Box of Chocolates Cake

Box of Chocolates Cake for SPCA Fundraiser Raffle

I've made various "Box of Chocolates" cakes, and they are always well-received.  I used a Choco-Pan around the edges for the "box" which really compliments the already chocolatey flavour of this cake.  Simple, yet elegant (or at least that's the look I was going for!)

Retirement Cake, Vegas Style

Vegas, baby!

This retirement cake was made for a very dear friend of mine.  2 tiered cake, topped with dice made of cereal treats, covered in fondant.  Fondant Vegas sign, cards, and poker chips.

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Nanaimo Clippers Hockey Jersey Cake

Go Nanaimo Clippers!

This cake was requested by the lovely and thoughtful Volunteer Coordinator of the Nanaimo Clippers hockey team.  I had a lot of fun making this cake - as simple as it looks, it took a fair bit of planning (and over thinking and re-thinking and so on!) to get it just right!

Captain, Assistant Captain, and Defenseman with their cake.

Cottage Cake

 Cottage by the Sea...

This is a 65th wedding anniversary cake for the parents of a friend. Can you imagine...65 years and still in love!? Amazing!  

Eragon Cake

What kind of cake do you make for a sweet boy who is a true bookworm and loves dragons?  Why, an Eragon cake of course!  This is one of my favorite cakes I have made so far.  I know I keep saying this, but I loved making this cake!   I took great pleasure in sculpting Saphira (the dragon) out of cereal treats, covering her in fondant, and giving her dragon scales and spikes and a little personality!  Her wings are painted with a blue sheen food colour, which gave them a bit of a sparkle.
The dragon in the movie and the dragon in the book by Christopher Paolini differ somewhat...so I tried to incorporate features of both.

The book, of course, is the actually cake (2 layer chocolate cake, with raspberry buttercream filling, covered in chocolate ganache and then fondant).   A ribbon (fondant) bookmark with birthday well-wishes written on it marks a pretend place within the "book".