Its a Jungle in here

It is birthday cake season for me. This past weekend I made another cake for one of my best customers. One of Cam's classmates from Gymboree also turned 4 and had her birthday party this past Saturday. The theme for Maya's birthday this year was the jungle. Madel so nicely left almost everything up to me. After a bit of searching I came up with the above cake. As far a fillings the only thing I was required to do was the chocolate cake with the strawberry crack filling. I made sure that the largest cake was done that way. As a surprise I decided to try some thing new and make the second layer the tye-dyed cake with buttercream filling. And the top was yellow cake with whipped dark chocolate ganache filling. Originally the cake had a monkey hanging from the tree. Earlier in the day I broke the first monkey but was smart enough to have a backup. I packaged everything up nice and secure and headed for the party. Everything made it safe and sound. It wasn't until I was taking the palm tree out of the basket that I broke the monkey off yet again. At least I know better for next time. It was really neat when they cut into the second layer all the kids oooohhhhed and aaaahhhed when they saw the tye dye. I would say that this was another successful cake.

Princess Ella Cake

Princess Ella turned 4 in the beginning of May. What kind of cake would I make? A princess castle of course. Usually when I make a cake that has a lot of detail I tend to stress like crazy. For some reason, except for the turret tops, this cake was a breeze. It turned out exactly how I wanted it to look from the start. Everyone loved it. Laurie, Ella's mom, said that this was the first cake that they actually finished.

Skyler Cake

Skyler's birthday was a real rockin' event. What does a little rock star have for a cake nothing else but a guitar. Sarah and I went back and forth on the design but then we decided on the guitar. It turned out pretty good. I did learn a few things that next time I will do differently but over all I say it was a success. This was a vanilla cake with strawberries and strawberry crack filling.

Genea Cake

For my friend Genea (who works with Rob) I wanted to do something special. I don't think enough people tell her how special she is or do enough special things for her. So with my sneaky ninja skills I was able to have her pick out the perfect cake for her 32 (cough cough) birthday. Rob took it to work along with decorations and gave her a proper birthday celebration. This cake was one of my most requested flavors. Dark Chocolate cake with fresh strawberries and strawberry crack filling.

Madel Cake

One of the mom's from Gymboree asked me to make a cake for her mom's birthday party this weekend. The had decided on a Lula theme. The bottom layer was yellow cake with chocolate mousse and the round was a chocolate cake with strawberry crack and fresh strawberries.

Fish Cake

Candi called me up and asked me if I would be able to make her a cake for her bosses birthday.  I didn't have any cakes scheduled so I said sure.  Candi said her boss was a fisher and that she was wondering if I could do a fish cake.  And she added that his favorite cake was German Chocolate cake.  Not one to back down from a challenge I said sure.  I had never made the coconut and pecan frosting from a German Chocolate cake before but figured I would be able to figure it out.  I think the filling turned out really good.  Then it was on to the fish.  I hope that I did the blue fish justice.  My favorite part was his eyes and mouth.

The example that I used:


What I ended up with:

Fellowship cake

My neighbor across the street Ann asked me if I could make her a cake for her Christmas fellowship meeting today.  This cake is as diabetic friendly as I can make one of my sweetest things.  I used a reduced sugar chocolate cake mix, sugar free pudding, and fresh fruit.  This cake was chocolate cake with fresh strawberries and strawberry crack filling.