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Buttercream Rose {Wedding Cake}

Classic and Elegant... A smoothly iced butter cream cake with hand piped roses. The cake was a butter yellow color with bright white roses. The cake was kept simple by finishing the tiers with a simple bead border. It is displayed on a white milk glass cake stand.

This is the perfect example of less is more.

beautiful hand piped rose pattern

Close up: Shows the slight color difference of the piping and the detail of the rose design

Rosettes and Pearls {Wedding Cake}

We created these beautiful buttercream cakes for a wedding at Wine and Roses in Lodi this past weekend. The cakes are decorated with buttercream rosettes with pearl centers, hand rolled fondant pearls, hand piped lace, and pearl trim. A couple of the cakes were embellished with open rose sugar flowers. We set up the cakes in a symetrical layout and used a mix of white and pink milk glass cake stands.


The centerpience of the display was this 4 tier buttercream cake which has mulitple textures such as a smooth finish, piped rosettes, piped lace, fondant pearls and a dusty pink open sugar rose. 

This is one of the 2 tier cakes that were on each side of the center cake. The rosettes are on the top tier this time and it better shows the hand rolled fondant pearls.

A close up: this is one of the dusty pink open rose sugar flowers shown on one of the smaller cakes

A close up: The champagne cupcakes were swirled with a matching rosette and given a pearl center

Another image of the full table display. I'm still learning my new camara and so lighting is something I'm still working on getting right :)

Gumpaste Open Rose

Just Peachy {Wedding Cake}

This sweet peach and white 2 tier round wedding cake was the center of yummy dessert table. (pics to come later of the full table) The bride like the quilted style cakes and the groom wanted something more angular and precise. So we created a cake that gave them best if both. The pleated linear look of the bottom tier satisfied the groom's style while complimenting the more feminine quilted tier. The cake was also embellished with some ruffled flowers. We took an artistic approach to the anemone flower by using a simple gold pearl center. The cake is displayed here using one of our jade cake stands.



love the cake from this angle.



close up of the hand made sugar flowers with a soft gold pearl center.

2011 lamborghini aventador {sculpted cake}

When we are asked to create a 3-D replica of a car our of cake we do a lot of research and calculations. We want to make sure that the cake comes out actually looking like the real thing. It is a scale model made out cake!

This time we were asked to create the 2011 Lamborghini Aventador out of chocolate cake.

the reference: 2011 Lambo Aventador

our replica: Lambo Aventador cake. (front right view)

our replica: Lambo Aventador cake (front left view)

our replica: Lambo Aventador cake (back left view)

front view

rear view w/ custom licence plate

Now the next part will show and prove this is all cake! We sometimes take in progress pics of our work and this time we are going to share the process with you.

so what you didn't see is that before we started shaping the cake is that we baked it, layered it with vanilla buttercream and chilled it.

then the magic happens!

shaping the side profile

checking out the proportions

carving more off the cake

checking the lines of the hood

haha! that's me checking the backend and giving it a final inspection

time for buttercream coat

after the cake chilled again and the buttercream was firm it was time to cover it in fondant.
the fondant was tinted peach (I over estimated the amount of fondant needed)

the front view of the cake at this stage

time to etch in the lines of the car

giving it another inspection for it gets its paint job - I tend to make funny faces when I'm concentrating

time for paint - it's color is airbrushed on for an even coat

and now the black details are hand painted on very carefully!

So now you have a little look at how we created the cake. This shows just how much time we invest in our cakes and attention to detail we give.


all photos are property of Sweet Cakes by Rebecca 

Garden Party {birthday cake}

A fun garden themed birthday cake for the gardener in your life.

a raised garden bed with crushed oreo "dirt", fondant vegetables, and garden posts

close up: fondant lettuce made using mini rose petal cutters and tulip vainer, then dusted for depth

close up: fondant carrot tops

close up: fondant tomatoes with royal icing vines

The cake was surronded with wooden slats to give the look of a raised garden bed

The sweetest garden ever

 photos are property of Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

White and Gold Vintage Elegance {Wedding Cake}

White, gold and elegant. This wedding cake was created for Nichole and Josh for their 2011 wedding at Catta Verdera. The cake has a touch of vintage victorian elegance with some fun whimsical pops of color and non-tradional cake construction. We used a lace stencil, pinched the edge of some tiers and added some molded elements to give the vintage feel. Their florist Blooms by Martha Andrews added the perfect floral accents that made the colors pop and add just the right amount of whimsy. We constructed the cake with a variety of shapes and tier heights to give it a unique look and feel. I love the overall finished look of the cake, the white and gold is classic, the different decorating techniques we applied and the fun floral pops of colors and textures.  

White and gold vintage elegance wedding cake

close-up: love the floral accents, they added a whimsical look especially with the monkey tails in the topper

close-up: love this pics that really shows the lace stencil detail, the pinched edge hand painted gold and the individual gold molded feather trim.

fun angle: this shot really shows off the shape of the petal tier, the floral topper, and the gold feather trim on the bottom tier

Nichole and Josh, all smiles, cutting into their masterpiece.

For more pictures of Nichole and Josh's wedding, her beautiful dress, amazing florals check out

The Goodness's blog feature  or Real Wedding's feature

Thank you:

photos: The Goodness Photo & Design

florals: Blooms by Martha Andrews

Parisian Fashionista Cake {Bridal Shower}

The mother of the bride came to see us about a cake for a Parisian themed bridal shower for her very fashionable daughter. The entire party was black, white and pink with polka dots, damask patterns and stripes. She also wanted the cakes to be a mix of shopping bags, hat boxes, and presents.
Here are the cakes we created for her:



a Chanel hat box cake, a damask printed cake with a Prada shopping bag, and a pink present with a polka dot bow

A stenciled damask print cake with the Prada shopping bag - all made of cake

top view - black, white and pink was the color scheme for the bridal shower

close-up - A Chanel hat box cake 2with pink and black stripes

close-up: pink present box cake with a white and black polka dot bow

close-up: the largest cake was topped with a Prada shopping bag cake with pink ruffles