Dora Cupcakes

Dora is big at our house.  These cupcakes were a big hit with my girls.  I got the idea from the Nickelodeon web site.  So easy to do, but looks like you spent a lot of time and effort!  My oldest daughter did wonder why I didn't make any Boots cupcakes.

Island Cake

My youngest daughter wanted a Dora cake for her 4th Birthday. But since we just moved to Hawaii, I was hoping to do a more tropical looking themed cake. I was able to please her and still do my cake when I found a little Dora doll with an ukulele. The bottom tier was a chocolate cake with fudge filling and chocolate butter cream frosting. I love the look of the cookies around the cake. The second layer was a white lime cake with cream cheese frosting. The sandal cookies were a big hit at the party. The guests were afraid to eat them at first, thinking I put them on real sand (I vita mixed some graham crackers).

Star Wars

Because I have two girls, I always jump at the chance to make boy themed birthday cakes. Apparently this is a Star Wars Ship called a Death Star (never saw the movie). The challenge was to make this round cake stay. Yes I figured it out, the ship stayed docked.

Cow Girls First Birthday

For my youngest daughters first birthday I made a chocolate 1/2 sheet shaped cowboy boot cake for the family, and a small apple cake with whip cream frosting for the birthday girl. This was her first taste of cake and ice cream.

Colonel Cake

Being promoted to Colonel (full bird colonel) is a very big deal, so I was honored to make a colonel rank cake for her promotion party. Pink was the way to go! A very BIG 1/2 sheet chocolate cake shaped as a colonel rank. Not only was it big, it was heavy!

Christmas Present

I've done several present box cakes, but this one is my favorite. It looks so elegant with the fondant gold bow.

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

I made this birthday cake for a good friend of mine. She loves chocolate, so I made a chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling. Chocolate butter cream wasn't enough of a chocolate frosting, so I poured on chocolate ganache! She loves pink, so I added a few fondant pink flowers to make this Death By Chocolate Cake look elegant. It was so rich, I could only eat one little slice, loved it!