Parisian Theme Cake

I love this theme.  I was asked to make a black and white Parisian inspired cake and I did not know where to go.  So much design possibilities, so little time.  In fact, I had just over 24 hours to make this cake.  Although not impossible, I would have like more time to 'pimp' my cake.  I couldn't get enough of this theme, I needed to pry my hands off this cake.  Seriously!  I wanted to add this and that... I would have like to make a 3 tier cake out of this theme alone.  

 Rich chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream.

Lightning Mcqueen - Disney's Cars Theme Cake

Never sculpted a car cake before and this was a challenging one.  Basically two cakes on top of each other with different elements.  I'm glad a had an opportunity to make this cake for this a really cool dude!

Retirement Cake - Island Getaway

I usually do fondant covered cakes and it was nice change creating a buttercream cake.  It's more challenging than fondant in way that all imperfections are exposed.  I am very happy how it turned out specially the waves. 

Elmo Cake and Cupcake Topper

Just wanted to share a new version/photo of a previous Elmo topper that I've done.

Gumpaste Pumpkins!

What a busy, busy few weeks! 2 colds, a party, an injury and a disaster! I'm so excited to be back with a couple of cake projects... I'm looking forward to the distraction it brings me :) Visit soon to see my finished projects. Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! 

Good news. Website is up! Visit www.yummythingy.com and have a looksy! I had to redo the website AGAIN! To celebrate, here's a photo to share of my home made pumpkin patch!

Pumpkin made out of gumpaste and fondant

Silver Anemone

Belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone... Here's a nice bouquet that I made for a friend's project.  Hope you enjoyed your long weekend, I sure enjoyed mine!

A few peeps, are asking about the design process from start to finish.  I am doing a couple of project early November... So watch out for some sketches that I will be posting!

White Anemone with Silver dragees

Rosie's Cheer Cake

 This cake is inspired by the Panther Cheer uniform for Rosie's 15th bday.  Colours turned out great in this hot pink cake!!  In addition to this cake, Nancy (Rosie's mom) requested 25 oversized cupcake toppers with the Panther's colours.  This was a learning curve for me, I never had to make a multi-coloured (fused) ribbon before.  Quite happy how this all turned out and I hope Rosie is too!

Emma's Posh Cake

Lee-Ann's oldest girl, Emma is turning 9! She liked a cake that I previous made called Winn's Roses.  I wanted it to be similar but younger.  I enjoyed making this cake and her mom request it to be made out of Marshmallow fondant.  It turns out that today, was the warmest day in the last 3 weeks...  It was sooo fun (NOT!) trying to cover a square cake while the marshmallow fondant was trying to melt off the cake.  How fun! But, Emma is such a sweet girl and I tried my best to make sure she gets a beautifully decorated spa cake!

In the end, I loved the design and how it turned out despite the heat.

 

Victorian Sponge Cake with Strawberry Buttercream

Lee-Ann and Emma, I hope you enjoyed the cake and It would be get a copy of a photo to post! *hint* *hint*  :)

Sneak Peeks!

Just wanted to give everyone a small dose of what I am working on today. 

Pe-Ya-nee, Pe-Oh-Nee! 100th Birthday PEONY Cake!

A month ago, my mother-in-law, Winn, mentioned that we are having a family get-together/Popo's 100th Birthday celebration.  I asked what I can do to help and a happily agreed to a cake.  But, travelling out of town with a cake - ferry ride and all, is a totally unknown experience for me.  My usual cake pick-up/ delivery are local areas 10-15 minutes of driving time.  This has been in the back of my mind for a month.  After asking numerous questions about colour, flower choice, flavour etc; Winn and sisters decided on purple, peony and mango.  They pretty much allowed me creative freedom on the design. 

After researching, I didn't realize that the Peony flower had such an abundance of petals.  Which means, it takes longer to do.  It was stressful for a bit, trying to find the right tools and materials for the peony but it worked out with a week to go. 

A blessing, also, showed to give me a helping hand... Lynn (bro-in-law's girl)! She is a cake decorator and I sorta asked her to give me a hand.   We laboured for 2 hours to create 5 blossoms! Whew! It worked! We are happy! A small hitch, paper towels used to open blossoms stuck to the petals and created breakages! Since I knew how to make them, it was easier to re-make 3 more blossoms and repaired the broken ones!

I thought I have been mispronouncing the word, PEONY!  I said, peyaknee and I was correct to say Pe-Oh-knee! But, Auntie Nelles, who was a former florist said that it's a Potato, Pohtatoh thing! So I felt better. 

So without further adieu, here is final result of the hard work and I must say I am very happy.

Vanilla Chiffon with Mango Buttercream and Mango Syrup

The party was great.  It was nice to see the cousin-in-laws and all the Aunties and Uncles!  It was such a nice day despite the early morning 5am wake-up schedule to catch the ferry. 

The cake was a hit and I beam like a proud mama when my little boy sang Tomorrow (Annie) accompanied by Renee on piano.

Starring Elmo!

Cake No. 2

A friend of the family is celebrating the 1st Birthday of their grandson, Dominic.  A short notice and I've committed for 2 cakes already, But, I can't say 'no' to them as they are super nice!  And, who says no to an Adorable boy? Not me! I am a softy!

They wanted a Sesame Street cake with Elmo as the star!  After a few drafts, a couple of changes... here is the final design.

(not shown: Elmo's face opposite side of cookie's face)

We want a Bright, Hot Pink Cake!

Wow, just finished another busy weekend with cake request.  3 cakes in 2 days, a trip out of town to deliver a very special cake to a very special person.  I will post this cake separately - Look for Peony, PeOny! 100th Birthday Cake!

Cake no. 1

I donated a cake to my daughter's spring fair and Anne won it for her twin girls birthday!  I am glad she won it as I know her from PAC and it was a pleasure making a cake for her daughters' 10th birthday.

Here is the request, they want a bright cake, hot pink and other bright colours.  After sending my sketches, they picked this cake.  I made them a Chocolate Chiffon for the bottom tier and Vanilla Chiffon for the top with vanilla bean buttercream icing.