Holy, Batman!

No, I don't have anything on Batman. It's his sidekick, Robin! I had a request for superhero cookies, and Robin was the lucky guy. He's a royal icing transfer on top of a flooded cookie.

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I have a couple of belated items that didn't get posted at the time of making it. These were made to accompany the wedding cake photo shoot. The cake pop is about 2" in diameter and the 2" shell cookies were hand-cut.

Purple cake pop

Shell cookies
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Did I mention that my website (www.carriescreations.ca) is up and running? You can view my creations in the gallery and see what I offer for services. Blog link is still there, so you can always see what's new.

Carnival Birthday!

Here is an order for carnival-themed items for a 5th birthday party (for 60 guests!). At first, the request was for Ferris wheel cookies (the little seats were 2-toned blue and raised). Anyone have any tips on how to pipe a perfect circle?

Then, a 2-tiered cake was added. It's chocolate sour cream cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream filling, topped with dark chocolate ganache (that's one secret to straight edges!), and then, marshmallow fondant. This was the first time I made stripes, and it turned out great! The circles were placed randomly. I am glad the cake was well-received! I love it when everyone's happy! :D

Happy Birthday, Francesco!

Ladybug Cake and Cupcakes

I had a request to make a cake for a 3-year-old. The inspiration came from the e-vite (I was a guest at the party, as well)... so, I had fondant ladybugs, green and teal fondant stripes, and a quilted red fondant cake board. The cake was chocolate filled with dark chocolate ganache (this little girl loved her chocolate). In addition, she liked pink and purple flowers... they got translated into chocolate form, along with mini fondant ladybugs, to top pink- or purple-coloured Swiss meringue buttercream icing over chocolate cupcakes (they were used as thank you favours). This cake was nice and simple and cute!

The white trail marks were individually cut fondant pieces!

Happy Birthday, Mieke!

Handy Manny Cake

Here's a cake for a one-year-old who LOVES Handy Manny. For reference, her mom let me borrow the toy toolbox and tools. All the characters were made from fondant + Gumtex, but they were still soft (which means lots of skewers for support). I actually made the bottom parts of the figures, but didn't take any photos before putting them into the cake. The cake itself is vanilla with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream filling, then covered with dark chocolate ganache before layering on black cherry marshmallow fondant. The box is a little high (3 layers cake + 2 layers icing) because I wanted to use up all the cake.

1.5" cookies for the birthday girl

Happy Birthday, Teagan!

Pink Flip Flop Cookies

I had a request to make chewy sugar cookies for a spa day. The client wanted flip flops with LOTS of pink in different patterns. I decided to use two different shades of pink to make it more varied. I didn't have a flip flop cutter, so each one was traced by hand (had to work fast because the dough was getting softer the longer they were at room temperature). Here they are in their glittery glory (you can't really tell from the photos, but I did brush some disco dust on):

Wedding Cake Showcase

I have been working on these dummy cakes for quite a while now; only when I have free time or when the boys are asleep. That's the bonus of the cakes being fake, you don't have to worry about it spoiling. I will be having them photographed professionally, so it will look better than what I have here. The purpose of this exercise is to show some of the techniques I can do for future orders and to give inspiration. Enjoy! :)

Embroidered flowers

(4" high dummies in 6", 8" and 10" rounds)

This style is relatively simple. Royal icing is piped on, then brushed inward for dimension. The marshmallow fondant (MMF) leaves were cut and overlapped to finish the borders, and I made them in the three sizes from smallest to biggest; they were also highlighted in white. The cake board was covered in thinned royal icing and sanding sugar was sprinkled on. Royal icing dots were piped randomly on. The fondant was made from marshmallows with strawberry J-ello and a bit of leftover orange MMF.

Sea elements

(carved 4" dummies in 6", 8" and 10" rounds)

I decided to make it topsy turvy. For the bottom tier, I folded strips of berry J-ello MMF and had it wrapped around. Royal icing items: dots, netting, and coral topper (using a grape stem as a base!). Other items were MMF: lily and lily pad, pearls, plants, and coral. The sand is made with light brown sugar.

Vintage pearls and roses

(4" high dummies in 6" and two 8" rounds)

This cake was the most time consuming: each ribbon rose was rolled and formed by hand. I really like how it looks vintage yet unique with the 8" high bottom tier. The purple MMF was made using grape J-ello, but it wasn't dark enough, so I painted all the roses with a violet/almond extract mixture. Of course, a pearl collar had to be a part of this creation, topped with little blossoms to add interest.

Block Bake Sale

Earlier in the week, my neighbour sent out flyers to neighbouring houses to hold a yard sale today. We don't have much stuff (I try to avoid stockpiling items that we won't use. Sidenote: if you have tons of things collecting dust, I can help you decide what to get rid of so you can also enjoy reclaiming your space). Instead, I wanted to have a few baked items to sell: cupcakes, sugar cookies and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I sold them at a discount (it was a yard sale, after all).

 Caterpillars on the move

 Snowy bunnies

 Spotty trains

 Plaid power

 Blue blossoms

 Pink blossoms

 Band of butterflies

 Cute, eh?

 Happy hearts

Race on!