Harry Potter Birthday

I made this for my son for his 10th birthday. The hat and book were RKT in modeling chocolate. Most everything else was modeling with a little fondant, too.

Rocket Birthday Cake

5th birthday party.

Mad Scientist Cake

Buttercream with chocolate transfers, candy clay balls, gelatin bubbles, RKT flask and test tube covered in candy clay.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7Th Birthday

7th Birthday for my son. Manhole cover is gumpaste. Everything else is some degree of modeling chocolate and MMF.

Nate's 6Th Birthday

Obligatory pictures of my son's birthday cake. Buttercream green frosting with modeling chocolate leaves. Three of the dinos were fondant/gumpaste then I started reading about modeling chocolate and decided to do that. I will never go back! It's so much easier to work with than the fondant. Volcano is a RKT covered in modeling chocolate.

Party Favors

Dolphin cookies

Hannah's 10Th

Fondant outside with gumpaste and fondant decorations. Sand is graham crackers, turbinado and coconut sugars.

Nate's 4Th Birthday Cake

Fondant covered, with fondant/gumpaste characters. Huge bulging problem with the green but I just said I did it on purpose because it looked more monster-ish. And this is why I could never do it for money :)

Baby Shower Cake

9Th Birthday Cake

This was for my daughter's 9th birthday. She wanted the border collies opening the gift, the roses, the "9" and the colors. I had to make it all work together :) Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache on the bottom. Three tiered rainbow cake on the top.

123 Sesame Street

I will NEVER.EVER.EVER make a building again. I made the panels two weeks ahead of time with fondant/gumpaste. They must have shrunk or something. All the characters are also fondant/gumpaste. The stairs were wafer cookies wrapped in fondant. The only not edible was the side of the stairs and I just couldn't get it, so it's foamcore underneath. People are edible images.

Hannah's 8Th Birthday

We had Hannah's party last year at a recycled materials place and the kids all did projects. She decided it was going to be "dogs and art". She drew the dogs and I made them into chocolate transfer. She had a hard time leaving out the detail that I wouldn't be able to do in chocolate. The palatte is fondant with royal icing paint. Fondant/gumpaste paintbrush.

Nate's 2Nd Birthday

I made this for Nate's 2nd Birthday. Buttercream icing with fondant decorations. The characters and sign are all chocolate transfer. I cannot believe I forgot to post this last year. I just came to find ideas for his 3rd birthday!

Cousin's Topper

I made this to place on my cousin's wedding cake. They got married at Yosemite. I had pictures of their wedding attire, as well as their backpacks.

Doggone Good Cake

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This was buttercream with fondant decorations. The monkeys are gumpaste and fondant mixture. I made about 100 bananas and the rest are candy. I only covered the whole bottom because I hated the way the brown paper looked. Thanks for looking.

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Oodles Of Noodles And Poodles

I made this for my daughter's 5th birthday. Three layer chocolate cake with chocolate cookies & cream filling. Fondant tablecloth and floor. Gumpaste/fondant poodles and accents. Meatballs are Junior Mint Caramels.

Surfing Babies

This is for a friend's baby luau baby shower, that I'm throwing. The babies and surfboards are gumpaste/fondant mixture and the wave is gumpaste. Chocolate transfer palm trees and hibiscus.

Trout

These trout were made for a friend whose daughter was having a fishing party. They are about 50/50 gumpaste/fondant. I didnt' make the cake, just the trout.

Winston The Poodle

This is Winston, my parents' poodle. He was sitting on the gumpaste rocking chair, representing "retirement" for my dad. He was surrounded by all the mascots from the colleges that my dad attended and/or taught.

Oregon Duck

Fondant/Gumpaste mixture

Retirement Rocking Chair

Made from gumpaste and a pattern that I adapted from a real wooden chair.

Dinosaur Birthday Cake

Crusting buttercream, patted down, with fondant spikes and candy corn nails and teeth.

Flamingo Cake

Buttercream pink icing. Chocolate transfer palms, flamingos, and hibiscus. Fondant flamingos and accessories.

Duck Cake

This was for some friends who were big UO fans and first time parents. he owns a Red Robin, so that character was included. Mini-ducks and top ducks were done with a MMF/gumpaste mixture. Each of the ducks on top is different. See my photos for additional views. The cake is covered in MMF. This was my first attempt at MMF and completely covering a cake.