Little Delights!

Lalaloopsy Cake!

2012-02-04T21:20:00.000-08:00

The Doll

Just a size reference, it was a good size cake!

Valentine's Day Specials!

2012-01-31T13:08:00.000-08:00

Sweet Love Cake pops! (and more!)

Mixed variety, including hearts, individually wrapped with a ribbon.
12 for $12
Hearts only cakepops are 12 for $15

6" Small Rose Cake $15
8" Large Rose cake with a delicious filled heart center $30
Cakes are placed in a white bakery box with a ribbon. Available with Pink or White Frosting.

Rose Cupcakes $18 per dozen

(Of course you can dream up your own Valentine's creation!)

(I love these colors!)

CAKES!!!!

2012-01-23T14:22:00.000-08:00

Here is just a crazy post of cakes I have made in the last 6 months!

Too far behind!

2011-10-29T11:55:00.000-07:00

I usually dont go this long without updating the blog- when will my kids be old enough to do it for me!?
I will do it soon but in the meantime all my cakes and custom orders since August have been posted on my Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/littledelightscupcakes)
See you there!

Sesame Street... I mean "TY's Street!"

2011-08-11T11:21:00.000-07:00

Of course, this was a complete labor of love. My youngest just turned 3 and I let him decide everything that needed to go on his cake, down to the little triangles Elmo and Cookie were holding. As we talked about his cake he kept signing all three characters and would wait for confirmation before smiling in relief.
I have been wanting to do an Elmo cake and of course, the fact that this cake STAYED HOME and we got to cut into it made it so much more exciting for all the kids!

Happy Birthday Tybo!!! We love you!!

Sparkles.....

2011-08-11T11:01:00.000-07:00

This was so fun to make- I LOVED the rhinestone ribbon Brittany (the beautiful bride!) ordered to put on her wedding cake. The sugar silver balls were the perfect touch, simple and sophisticated. (The decor was all the brides idea!) This was an all white cake with white chocolate BTB.

Wedding cake!

2011-08-11T10:54:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Alyssa and Tyler!
The Hydrangea cake was covered in clear sanding sugar so it was gorgeous and sprarkly, the real flowers really made it breathtaking. I also loved how the fondant hydrangea flowers turned out.
The top two tiers were Red Velvet, the bottom tier was Italian Cream Cake.

Love is in the air!!!!

MORE Mario

2011-08-11T10:06:00.000-07:00

Mario Cupcakes! Special guests, Yoshi, and Bowser!

Strawberry Shortcake!

2011-08-11T10:03:00.000-07:00

This one doesnt need a lot of commentary! Speaks for itself :)

Golf!

2011-08-11T04:33:00.000-07:00

This was a celebration for a group of friends who love golf and had several birthdays happening!
The cake was Italian Cream with real strawberries in the filling. A summer favorite!

The Amazing world of Gumball!

2011-08-11T04:27:00.000-07:00

You know if your kids know this cartoon- mine are huge fans so they loved it when I got an order for a Darwin theme....... although they did say the eyelashes were too long (Darwin is a boy in case you didnt know!)
Happy Birthday Britlyn!

Neverland Pirates!

2011-08-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Jake!

Mini Roses!

2011-08-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

I think I have put enough rose cupcakes on here, but I love how the minis turned out..... so here is a picture!

these were the regular size, for comparison

Beautiful Girl!

2011-08-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

Of course I am biased because she is my goddaughter, and her mom is my friend, but come on... look at that face!!! Happy Birthday Anjali!!!

Stealth Bombers.....

2011-08-09T16:38:00.000-07:00

These were made as a suprise for an Airplane fanatic!

The smaller ones were done on top of Jumbo Cupcakes for the take home party favors!

Orange Creamsicle!

2011-08-09T16:36:00.000-07:00

Bunny!

2011-08-08T17:10:00.000-07:00

This was a cake for a little German girl visiting the States. She was going to get a bunny for her birthday but not until she got back home so this is what her mom ordered......

Real Men Sparkle.....

2011-08-08T16:57:00.000-07:00

I know its a little cheesy because obviously I made Bella and Edward into cartoons but I love the scene in the meadow so Happy 41st Birthday Deb! (She is a #1 Fan of the series!)

I think making his abs was my favorite part....

Sleeping Beauty

2011-08-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

I thought this was so cute- for her birthday Carly just wanted herself in a sleeping bag! Love it!
So I thought a field of flowers and a couple stars would make it just right.
Happy Birthday Carly!!

Candyland!!!

2011-08-08T11:25:00.000-07:00

I usually dont deliver, but I was thrilled to walk in with this cake to the party and see all the kids faces!!!!

Happy Colors!

2011-08-01T17:06:00.000-07:00

I love making this color of cake!

Neopolitan

2011-08-01T11:13:00.000-07:00

Vanilla cake, real strawberry filling, chocolate frosting..... Yum!

Cakes

2011-08-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

Italian Cream with Strawberry Filling

Chocolate with Banana Caraml Filling

Help Wanted!

2011-07-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

This was fun, my friend said her husband has been working on a VW that they HOPE will run once the battery is put in. She wanted this suprise cake for his big 40th birthday! The flavor was Neopolitan- Chocolate cake, strawberry filling, Vanilla frosting.
Happy Birthday Lance!

Bride to be!

2011-07-09T13:30:00.000-07:00

This was for a bridal shower and I love this cake.... it felt really carefree and fun. I think in retrospect I would not do the big flowers on top but more of the little ones.
Congratulations Alyssa!!!

