Several months ago I made a cake for my niece’s birthday. By request from the birthday girl, I made a cake for her party in the theme of Dora the Explorer. Additional requests included using her favorite color (purple) and incorporating her favorite candy (M&Ms). My mother-in-law provided the M&Ms, which she had had personalized for the occasion. The cake was a chocolate cake with mint Oreo butter cream filling. I forgot to take a picture before bringing the cake to the party, so the pictures below were taken in the parents’ bedroom, where we held it until we unveiled it as a surprise during the singing of the happy birthday song. The birthday girl was overwhelmed by the surprise, a little boy exclaimed “oh, I looove it!” and a little girl immediately stuck her finger into the side of it to get a piece. So, all in all, a very successful birthday celebration!

The below cake was commissioned as a surprise for a bachelorette party. The only request I received on the design was that it be feminine and match the colors of the wedding (pink and green), but that it be a bit more fun looking than a wedding cake. It was chocoloate cake with raspberry butter cream filling and fondant decorations. The bride-to-be was very surprised and happy with the design.

The below birthday cake was made for a little girl’s 2nd birthday. The design was inspired by the invitation for the party. The cake was chocolate with vanilla mousse filling and butter cream frosting. The topper was made from decorated cookies which were also given as favors.

Below is a cake made for a 40th birthday party thrown at a country club (thus the golf theme). It was a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling on the inside, decorated with vanilla butter cream (bottom tow layers) and fondant (top layer).