Mariana

I have known this girl since she was about four.  This cake was for her 14th birthday.  Some other mutual friends had us all over on the night of her birthday, and we wanted to make sure she had a fun birthday cake.

This was my first attempt at the rosette cake.  The rosettes themselves are pretty easy, but filling in the gaps proved to be a little more tricky.  

I also love this ombre effect.  Just make a batch of the frosting, color only half of it to the darkest color, and then use graduating amounts of the white to make each part one step lighter.

I love the look of a simple cake on a cake pedestal.  So classy!

Grandparent's Cake

This order was from one friend, for another set of friends.  They were becoming grandparents for the first time, and she wanted to honor them at a church meeting.

The cake is a 6' round.  They knew the baby was going to be a boy, so I wanted something that looked baby boy-ish, but would be appropriate for the grandparents.  

If memory serves, they later told me that these were the nursery colors, but I may be remembering something else.  Wow, I need to do better at keeping this blog up to date...

Boy, did I miss my Cricut when I made this one!!  I had to do my own piping, and I still struggle with that skill.  I didn't really have room for "Grandma and Grandpa," since the cake was 6", and I thought "Gramma & Grampa" sounded cute, but my family all laughed at that one.

Tiara

Just before I got the order for this cake, I was sent a pin by a friend who often sends me cool cake pictures as inspiration. The picture was of a princess tiara cake, so I adapted it for this cake.

I got a call from someone who's best friend was going through a tough time, and they were throwing her a "pick me up" party on the day her ex-husband remarried.  They spent all day shopping, going to the spa, and eating out, and as the day progressed, different friends surprised her by joining them.  Once the day was over, and all the friends were there, they took her back to the house, and had a party.  

I was given free reign on this cake, and my first thought was that it had to be fabulous!  What's more fabulous than a tiara??!  And a tiara with hot pink and black? Even better!  My only afterthought was that a boa would have made an even more fabulous bottom border.  

The tiara is gum paste, formed by drawing the design, and wrapping it around a #10 can.  After it dried, I sprayed it with pearlescent luster dust.  The jewels are Isomalt.  It was my first time using Isomalt, but it was SO easy!  I had tons of extra jewels, and they last forever.