Black and White

I'm so excited about today's post! This fall I had the chance to make a wedding cake for one of my really good friends from high school. I've know Chanse, the groom since kindergarten, and he will always have a special place in my heart (he was my first kiss! lol) and his wife Kinzee is a total sweetheart. I was super excited when I heard they were tying the knot, and even more so when they approached me about making their cake! Especially when I heard what they had in mind. Black and white is one of my favorite color combinations for a wedding, it's so classy and elegant. Deep eggplant purple and bright green add a pop of color and lend a little fun. Damask was their pattern of choice, and that was basically my only guideline for the cake. I think it's my favorite cake to date!

 Not to toot my own horn, but I love it! 

 I made the ruffled flower, with little green leaves the only pop of color on the cake. You can't really tell from the picture, but the flower is liberally dusted with edible sparkle

The happy couple cutting the cake! Don't they look fantastic together?

This is when I extra-specially love my job. Making cake for strangers, and seeing their excitement is def rewarding. But making cake for friends, especially a couple as sweet as this one, on one of the most important days they'll share together makes me warm and fuzzy inside. There's nothing more fulfilling.

xoxo

Mouse House

Please excuse me long absence! The holidays are always a crazy busy time, this year even more so since I lost two weeks of prep time while on vacation. Totally worth it though! And I managed to get all of my Christmas stuff done before the big day, and had an amazing time with my family. I hope Santa found you, and was as good to you as he was to me!

The past few weeks was jammed packed with all kinds of cakes, so I have lots to share! Sadly, this little cake never made it home. The people who ordered it never came to pick it up. So rude! I think it turned out super cute nonetheless. I had creative freedom, the only direction I was given was "Minnie Mouse themed". Music to my ears, since polka dots and bows are my two favorite things!

Poor little La Daya Nj (quite the name for a one year old huh?) will never get to enjoy a pice of polka dot heaven.

xoxo

Soups On!

It's that time again. First it was a gravy packet, then there was a burger and fries. Now it's time for something warm and comforting. Hot soup! Ichiban to be exact. I'll admit that I've never actually eaten Ichiban. And up until I googled a picture of the package of soup, I thought it was called Ichiband, with a D on the end. Nonetheless, it was super fun to make. After cute and sparkly cakes, food cakes are my favorite to decorate. Here's how it turned out!

Perfect for a cold night like tonight! And it contains a full weeks worth of sodium! Good deal, right?

xoxo

March of the Penguins

With Christmas fast approaching, we're slowly getting more request for festive themed cakes. A lot of people want cakes that are Christmas-ish, without being full on, blatantly Christmas themed. So this year, my go to cake suggestion is a penguin cake! Super cute, fairly easy to decorate, and easy to dress up, or dress down, as you'll see. 

This was my first penguin prototype, simple, and cute, topped off with a big bow

Then I got creative, dressing him up in his best Christmas wear.

Then things got fancy, with a flower headband, complete with feathers!

Hope you like them as much as I do!

xoxo

Change in Location

So guess what? I'm in Hawaii! Nothing better than last minute vacations with the family! As much as I love cake and frosting, I love warm weather and spending time with my family more! It's gorgeous here, and I'm so excited to relax, and have some fun in the sun. 
No matter where I travel to, I always try to scope out the local bakeries and cake shops, see how our little shop compares to all the others out there. I've been to Hawaii a bunch of times, and the cake shops here are reallllly lacking. See?

I'd be doing the islands a favor by relocating. It'd be a tough job, but someone's gotta do it! 

xoxo

I can't believe that November is already coming to an end! The weather in my nick of the woods can be super unpredictable. We've had blizzards in July, and spring weather in January. This year, our weather has been fairly normal, which is a welcome surprise. The weather is getting gradually colder though, and that means a good winter wardrobe is essential. And a lot of the time, it seems like you have to choose either fashion, or function. A clothes are either warm and ugly, or cute and flimsy. What's a girl to do? Never fear, I've found the quintessential winter look, that embodies both fashion and function! Feast your eyes on this. 

All of my favorite things! Pink, leopard print, and faux fur! It doesn't get any better. So don't fret, this winter, you too can look fabulous, and stay nice and cozy!

xoxo

Silly Old Bear

Happy Monday! Sorry for the lack of posting, my internet was down, alllll last week! It's amazing how much free time I had when Facebook and Pinterest weren't there to distract me! Even so, I'm so happy to have it back! Last week was super busy, with cakes and trying lots of new Christmas treats at the shop, so we have lots to catch up on! But first, I thought I'd share one of my favorite cakes from last week. I'm a sucker for Disney, and Winnie the Pooh will always have a special place in my heart. Apparently I'm not the only one, since this Pooh Bear cake was for a 17th birthday! 

