Busy week of Cakes....Sweet 16...50th Birthday...Baby Shower.....Jenn's Bithday!

What better theme than "Hollywood" for a special girl for her "Sweet 16" birthday party.  So I stuck with red, gold, silver, and black to resemble the Hollywood theme.  I went with a red carpet down the center and stars revolving around the cake, with an added movie reel and video camera.  Definitely the most challenging part of the cake was the sign on top with Mallory's name.  It was heavier than anticipated and was hard to attach the wooden dowels into the fondant sign.  But after two tries I finally reached success!

Thanks again Candace for asking me to do the cake and I hoped Mallory felt like a Hollywood Star!

This next cake was for for my friends father-in-law on his 50th birthday.  As you can see, he is a big Vancouver Canucks fan!  This cake was chocolate, with a chocolate filling and vanilla buttercream!  Chocolate definitely seems to be my most popular flavor!  

Thanks Michelle for asking me to make the cake!

 So I attended a small baby shower this past weekend and wanted to bring a little cake to celebrate the occasion.  I knew the soon to be mommy, Lindsey, was allergic to gluten so I had to figure how to make a gluten free cake that still tasted good!  Well I went with a vanilla cake recipe and substituted a couple ingredients with gluten free products and the end result seemed to turn out fine.  Lets just say the batter did not taste good, but in the end the cake turned out great, very sweet, but good!

My first success at red velvet cake!  I have tried two recipes in the past and not been completely satisfied with the result, but this new recipe I tried was delicious!  And of course the best and only icing to pair with red velvet cake is cream cheese icing!  This cake was for Jenn, my cousin!  Her birthday happen to land on the same day of our Christmas gathering, so I decided to bring a cake along to celebrate her birthday along with Christmas!