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.

Retirement Cake

John Montie Lawn & Garden Cake

Requested for the retiring owner, by his family.  This cake travelled several miles, including a ferry ride, to get to it's destination.  The roof line and small details of the building gave me a fun challenge to work with!  7 layers of cake at the heighest point!

UFC Cake

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC cake with fondant George St Pierre and Carlos Condit.  "Cage" is made from gelatin sheets.

Fondant Pig Cake Toppers

This little piggy went ...to a birthday...!

Fondant cake toppers are good fun and a nice way to decorate without having to fondant and detail an entire cake. A simply iced cake and toppers set 'just so' can look just as nice!   This little piggy was made for a very special little girl who adores these little mud bathers.  Fondant balloons and little pig bums were additional toppers for the cake.  In addition to the dressy little pig were her little piglet friends, made to look like they were diving head-first into mud, with just their little bottoms and hooves sticking out..! The idea for the little pig bottoms was inspired by another cake seen on the internet.  If I find it again, I will include the link or the name of the creator!

Cookie Jar Cake

Cookie Jar Cake...

My daughter wanted something with cookies for her birthday...This is 4 layers of chocolate cake, with oreo cookie whipped filling between each layer.  The fondant is airbrushed with a blue sheen to give the cookie jar a ceramic look, but for some reason the sparkle and sheen didn't come through in the photos...YOu'll have to use your imagination here!   The lid is also 2 layers of cake, and the cookies are real!

Map of Australia Cake

Sweet Adelaide...

My sister was moving from Canada to Adelaide, Australia earlier this year.  A goodbye send off with family and friends made the chance of any type of elaborate cake impossible!  However I could not send her off without SOME form of delicious cake to remember me by, so I quickly put together a chocolate cake with oreo cookie whipped cream filling, and chocolate ganache topping.  Royal icing outlines Australia, with a little red fondant dot marking Adelaide...!