Hayley, the lucky birthday girl was pretty specific as far as how she wanted the cake decorated, but I used a little creative license when it came to the honey pot, which is probably my favorite part of the whole cake. What's a bear without his pot of honey?

xoxo

Tis the Season

Christmas is fast approaching! I'm lucky this year, because Christmas is coming a little early for me. I mentioned a few days ago that our shop has the opportunity this year to donate a decorated Christmas tree to be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the hospital. For some reason, I was put in charge of making a lot of the decorations. So this week has been a frenzy of hot gluing and bow tying! I still have a lot of finishing touches to finish up, and an entire tree topper to make, but I thought I'd give you a sneak preview of some of the decorations! The theme of course, is cake and candy inspired, which was a blast to base decorations around. Our color palate wasn't the traditional red and green. Instead, we went with fun hot pinks and teal blues, with a health does of glitter! 

We had to have cupcakes of course, so I decorated some cupcake sugar cookies!

Cupcakes not your thing? Well how about doughnuts? Very fitting, because our shop also makes doughnuts on Thursdays! 

Colorful rock candy, tied with bows. It'll look beautiful and sparkly against the lights on the tree.

A little peak at our ruffled tree skirt, full of fun plaid, polka dots and plaid

Tomorrow is the big day, actually getting to decorate the tree! I'll admit that I'm nervous, my mom is the big tree decorator around here! I'll let you see how it goes!

xoxo

Happy Monday! My favorite day of the week! Although I have to say, this whole daylight savings thing is throwing me off, especially in the sleeping in department. I was up at 7:30 this morning. On my day off. Just terrible. Anyway, today, I thought I'd let you see the finished Lego Star Wars cake! So much fun.

Complete with the Death Star, and the iconic Star Wars logo!

xoxo

Sunday Sweets

Another busy week at the sweat shop. The wintery weather this week is making me anxious for Christmas, and Christmas holidays. I'll get a little taste of Christmas this week with a day off on Friday, and the chance to decorate a cupcake themed Christmas tree to benefit the Regional Hospital. I'll share more about that later this week, but for now, it's time for a cute cake! Baby shower cakes are always super fun, because nothing gets people more excited than a baby on the way! This one turned out super cute, I'm in love.

 Twins are on the way! We went with a "two peas in a pod" theme, and in addition to the cake, we made some cupcake with matching icing colors, with little peas in pods on top

xoxo

May the Force Be With You

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.... 

I'm such a nerd! I will openly admit that I thoroughly enjoy Star Wars. That's why I was extra happy when I got to make some decorations for not only a Star Wars cake, but a Lego Star Wars cake! My little brother would be proud. I only got to make three of the characters, which sadly didn't include Chewbacca, but I think they turned out good nonetheless.

Happy Thursday!

xoxo

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween everyone! It's all treats and no tricks around here today. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I've never been big on dressing up, mostly because I always leave my costume to the very last minute. But pumpkin carving and watching old scary movies with my family is one of the things I look forward to all year. I've also been looking forward to sharing this cake with you! Halloween themed cakes are always fun to decorate, especially when they can be "cute" rather than "scary".

The only direction as far as decorating goes, was Halloween themed, and Goofy and Max on top. I thought it would be fun to have Goofs dressed up for the occasion, so they I gave them some spooky costumes.

Another thing that I love about this cake is the stripes on the middle tier. I hand painted them on, to give them an imperfect and slightly spooky look. 

Hope you all have a fantastic Halloween!

xoxo

Sunday Sweets

Since I've started posting cakes multiple times during the week, Sunday Sweets is now going to feature my favorite cake of the week. For the past few years our shop has had the opportunity to donate a cake to be auctioned off the raise money for the Boys and Girls Club. The fundraisers theme this year was pirates! Much better than the sports theme last year. I can't take total credit for the cake, it was definitely a team effort. I got to decorate the chest, and paint the cake board like a treasure map. The gold coins and jewels are one of my favorite things about the cake. No chest is complete without treasure!

xoxo

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday Mum!

 Yesterday was my lovely mothers birthday! Unfortunately she doesn't share mine, or my dad's enthusiasm for presents. Or if she does, she's not as vocal about it as we are. In any case, buying presents for her can be difficult. Lucky for me, no birthday is complete without cake, and cake is what I do best. I didn't want to do anything to garish or bright for her cake, I wanted it to be simple and elegant, just like her.

I wanted the flowers to have the effect of lace, and I added a little brooch, just for a little bling. 

Hope you know how much I love you Mum! 

xoxo

Do You Want Fries With That?

Making cake look like another type of food is one of my favorite things to do when it comes to cake decorating. There's something extra specially fun about it. After making a pizza cake, and a gravy packet, a hamburger was obviously the next logical food of choice. Not a salad in sight at Crazy Cakes, we're all about the good, greasy stuff. And no burger is complete without fries, and ketchup of course!

