Elegant Cake For Two

This is the second time I got to make my "Death by Chocolate" cake.  They are so much fun!   Can't go wrong with a Chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling with chocolate butter cream frosting, topped with chocolate ganache.  This time I made a few gum paste plumerias to decorate the top.

Spider man Cake

The birthday boy, who was turning three, had two request for his cake:  1.) spider man and 2.) monster truck.  I Incorporated a spider man riding a monster four wheeler on a monster track.  I made a 9x13 yellow cake with butter cream frosting.  Oreo cookie crumbs made a perfect dirt for the track.  The mom supplied all the toys for the cakes decoration.

Gabriel Iglesias's Cake

I'm a big fan of Gabriel Inglesias (Fluffy)!  When I heard he was doing a free concert for the troops and their family at Pearl Harbor, I could hardly contain myself.  I remember hearing him on XM radio years ago thinking this guy is going to be big!  He was on "The Last Comic Standing" and has had several Comedy Central special with another one on the way.  His shows are always sold out.  Enough about Fluffy, let's get to the cake:

I decided to make a chocolate cake for Fluffy (he did a comedy bit once about cakes and ever sense then, fans give him cakes at his shows), but not just any cake, a TACO CAKE!!!

We got there 2 1/2 hours early to get a good seat, but there was already about a thousand people there.  When I asked security if it would be possible to give Fluffy a cake, they replied "Just drop it off with the rest at the front gate".   I wasn't the only one who had this idea to bring a cake to Fluffy, there were four other cakes!!!  But mine was definitely the most unique (and might I add the best one there). 

When the show started, Fluffy came out on stage, and the first thing he did was thank the five people who brought cakes . . . . . . then he gave me a shout out!  He said he would like to thank the person who made the taco cake and that it looked really cool.   He even joked about it, but I couldn't hear that because I was jumping up and down screaming "That's me!  That's me!  I brought you the cake Fluffy!  I brought you the cake!"  I personally don't remember doing that, but my husband and friends were witnesses to my crazy behavior.  I was turning into "one of those fans"! 

After the show (which was AWESOME!), I went to the front to see if he was signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.  Security informed me that he will take pictures with the few who were lucky enough to get back stage passes for after the show.  I told him I really wanted to meet him and thank him for the shout out on my Taco Cake.  The security guy said; "Oh, you made that cake?  Everybody back here has been admiring it.  I'm sure he'll want to meet you.  Let me talk to the lady in charge."  Well the lady in charge comes over and says;  "You're the Taco Cake lady?  I'm sure he'll want to meet you.  He thought that cake was really neat and he's a very gracious person, I'm sure he'll want to thank you.  Just hang out here until all the back stage pass holders have met him and then we'll get you in."

My husband and I waited for over thirty minutes, and finally we were escorted back to meet him.  I was so nervous, but had no reason to be.  Fluffy was so nice and down to earth.  He not only took a picture with my husband and I, he said I should go get the cake (sitting on the table with all the others back stage) and he'll get a picture of us and the cake!  Again I was jumping up and down saying "Really?  Really?  This is so cool!", but I don't remember doing that. 

It was an awesome night!  What a great experience!  I'm already planning my next cake for him when he comes back here in December! 

Superman Cake

I did this cake for a little boy who loves Superman.  There are a lot of superheros out there, but all this little boy asked for his birthday was a Superman cake.  His poor Mom was a little frantic when she found out Superman is not the "in" superhero.  These days it's Captain America or Spiderman.  She had to go to several stores to find this action figure.  I think it looks great on top of this 6" cake with light blue butter cream frosting.  I used fondant for the city skyline.  I put Superman on two wooden pegs so it looks like he's hovering over the clouds instead of in them. 

Ukulele Cake

I've wanted to do an ukulele cake now for awhile and I finally got the chance a few weeks ago.  I made a 6" square chocolate cake with Oreo cream filling.  Fondant frosting made the ukulele shine.  The neck of the ukulele is cardboard covered in fondant.  Spaghetti noodles worked great as strings.  A little bit of graham crackers and 3 gum paste Plumeria flowers made the cake look tropical.   

How to do a cupcake rose with tip # 61

The Joint Spouse Conference was so much fun!  Thanks to all my friends who supported me, especially Michelle.  I could not have put this class together without you guys.

This is another rose I demonstrated in class at the Joint Spouse Conference.  Hope this video will help you guys to be creative in the kitchen! 

How to do a cupcake rose with tip # 104

This is one of the roses I demonstrated in my class at the Joint Spouse Conference.  I had so much fun and I hope that everyone else did too.  Hope this video will help you guys continue to work on your piping skills.