Pirate Pops {custom desserts}

Fans of all things pirate we had a blast making these pirate themed cake pops. The red and black striped paper straws were the perfect addition to the jolly roger skull and cross bone rings. The rings double as a fun party favor for the kids.

pirate cake pops - black and red paper straw sticks in black mini cupcake papers with red and black sugar and adorned with a skull and cross bone ring

 

 

The red and black paper straws, black mini cupcake papers, colored sugars and the skull and cross bone rings will be available for purchase in our Etsy shoppe which will be open soon.

Seeing Spots and Polka Dots {styled shoot}

When our friend Beth at True Love Photo asked us to create a cake that had polka dots both on the outside and the inside... we responded "challenge accepted!!". After countless tasty trials we did it, and not once but twice.
We create a bold yellow cake with evenly space blue polka dots and a second one with bright red polka dots. The cakes were then decorated with a matching polka dot pattern.

Yellow and Blue Polka Dot Cake!! 

photo: True Love Photo

Wanna a piece 

photo: True Love Photo

And a yummy slice of the yellow and red polka dot cake

photo: True Love Photo

photo: True Love Photo

 Now a couple of in process pics of how the magic was created:

(sorry for the pics, they were taken from my iPhone and for some reason unknow to me they uploaded upside down)

a cookie scoop was used to make space for the polka dots

after the dots were added a layer of matching color buttercream was added

The second layer of polka dots added to the cake.

 

A huge THANK YOU to:

photos: True Love Photo

Models: Cast Images

Stylist: Poppy

Hair and make-up: I Make Beautiful

Paperie: Honey Paperie

Wedding Wire - Inspiration Board

Wedding Wire: The Blog does it again! They have created a bright and fresh inspiration board with a chic color scheme of red and teal. They have selected our cake to include in this stunning collection.

Wedding Colors Wedding Planning Ideas WeddingWire: The Blog: "Aisle Markers: La Vie En Rose, Placecards: MMD Events, Bouquet: Pave Weddings Centerpiece: Sebesta Design, Invitations: Maida Vale and Paper Presence, Hanging Flowers: Peacock Events Favors: Beau-Coup Wedding Flavors, Cake: Sweet Cakes by Rebecca"

Wonderland Wedding

When people think of Alice in Wonderland images of the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit or Alice come to mind. For me I picture the Queen of Hearts and painting the roses red. I drew upon those ideas when I sketched out the Queen of Hearts wedding cake. The black diamonds and red heart accents remind me of the cards and the red roses, well of course they had to be incorporated in the cake. I topped the cake with amazing Swarovski crystal initials and a whimsical heart, all made by http://www.verydifferentcakes.com/

After bringing my vision to reality I began to look for photos to build a collage to show my ideas of a wonderland wedding fit for a queen.

I came across these amazing fashion collages on Polyvore. I think while they are not wedding images they represent the style I was thinking of when I created the cake.

Take Me To Wonderland ! by • Gabby;; featuring Ray

055 by • Gabby;; on Polyvore.com

I have also created the following collage to show how this style can be applied when planning a wedding, such as table cards, shoes, gowns, save the dates, venue decor, and florals.

Here are just a few more images of the cake while on display at the Bridal Showcase.

Mad Science Birthday Cake

We had so much fun creating a mad science themed birthday cake for an awesome 5 year. The cake was an explosion of color, texture, and it was a feast for your senses. We included a rocket ship made of rice cereal treats, 2 boiling beakers also made of rice cereal treats, and atoms bursting of the cake on wires. There are chemical symbols, atom rings, green slime, and lightening bolts. Then we layered it with swirls of color, stars, and dots. Our inspiration for this design was fueled by the Mad Science party team. (http://www.madscience.org/) They come to your party and conduct experiments and entertain the kids while the teach. They have invitations you can use and also goodie bags for the kids. The birthday message and rocket close up. We cut out letters and then piped over them for extra color. We make our cakes to be viewed 360 degrees, so here is the back side of the cake. It also has full decoration with atoms bursting, atom string and chemical symbols. just another angle of the cake... We also created a smaller version of the cake for the birthday boy. He wanted a chocolate cake so we made him his own chocolate cake and the big cake was a tier of lemon and a tier of marble. We took the beaker from the top of the big cake down to picture with his cake.