• Facebook pages at http://www.facebook.com/TooNiceToSlice and http://www.facebook.com/IcingInspirations 
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/toonicetoslice
• Email: chrissie [at] toonicetoslice.ca

Boston Celtics' Cupcakes

A quick post for this Tuesday.... which Twitter tells me that it also happens to be National Chocolate Cupcake Day!   Some cupcakes that are sporty and sweet!

Chocolate sour cream and banana sour cream cupcakes topped with handmade sugarpaste Boston Celtics designs.  Have a great week - see you next Tuesday!

Guest Post: Pink Little Cake from New Jersey

Today's post is part of our bi-weekly Guest Post: 5 Pics Series.  We feature multi-talented cake designers from all over the world that I have met online.

This week's guest post is Kathia from Pink Little Cake in New Jersey.  Her passion for cake decorating started 4 years ago when she was celebrating her daughter's 1st birthday.  Since then, Kathia has been taking pastry and cake decorating classes and making wonderful cakes, cupcakes and cookies.  She writes a lovely blog where she shares many recipes and tutorials.  And just in time for Halloween, she has a ton of guest blog posts and ideas for Halloween.   Now, a sampling of her cake creations.

#1 - For the Fashionista

#2 - For the Shoe Lover

 #3 - Elegant Wedding Cake

#4 - Cute 1st Birthday Cake

 #5 - 3D Yorkie Puppy Cake

You can visit Kathia from Pink Little Cake at the following places:

• Website: http://www.mypinklittlecake.com/ 
• Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PinkLittleCake 
• Twitter at http: http://twitter.com/pinklittlecake 
• Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/pinklittlecake

Rock n' Roll Cake n' Cupcakes

The theme given to me was The Rolling Stones, The Who and Rock n' Roll, so I came up with this cake n' cupcake tower.  All the decorations were handmade from sugarpaste - I really used a lot of my trusty xacto knife for this creation.

I usually take some pre-delivery photos to double check the set-up and also helps as many times the venue is not completely set up or does not have good lighting.  Here's the tower minus an extra cake tier which I will stack at the venue.

The cupcakes were strawberry vanilla and chocolate sour cream.  By the way, if you don't recognize the sugarpaste "records" then you are young!  :-)

Here is the final set-up with the additional tier.  I forgot to take photos from the other angles, but the cubes also had the guitar and record design on the other sides.

Guest Post: The Cakerator from North Carolina

Today's post is part of our bi-weekly Guest Post: 5 Pics Series.  We feature multi-talented cake designers from all over the world that I have met online and admired.

This week's guest post comes from The Cakerator in Raleigh, North Carolina.   The owners and talented cake artists, Luis & Maria, specialize in sculpted celebration cakes and elegantly designed wedding cakes.  Their cake styles are very versatile with every design element being edible.  I also really love how The Cakerator takes their own time to post many free Step-by-Step tutorials and "Ask the Cakerator" for other cake artists or hobbyists.

#1 - 3D Cake at is finest

#2 - For the Hello Kitty Fan

#3 - So Elegant Wedding Cake

#4 - So Elegant Anniversary Cake

#5 - For the Fashionista

Make sure you check out The Cakerator at the following places:

• Website coming soon at www.cakerator.com
• Blog at www.thecakerator.com
• Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Cakerator
• Twitter at www.twitter.com/The_Cakerator
• Email at info [at] cakerator.com

1st Birthday Cake: Baby Sesame Street Cake

A very popular design for 1st birthday cakes is the elevated tier design.  This version is made with the baby sesame street characters handmade out of sugarpaste.

 

You don't see these characters a lot unless you are a parent and have changed one-too-many diapers that have these characters on it :-)

Have a great week!  See you next Tuesday.

Guest Post: Cup a Dee Cakes from Georgia

Today's post is part of our bi-weekly Guest Post: 5 Pics Series.  We feature multi-talented cake designers from all over the world that I have met online and admired.

This week's guest post comes from Cup a Dee Cakes in Tunnel Hill, GA.  The owner and designer, Jenniffer White, specializes in large wedding and sculpted groom's cakes.  Similar to me, she used to be in corporate world and gave that up to pursue her first passion.  Good thing she did - she is very talented - you have to check out her amazingly smooth buttercream!  She blogs every Tuesday and Friday about her adventures in the cake world.  Here's a snapshot of 5 Pics of her wonderful and creative design.

#1 - Stunning and Elegant (and it is buttercream)

#2 - Ferntastic Flowers

#3 - Swirls Just Wanna Have Fun

#4 - Cake Chameleon

#5 - 3D Fun and Fantastic

To follow Jenniffer and admire more of her wonderful Cup a Dee Cakes:

• Website: http://www.cupadeecakes.com
• Blog: http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com
• Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/cupadee
• Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/CupaDeeCakes
• YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/cupadeecakes
• E-mail:  jen [at] cupadeecakes.com

3rd Birthday: Thomas & Friends Cake n' Cupcakes

A very popular request for 3 year olds... Thomas the Train and friends.  A fun display of cake and cupcakes.  All characters are handmade out of sugarpaste.

The cake topper is vanilla butter cake with strawberry buttercream.  The cupcakes are chocolate sour cream with chocolate buttercream and banana sour cream with cream cheese icing.

Have a great week!  See you next Tuesday for another wonderful Guest Post.

Guest Post: Cake Fiction from New Jersey, USA

Today's post is part of our bi-weekly Guest Post: 5 Pics Series.  We feature multi-talented cake designers from all over the world that I have met online and admired.

This week's guest post comes fresh from Cake Fiction in New Jersey.  Paula Tosonotti founded Cake Fiction to serve the tri-state area with fabulous and original designs.  Paula is an internationally trained chef, her secret weapon is her walnut almond pound cake with a dulce de leche cream filling (recipe here) from her native Argentina.  Here's a snapshot of 5 Pics of her wonderful and creative design.

#1 - Simple and Elegant Wedding cake

 #2 - Bold and Elegant Birthday Cake

#3 - For the Fashionista

 

#4 - Super Cute

#5 - "Grand" 3D Cake

To admire more of Paula's creations at Cake Fiction, you can find her here:

Website at http://www.cakefiction.com/

Blog at: http://cakefiction.blogspot.com/

Become a fan of her Facebook Page

Twitter at www.twitter.com/CakeFiction

Email Paula at info@cakefiction.com