The Cinderella Castle Cake

 

 

 Something that I've seen done and wanted to try my hand at was making a castle cake.  I figured go big or go home, so I decided to start with this not-very-well-known one:

 

 

And I went to work!

 

 

 

Now obviously, I'm still a beginner when it comes to castles.  And it doesn't really look like the Disney castle unless you are told that is what it is.  I have nowhere to go from here but up!



New Wedding Pics!

 

 

 

Over Memorial Day weekend, I did cupcakes and a display cake for a another wedding.  Last summer, I had done a tasting for them with miniatures:

 

 

The final flavors that had been decided on were:

 

Caramel- An old-fashioned caramel cake recipe topped with a caramel-infused buttercream frosting

 

 

 Red Velvet- A chocolate cake with a red tint to it, then topped with a thick cream cheese frosting

 

and

 

 

Key Lime Pie- A cake infused with fresh lime zest and lime juice.  It was then frosting with whipped buttercream, fresh lime curd, graham cracker crust pieces and candied lime peel. 

 

The table displays after everything was set up (thanks to my parents!):

 

 

 

And here was the display cake for the head table:

 

It was also a red velvet cake, covered with white fondant.  And I even got to try my hand at fresh flower arranging!



The Surprise Going Away Party!

 

I was contacted by my friend Julie, who I previously made a barbershop themed cake for here and was asked to make some (other) kind of barbershop themed cake.  It was for a surprise going away party for Bill and Dean, two members of the Sioux Emperians chorus as well as bass and baritone from The Siouxland Vocal Band, respectively.  I had wanted to do something that looked classic, so I used this as my inspiration (thanks to Dave's great idea):

 

 



 

And this was the finished product:

 

 

Yes, I did cut their pictures out of a professional photo of the group and put them on the cake.  Creepy?  You bet!  It seemed to go over pretty well though.  The cake itself was a caramel mocha marble with a peanut-butterscotch whipped cream cheese frosting.