Sexy Classy

This weekend, I was asked to make a simple cake for a fortieth birthday. The cake was inspired by the Agent Provocateur logo and packaging. The idea was to combine classy with sexy, as well as imitate the font from the logo. The challenge in this cake? Completely gluten free and lactose free. I've done lactose free before, but I was completely new to the world of gluten free. A daunting task, but I was up for the experimentation. After a couple of attempts, I think I came up with something just as yummy as my regular chocolate-raspberry cake! 

Go Bananas!

This is the perfect cake for me to blog about today. I just came back from an amazing week in the sun, and I'm fighting some terrible winter blues! This was a cake I made right before leaving on my trip for an adorable little birthday girl who loves monkeys and bananas. Put 'em together, and you've got this super cute combination! 

Lately, I've been asked to make the inside of the cake as fun as the outside. Whether it's rainbow or obmre, it's super fun to cut into a cake to find a surprise. This time, I was asked to make something I had never done before - checkerboard! I had no idea how it was going to turn out until right up to the cutting, so that made me super nervous. In the end, it looked better than I hoped! 

Troll in the Dungeon!

A few weeks ago, I was asked to reproduce a scene from Harry Potter in cake. For those muggles that haven't figured out which scene from the picture, it's this one: 

Apparently this is birthday girl's favourite scene, and she's a huge HP fan. And so, I was asked to make the troll and Hermione in the bathroom. This girl is a very cool six year old, I think we'd get along very well! ;) I had a ton of fun making this cake, and of course, watching the entire movie for research purposes! The sides of the cake were brick walls, complete with sinks and bathroom stalls. For toppers, a face off between tiny Hermione and a giant, dimwitted troll.

The colours are bit funky in the next couple of pictures, no clue why... 

Double Rainbow

A few weeks ago, I got to make a cake for a very colourful birthday. I love working with this party mama, her parties are always perfect to the tee! From her own baked goods, to some amazing prints by JustME designs, and of course, at the centre of it all, my cakes! I love her amazing sweet table setups! Last year, I created a very frilly, sparkly Barbie cake for the little one's birthday. This year, she took a 180 turn and did something completely different. She asked for a very clean, modern, rainbow/art themed cake. After a whole lot of back and forth between designs, we both agreed on a very cute design.

While last year, the cake's centre was a pink gradient, this year, I was asked to make rainbow layers of cake. Lots of baking involved, and it makes for a very tall cake, but what an amazing effect!

The outside of the cake included crayons, flowing rainbow paint, paint splatters, and a paint palette. She decided to include a paper banner on top, provided by JustME and she did such an amazing job bringing it all together. I absolutely love this cake!

A Cake at the Beach

Last week, I was sent a picture of this guy's swimming shorts, and was asked to replicate them for his birthday cake. Birthday boy is hanging on the beach with his six pack of Heineken in some sugar sand. 

These Heineken bottles are super tiny! I wish I had taken a picture of them next to a penny! 

Sweet Tweet

Last week, I was asked to make a retirement cake for someone who will probably be spending his well-earned time off gardening and with his lovely feathered friends. I was told he grows exotic flowers, specifically angel trumpets, so I was asked to include them in the design. 

The Midas Touch

Over the holidays, I was asked to make something a little different for a party. Instead of the usual cake, I decided to make some handmade chocolate truffles. They were such a hit, and a true labour of love! 

I had made six different flavours. White chocolate lemon, white chocolate cranberry, milk chocolate caramel, milk chocolate hazelnut, dark chocolate raspberry, and a simple dark chocolate. 

Drooling yet? Wait for the picture! 

Oh, and each and every single one of the truffles got a little touch 24K gold, just because! Tell me, what girl doest want chocolate and gold, all in one bite!?