Sweet Baby Shower Dots

So, recently I made a baby shower cake that I really liked.  I liked that it was a little different than the normal babt shower cake and a bit less "themey" ....that it actually could have easily been a birthday cake....

I was given a photo to emulate with changes to the color scheme.  Here is the photo provided created by the talented Mandotts on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandascakes/3376550819/in/photostream/

The color scheme for this baby shower cake was to be pink, teal and black which was fun!  For a baby shower, this is not a common request.  I liked that.  It is still a really sweet design, but is a departure from the standard baby pinks, blues and yellows you see most often. I tried to stay fairly true to the photo provided, except that this cake was a bit smaller, so I made a couple slight adjustments for that.  All in all, I hope Mandotts would approve.  Entire design credit to her.

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Flour Girl

Leopard Print....FUN

Leopard Print is FUN!

This was a fun, funky 20th birthday cake I made for a dear friend's daughter who turned the big 2-0 on Monday.  The birthday girl is a beyond talented photographer.  She did a beautiful engagement session for the hubs and I.  You should check her out should you need professional photos.

Taylor Bartram Photography

The leopard print is all hand painted with just a little touch of gold luster for a little dimension.  The topper, flowers and ribbon and bow are all handmade from fondant.  I loved the final look of this design with the added pops of color with the flowers.  I also did a couple dozen cupcakes with leopard print in teal, pink and purple.  Fun design for a great gal!

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Flour Girl

My Little Princess

Is it me or is the Princess craze much more prevalent now than say...20 years ago.  I really don't remember the Princess thing being so popular when I was a kid.  Maybe I'm wrong. 

I assume that has much to do with the tremendous marketing and merchandising by Disney over the last couple decades.  Disney Princesses are EVERYWHERE!  I remember my thing was Strawberry Shortcake...  I loved her.  Ask my sister...she would be more than happy to explicitly  make fun of  describe my love of that sweet little, strawberry scented red head and her strawberry house.  My love for her may or may not have been slightly displaced by my obsession with strawberries.  What is that all about?  I have literally had a strawberry cake, strawberry shortcake, or some other strawberry dessert every birthday...seriously, every birthday.

My first birthday (before there were smash cakes!)

Well, as it does fairly often, the Princess theme arose for a 6th birthday celebration this past weekend.  I was shooting for a tutu look and was using the ruffle on the cookies to mirror this idea.  The request was for mainly light pink, with a second shade of pink, and a girlie-girl Princess feel all the way.  They wanted to go with a small 3 tier, so we decided on an 8", 6", 4" mini tiered cake.  So, this is what I came up with:

(why does pink and purple always look distorted when photographed??? grrr)

This was not my first ride on the princess train...

This was a cake created for an actual Princes....err, Queen I suppose.  This cake was created for an event for Miss Baja California.  This was actually one of my first large cakes.  Though I was very proud of it at the time, I truly see how far I have come since then.

This was a super cute cupcake tower created for a little girl named Quincy who is nicknamed Queen-Cee.  How adorable is that?  So, quite fittingly, little tiara clad "Q"s were included in the design.

This one was for a princess tea party themed birthday complete with tea and hot pink tutus for all the princess guests!  How over the top cute is that?!?  The tiara and teacup cookies were favors for the guests.

So, each time the Princess theme rears it's head, it is a challenge to create something new, something different...a new spin on a common theme.  I hope I accomplished that this go 'round and the little Birthday Princess was happy with her Princess sweets.

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Flour Girl

Cupcakes for a Girl's Girl

Last week I was so happy to make some very girlie-girl cupcakes that were for a surprise birthday party.  I have to admit that I am not always so certain about cupcake designs.  I truly feel that they are an entirely different skill set than cakes.  I think I have done well with the designs that I have done in the past, but I feel that I excel most with cake design.  I think it is the small scale that gets me every time.  I think I have ogre hands for miniature modeling....errrr, maybe I just have an ogre hand complex.

So, back to these cupcakes.  This was funny because the birthday girl's friend contacted me on the birthday girl's husband's behalf to work on some cupcake ideas for her surprise party.  He had a very vague idea of what he wanted and the only real direction I received was that she loves pink and purple, and that she loves glam, so they need to be fabulous. 

Hmmmmmm, what was I to do?  At first I was stumped.  I really didn't want to do run of the mill toppers that you see all over the internet, I didn't want them to be too cutsy.....

Then I received a text from the birthday girl herself asking if I would be able to make a birthday cake....She was wanting to request her own birthday cake.

OMG...how do I respond?  Does she know?  Is the cat out of the bag?  So, I try to play it cool and simply say "sure, let me know what you are thinking" 

Haha, this started a whole thing on the back end.  We wanted to draw out what she wanted, specifically, then I was to back out so she thought there'd be no special birthday cake after all, to be surprised with exactly what she requested.

Well... this never happened.  As the day drew closer, I had nothing to go on.  With just a couple days lead time to allow drying, this is what I came up with per the few details I was given to work with.

 Chanel Clutch

 Chanel Tote

 Lipstick and Nail Polish

Flowers and sprinkles, and also pink and purple bows (pictured somewhere up above).

I used gold foil cupcake wrappers and gold dragees to glam it up a bit.  I would say I am more of a silver person, but I totally loved this look in person.



Well, the birthday girl was surprised! 

Mission accomplished.

Thanks for stopping by,

Flour Girl