This cake was made for a romantic Spanish style wedding. The mint tiers were wrapped in die cut rice/wafer paper sheets to mimic a papel picado flags. On the whites tiers I used a dry brush technique with gold lustre to give it an aged striae effect. The oversized flowers are made from rice/wafer paper. Fondant braid detailing at tier bases. And for good luck I added a sugar Milagros charm to accent the top tier.

A somewhat modern take on The Cat in the Hat for a little boys second birthday. The Cat was hand molded from modeling chocolate. The fish & teapot are RKT covered in fondant.

This was an extra special gender reveal cake made for a Christmas surprise. I was given free range of design & concept but only 1 day to execute it and 2 cakes to make (one for each of the parents-to-be families) so it had to be quick and simple. Since it was going to be cut on Christmas Day I wanted to keep it in the Holiday spirit but still cute enough for baby. So I came up with the Doe or Deer concept (I do realize that it should be Doe or Buck, but I like the way Doe or Deer sounds better ;)

This cake was made for Half Baked: the cake blogs’ 12 cakes of Christmas. We were asked to pick an inspiration photo and create a cake around it. I chose and old photo from the Chanel runway w
That was covered in paper flowers. This cake is wrapped in die cut rice paper & has over 100 handcrafted rice paper flowers. See the full feature here http://www.thecakeblog.com/2012/12/4th-cake-of-christmas.html :)

Fall wedding cake. Really plain and simple with hand made rice paper flowers and gumpaste berries.

This is a cake I donated to a non profit organization called Operation Shower. The theme was “baby bistro”. I used the graphic design elements for the top and bottom tier and used a watercolor effect, the other common element used throughout the shower, to paint the heart & pear (sculpted from RKT) on top. The stripes we inspired by french bistro awnings. Cake flavor was almond sponge with fresh raspberry SMBC.

Dr. Seuss inspired cake made for a baby shower. RKT hat covered in fondant & handpainted with seuss characters & rice paper pinwheel accents.

French couture themed cupcake toppers made from fondant & gumpaste.

A vintage themed cake made for a wedding this past weekend. Covered in mint colored fondant with mixed media (fondant, gumpaste, rice paper) frills and flower accents with ruffled tiers between the layers. Sweet almond cake with almond SMBC and fresh raspberry reduction.

A Hunger Games themed cake based on the character of Effie Trinket. Deep teal fondant body with oversized rice paper flower, gold leaf gilded & gold dragee covered rice paper detailing.

This wedding cake was made for an old friend of mine. She chose a mint & white with gold accent color palette and wanted something with a lot of texture with modern vintage feel. The mint tiers are wrapped in rice paper with a delicate cut outs. The “floral” cascades are made with a combination of rice paper flowers, fondant “fabric” flowers, fondant buttons & sugar pearls. The whole cake is vanilla bean with white chocolate SMBC.

A modern & rustic take on Snow White for a wedding editorial. Handmade rice paper flowers & gumpaste mini vintage frames.

Alice from Alice in Wonderland themed smash cake.

Wedding cake based on the amazing architecture of designer Mary Blair.

Modern Navajo inspired wedding cake.

Willy Wonka inspired wedding cake.

St. Patrick’s day inspired cake. My favorite part of creating themed cakes is just tiptoeing around the concept rather than being too literal. So with this one I used a traditional quatrefoil pattern that reminded me of four leaf clovers and stuck with a simple green, white & gold color palette. The bold modern geometrics were softened by the the rice paper pinwheels and gumpaste gardenias.

This cake was made for the San Diego Cake Show 2012 that took place this past weekend. This 5 tier cake was covered in fondant and then 2 layers were wrapped in custom design printed wafer paper with edible gold leaf accents. Also large handmade rice paper flowers loosely based on dahlias, roses & ranunculus. It placed 2nd in its division.

Cake made for the Utterly Engaged leap year remix design challenge. I was fortunate enough to be asked to join one of the teams to participate. Each table was to take inspiration from two different countries and infuse them. Our inspiration was Columbia & Peru. So used an ikat print in our inspiration colors for the rice paper painted pattern on the middle tiers. And a modified arrow/chevron pattern for the bottom. I added two pink ranunculus’ish flowers to soften the overall look of the cake.

A cake made with a boho feel in mind. Edible gold leaf was used to accent the short tier. Third tier covered in fondant daisies, some highlighted with gold lustre & gold dragees. Braided fondant detail at the base of the tiers with a hanging “rope” trim with rice paper feathers.