"Lola"

A beloved race car turned into a birthday cake for her driver.:)

The real Lola:

Grill Cake

This was such a fun cake to make. All of the food is fondant and the charcoal is mini marshmallows painted with black food coloring! The cake itself was cookies and cream with Oreo buttercream filling.

Should I post this?

I feel a bit guilty. Underneath the fondant, I assure you the horns were sawed off! Gig 'em! :)

Croucquembouche Inspired Groom's Cake

When I meet with a bride or in some cases bride and groom, I love to find out as much as possible about them. I take those unique details and try to translate them into a cake. In this case the bride and groom had no specific ideas about the groom's cake. The only thing they were certain about was no chocolate. In questioning the bride, I learned that the her fiance was of French heritage and this was something of importance to his family. I suggested that his cake be inspired by the traditional French wedding cake, the croucquembouche.

The cake tiers were moist almond cake layered with dark cherry preserves and Amaretto French buttercream with bits of crushed almond nougatine. The tiers were covered in Amarretto French buttercream and encirled with rolled wafer cookies. Each tier was topped with cream puffs which I filled with vanilla pastry cream and dipped in caramelized sugar. I made a miniature croucquembouche topper and placed white chocolate fleur d'lis on the topper and cake. The monogram was made of white and dark chocolate.

Dad's Roadster Cake

This cake was a surprise wedding gift for a my dad who had just restored a 1932 Ford roadster. From a photograph of the car, I was able to use fondant to recreate the hot pink pearl paint color, tan leather interior, and tires. The cake was dark chocolate with toasted coconut/pecan filling and chocolate frosting. I found the steering wheel, rims, and checkered flag stickers at an RC hobby shop and working LED headlights at Target.