Oh, and a note to the smarty pants 15 year old at the A&W drive through yesterday, when I said I wanted my Teen Burger plain, I didn't mean just a plain bun with nothing else in it!

xoxo

There's a saying that says the eyes are the window to the soul. If that's true, that makes your eyebrows the curtains to the windows of your soul. You don't want your eyebrows to look like cheap curtains you got in the clearance rack. One of the cardinal sins when it comes to the eyebrows is over plucking. If you over tweeze your brow hairs for long enough, they wont grow back! What's that you say? You don't think your brows are all that important? Think again my friends.

See? They really do make the difference! In no way do I consider myself a brow expert. But the lovely ladies over here have a fantastic guide to shaping and filling your brows. 

xoxo

Ahoy Matey!

I've come across a lot of strange cake themes these past few year. Twice in the past two weeks we've had customers that have wanted their cakes to be "as bizarre as possible". What does that even mean?Bizarre is such a relative term. I think that using green and orange together is bizarre, but there's lot of people out there that think that's a perfectly acceptable color combination. Needless to say, these customers got some bizarre polka dots. But then there's those blessed customers that come with ideas that I love. Like the lovely folks that ordered these! Nothing says fun like pirates!

 No pirate is complete with a treasure chest full of gold

These guys are my favorite, and were for the top of cupcakes. I couldn't decide which style of mustache was most pirate like, so I decided to give them all varying degrees of facial hair. You'd be surprised at all the image results that come up when you google "types of mustaches"

xoxo

A Night in Paris

October is Breast Cancer awareness month, and this week we were lucky enough to be able to take part in a fundraiser to raise money for this awesome cause. The 'Night in Paris' themed party was girl's only, and was so much fun to design a cake for. The party had a chic black, white and pink color scheme, one of my favorite color palates to work with. The themed, the colors, and a great cause was a recipe for success, and I'm in love with the end results.

xoxo

Space Issues

These days, it seems like everyone thinks they can decorate cakes. Which is true I suppose. But not everyone can decorate cakes WELL. Honestly people, it's tougher than it looks. There's a few techniques in birthday cake decorating that take time and practice to master. One of the hardest is piping. Specifically, piping words, basically writing in icing. It's harder than it looks, trust me. Sometimes things just go wrong. Here are a few of the most common problems.

Sometimes, you just run out of room 

But this smart cookie soldiered on and just kept going!

Or, there's the common Nose Dive

This is when all you think to yourself, "It's not that crooked, no one will notice". 

The Cliff Hanger

The a and y in birthday slipped, and just couldn't seem to hang on

Second Time's a Charm

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.

And my personal favorite

The Stop, and Walk Away

When things start to head south fast, sometimes it's best to just walk away

See, look at all the things that can go awry!

xoxo

Sunday Sweets

What a crazy busy week. We had 35 cakes and almost 100 dozen cupcakes for Saturday alone. Toooo much cake. But it's Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm looking forward to a few days off, turkey and pumpkin pie. Here is a few of my favorites this week.

This was such a fun wedding cake to make. The bride was a total girly girl, and the groom was a macho heavy duty mechanic. So we compromised on the cake, with hot pink and nuts, bolts and gears. I'm in love with how it turned out.

Ruffles! Ruffles remain one of my favorite cakes of all time. I dusted the ruffles with several different shades of ivory luster dust, and I'm so sad that the picture doesn't pick up on the shimmer. But I think it's pretty cute notheless.

A fun dino birthday cake. And what birthday dino is complete without a birthday hat and a cupcake? Along with some complementary polka dots.

This was a fun little cake to make for one of our regular customers. She always orders a large cappuccino and a pink cupcake. When she ordered her cake she told us we could do whatever we wanted, and this is what we came up with.

Mator! Usually I'm not a fan of making cakes based on characters from movies. But Mator was fun, and I think he turned out pretty well.

Happy Thanksgiving!

xoxo

Sunday Sweets

I can't believe October is already here! It's one of my favorite months because there's so many things to look forward to. Thanksgiving, beautiful fall weather, and Halloween of course! I can taste the pumpkin pie already! It was another busy week of cakes and there was a bunch of fun ones. Here's a few of my favorites!

This was a cute little cake for a special one year old who loves animals. We went with a woodland theme and I think it turned out super cute.

A close up of a few of my favorite animals. A cute little doe, complete with heart shaped spots

A little squirrel, complete with a glittery one, and an acorn. 

And what first birthday is complete without a smash cake for the birthday girl. I thought a little hedgehog would be appropriate. With a pink bow of course.

It seems like every week I get to make a birthday monkey. This little monkey was lucky enough to get a birthday cupcake AND some bananas. Lucky guy.

This cake makes me so excited for Halloween. Decorating this monster was a blast.

I'm sad that pictures only show one side of the cake, because this cake was so cute, and needed to be seen from all side. It was for a little girl who was having a baking themed birthday party. So her cake was adorned with cakes, cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies.

xoxo