Haven't you always wanted a Monkey?

Here is a cake that was made for a special girl celebrating Birthday number 8!  She adores Monkey's and was very thoughtful in deciding her cake design.  She chose this herself from a helium balloon design that she found on the internet.  The cake is a carved sheet cake with fondant accents.  The legs and arms are made of krispy treats.  Cake is a white cake with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate icing.

Two Brothers, Two Cakes and one Party

These cakes were made for two special brothers who were celebrating their big days with one fantastic party.  The Mom let each boy choose the theme of their cake.  The older brother requested a Basketball cake, which was vanilla cake with chocolate fudge filling.  It has buttercream icing and fondant accents.

The younger brother requested a Mario Kart cake.  This cake was a chocolate cake with vanilla creme filling.  It has buttercream icing and fondant accents.

May the 4th be with you...

Okay, this cake was actually made for September 4th, but I couldn't resist the Star Wars Day reference :)  This Artoo cake (A resourceful, spunky and adventurous astromech droid according to StarWars.com) was made for two sweet brothers celebrating their birthday this past weekend.  They are Star Wars fans and so their Mom requested this cake to help make this celebration day a little more special!  The cake has a bottom layer of milk chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and a top layer of vanilla cake with white chocolate ganache filling.  The legs are made of Krispy Treats.  All fondant covering and accents.

Two things I have learned from this cake adventure is that 1) R2D2 is a really fun cake to make and 2) I know far too much about Star Wars, thanks to my own two boys who are Star Wars obsessed :)

Mushroom's, Mustache's and Mario

This cake was made for a sweet little boy who was celebrating Birthday number 5.  He wanted a Mario theme cake with a couple of his favorite characters on it.  This cake is a vanilla cake with white chocolate ganache filling and vanilla buttercream.  The top was made on a cake board out of fondant and krispy treats so the Birthday Boy could save it. 

1-Up....and another year older

This is a cake that was made for a Super Mario Fan!  One of his favorite characters is Mario and he loves the game on Wii.  The cake is a two layer cake with the first layer being chocolate with white chocolate ganache filling and the second layer is white, vanilla cake with a hint of citrus and chocolate mousse filling.  The top layer is covered in buttercream and fondant and the bottom layer is buttercream icing with fondant accents.  The Mario is made of krispy treats and fondant accents.  All edible.

Prehistoric Party!

This cake was made for my son who is turning 6.  I am still waiting for him to outgrow dinosaurs, but so far, they are still his favorite!!  He has had a dinosaur birthday theme every year since he could talk :)

This is a cookies and cream top layer cake and a double chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache filling for the bottom layer.  The cake is iced in white chocolate buttercream with hand painted designs and fondant accents.  I think chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache filling is my new favorite...yummmmm!

Aloha and Mahalo!

These cakes were made for an  end-of-the-year Luau themed party at one of our fabulous, local pre-schools!  The cakes were made to look like Hawaiin shirts - aka something someone might wear to a Luau or on a tropical holiday.  The cakes are carved from sheet cakes.  They are vanilla flavor, with white chocolate ganache and vanilla butttercream.  They are handpainted with food coloring and accented with fondant :)

Tangled Tower

This cake was made for two special little sisters celebrating their Birthday together!  They both love the movie Tangled (well, who doesn't??) and wanted a cake with the Tangled Tower theme to celebrate the occasion.   The cake is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream.  Tower is krispy treats covered in fondant with fondant flowers and royal icing vines.  Everything is edible on the cake except for a tower post in the center and the characters :).

May the Force be with you!

This cake was made for a special boy celebrating his 5th Birthday!  I made the cake to match the colors on the invitation, in a Star Wars theme, as per the Birthday Boys request.  This is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream - Death Star is a krispy treat covered in Fondant and everything else is fondant decoration, including the Storm Trooper.  (Which happened to take a nose dive off of the cake during delivery and had to be rushed back to my house for emergency surgery/repair) :)) Never a dull moment when you are working in a humid climate with fondant!

Happy Birthday Natalie!

This cake was made for a special girl celebrating Birthday number 6!  The Birthday Girl requested a cake with a particular dog on it - that's what this dog was modeled after.  This is a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and white chocolate buttercream.  Cake has fondant accents.  The dog is made out of krispy treats and fondant!

School Birthday treats for my little Paleontologist!

These cookies were made for school treats for one of the world's biggest Dinosaur fans!  My son loves Dinosaurs and even though he has a summer Birthday, he gets to bring in treats to school before year-end to celebrate with his friends!!

C is for Cookie....and Cake too!

This cake was made for a sweet girl celebrating birthday number 2.  She really loves the Cookie Monster and Mom wanted to keep the cake feminine.  We decided to match the pink swirls and bow to the birthday party invites and put Cookie Monster on top.   This is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream filling and krispy treat Cookie Monster.

Spring Easter Cookies 2011

Butterfly cookies

Caterpillar cookies

Easter cookies



Folk Art Bird cookies

Spring, one of my favorite times of year.  New beginnings, beautiful colors and summer just around the corner!  Here are some cookies that were made to help some special people celebrate Spring and Easter!  These are butter cookies iced with royal icing.   Hope everyone has a fantastic Easter holiday!

Party time at Sweet N Sassy!

It was a lovely night for a lovely Birthday girl's party.  This cake was a design courtesy of the Birthday girl herself.  She had some great ideas about how she wanted her cake to look! She wanted hot pink and black colors, with dots, pleats and scrollwork- the end result was fabulous.  Future party planner in the making?  Great ideas Ms. M!!  All chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate buttercream frosting.  Fondant covering and fondant accents.

It's a boy...

Congratulations to a wonderful family on baby number 4!  A big and handsome baby boy.  This cake was made for a baby shower that was to be this weekend - but in true baby style, the baby arrived on the scene two days before the planned event and the shower has been postponed.  The cake went over to the neighborhood church for everyone to enjoy anyway!!  This is a top tier chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and bottom tier vanilla cake with white chocolate ganache filling.  It is iced in buttercream with fondant accents.

SK8 TOWN Party.....

This cake was made for an 8 year old boy celebrating his birthday party at Sk8 Town - so naturally the theme of the cake was a rollerskating theme.  The client brought an invitation which also served as the theme for the colors on the cake.  The cake is a vanilla butter cake with vanilla pudding filling and vanilla buttercream.  The roller skate is made from krispy treats.  All edible :)

It's hard not to fall in love with a Valentine's Cookie....

Cookies seem to be a sweet treat that everyone loves to give and get on Valentine's Day!  Even if you don't have a sweetheart to share your day with, you can always have a sweet heart cookie all to yourself!!  Here are a few pictures of the cookies I made for some of the people that I love :)

Bieber Fever....

Happy Birthday to one of Justin Bieber's biggest fans!  The birthday party had the girls all going to the premiere of Justin Bieber's new movie "Never Say Never".  It was requested the cake be in purple with a picture of Justin Bieber and the movie accents were added to keep with the theme of the birthday party!

Gooooo Steelers!

Okay, really, I am impartial when it comes to football!  This cake was made for a boy who is turning 6 years old...he is a Steelers fan and it just so happens that his favorite team has made it to the Super Bowl - so what more could you ask for on your special day? :)  Helmet and football are made from krispy treats.