Cali's Purple Owl

It's all about layering.  Easy as... cake.

Dr. Who

Harley Davidson with flames

Each layer was a different flavor.

Dinosaur

I was givent this picture:

 and asked to make a birthday cake out of it.

Harry Potter Snitch

A Wee Bit O' Irish Luck

My family has a strong Irish roots, and strong Irish pride. So when my brother turned 30, with a birthday in March, his wife decided he needed a surprise party with an Irish theme. This cake needed to be Irish with out being St. Patrick's. My family debates on whether my brother's beer of choice is Guinness simply because it's Irish. I vote yes. I decided on a black base to make it more for a "man" and then added a Guinness and Celtic knots.And of course I couldn't resist writing a limerick. It can't be all serious you know.

"There once was a man named Billy

Who was as good as they come, really

And when he turned 30

He felt very flirty

Oh now isn't that Billy silly"

I tried to decided whether to make him flirty or dirty... :) I love the black on black Celtic knots around the sides. A "how to" on the bottle cap, it's really easy, I just pinched the fondant after I trimmed it.

Oreo cookie

I actually have a different idea for this Oreo cake... one that involves a slab of ice cream as the middle layer. Of course it would have to be assembled by the person who orders it because if I assemble it and put it in the freezer, the fondant will freeze rock hard. :) And I mean rock hard, don't drop it on any toes.
So this cake was made with an 8 inch round pan cut in half for the cookie, and a 6 inch round pan for the center. I debated on whether to brace it or not. (bracing is using cardboard cake rounds and wooden dowels to keep the cake from sinking on under it's own stacked up weight, the dowels actually hold the weight under the cardboard. Need a better description? I sure would. Look here, it even has pictures). I wondered, where it wasn't the usual looking layered cake, and was acting more as a whole cake, if the cardboard would ruin the effect of having it be a whole cookie, so I opted to not brace it, allowing the cake to be cut as a whole. The outcome? Slightly tilted, but it held just fine.

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Over the Hill bowling ball

Daniel turned 40. Daniel had bowling league on his birthday. Daniel got surprised at the bowling alley with an "over the hill" cake.

Boxing Ring

Women's bathroom?

Nope. "Girl" brand skateboard logo... for a sweet sixteen BOY.

Once a Pirate, always a Pirate

My debut into high school logos ha ha. My football helmets are getting A LOT better. Thank goodness since they seem to be a reocurring request!

Harley Davidson

Red M and M

Cowboy hat and bandana

Superman Cake

Transformers: Optimus Prime

Baseball diamond grave

For a 60th birthday... this shape was a little more tricky to get than I first expected, but I got it eventually. I painted the green on, thinking the paint strokes would add a cool texture to the grass.

Sk8 Park

Ayden is amazing. Did you know he can do a back flip? He showed me. I've never been able to do a back flip. Ever. Not even on a trampoline and this kid just did it from a standing jump on the floor. Impressive. Ayden is also an 8 year old skater boy. Happy birthday Ayden! I didn't get a picture with the cake after McKell put little skateboards all over it but it looked really cool with or without them, if I do say so myself (and quite often I'm saying so myself LOL). I think I nailed the concrete color, which was pure luck on the first try ha ha.

What goes better with Saint's football than ESPN on a flatscreen TV? We had lots of flavors going on in these cakes. Carrot cake, chocolate chip cookie cake, vanilla cheesecake cake, and spice cake. Still not a fan of my helmet carving abilities, but it's a better shape than my last one. which is a good sign that my next will be better too :).

The tattoo cake

Happy birthday to my tatted out sister. This cake has the names of all her family on it, as well as all the old school tattoo designs I could think of. I hand painted them (sometimes with a toothpick because the detail was too small for my brush), and I would have to say if I ever had a project of this sort again, I'll just paint directly onto the cake instead of piecing it together. This cake has Jes's spunk and sassiness. Love her. I can say that painting on a cake is by far my favorite method. Check out the pin up tat I did of my sister :).