Mario.

2011-07-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

Another Mario on a smaller cake.

Thor!

2011-07-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

This was based on the nerf toy version of the Hammer from the movie Troy! Looking back my regret is not getting Samuels name on there! Happy Birthday!

Who lives in a Pineapple under the sea?

2011-07-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

This one speaks for itself......

MORE Angry Birds!!!

2011-06-08T17:00:00.001-07:00

These were a really fun cupcake version to make- I love the beaks with angry teeth!!

Indiana Jones!

2011-06-08T16:58:00.000-07:00

Why did it have to be snakes?!?!?

Love these movies so this was a fun cake to make! Nik wanted a Temple of Doom and I had to add the boulder just because that makes it so officially Indy.
I used molding chocolate and it worked great for the walls without being too heavy.
Happy Birthday Nik!!!

Hippie Chick!

2011-06-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

This cake was based on the paper plates that Katie picked out for her party. This is a "happy" cake for me with those colors!!
Her mom posted a great comment so I am going to share it :)

"You know a cake is a big hit when a couple of hours after the party, a neighbor calls wondering if there is any cake left because he heard it was so amazing and wants to try it. Thanks, Beth for helping make Katie's birthday extra special!"

Thanks so much Joelle!

Graduation!!

2011-05-30T16:17:00.001-07:00

MY not so Little Delight Scott just graduated from elementary school! Cant believe it. I was so glad to be asked to make cupcakes to help celebrate!

Girl Girl Girl Cake!

2011-05-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

If this cake isn't all girl then I dont know what is. This was for Mady and she has just as sparkly a personality as her cake was!
This was a 5 layer chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling.

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate Cake for me!

2011-05-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

This was a lot of fun! I had been wanting to do a pirate cake for awhile, and was thrilled to do it for a 5 year old- wish I could have seen his face!

Tall and Pretty

2011-05-30T15:48:00.001-07:00

This was for a 20th anniversary, I love this rose pattern, it is so versatile and it makes a cake just so pretty. This was a 5 layer chocolate cake with vanilla filling. Happy Anniversary Deb!

Daddy's little helper

2011-05-30T15:45:00.000-07:00

My friend made these cute invites to her daughter Kami's birthday party. It was based on the fact that Kami loves to get in the baby carrier and ride along while Dad mows the lawn!
So this is the cake I came up with to go along with the theme...

Tangled (again!!)

2011-05-30T15:44:00.003-07:00

I love this theme and apparently little girls do to. This was my second "Tangled" project and I planned out the tower a little better this time. The hair was a little tricky, I had to put a dowel inside it to keep it steady! Once again I had to include the pan :)

American Flag Cake

2011-05-30T15:44:00.002-07:00

This was for a Scout Court of Honor and I learned from the mother that ordered this cake, that Gold Stars are for Memorial Cakes- for those lost, so we went with blue and white instead. This was a three layer chocolate cake with salted caramel cream filling.

Baseball!

2011-05-30T15:44:00.001-07:00

My friend wanted to do something fun for her son's team at the end of year party!

Pretty in Pink!

2011-05-30T15:39:00.000-07:00

This was a ballet/pink themed little 4 year old party! She wanted pink cake so pink cake she got :)

Happy Birthday Bri~

Feeling Tropical!

2011-05-30T15:35:00.000-07:00

These were two different events- the cupcakes were for teachers appreciation in El Dorado Hills, they were doing a Hawaiian theme.

The cake was for Erica who was just graduating from High School and has been accepted to BYU Hawaii!! Her mom chose an Italian Cream Cake with Strawberry cream filling and White Choc BTB. I based the cake on a lei that her mom had picked out to give her at graduation!

Garden Party!

2011-05-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

These were for the Oak Chan teacher appreciation week. My friend (and Little Delights Sponser!!) Julianne made those cute signs to go with them!
Oak Chan teachers are the best!!!

What about the cupcakes???

2011-05-07T21:36:00.000-07:00

I realized I have been posting mostly about cakes lately, but my true first love is still cupcakes! They are what I do the most and I think they are the prettiest, but photos of them start to look the same and I dont want to be redundant with my pictures. But I still have to give a shout out to my Little Delights because it is so satisfying having a box of those little beauties go out the door :)

This last week my most popular were Key Lime and Lemon- sounds like warm weather flavors!

Poker Night

2011-05-07T21:31:00.000-07:00

This was a cake that needed to Celebrate Ron Sr.s 73rd birthday as well as the "3rd Annual Poker Tournament" so I put Ron's age on a big poker chip and I thought it was very clever :)
The di took me three tries, I kept messing up the black dots and smearing them, they were the hardest thing to make on the cake! I also messed up and put the "straight flush" in the wrong order but luckily my husband caught it before I sent it out the door!

Choo Choo!!!

2011-05-07T21:17:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a miracle baby- not suppossed to live past 3 and yet he is still going strong at 5!! His mom brought me over a couple of his trains (his obsession) and I used them to base this train cake on.
Happy Happy Happy Birthday Dylan!!!

More Mario!

2011-05-07T21:16:00.000-07:00

This was a cake that just needed to be "something Mario" so I looked at a picture of the new game and made the cake like one of the towers I saw (I know nothing about the game though!) and put a Mario face, I was cutting the Mario while the cake was in the fridge, and when I brought it in I realized I made the face smaller than I meant to but... it still worked alright. (Can you tell I have been loving the star burst thingies?)
Happy Birthday Tyler!

Laser Tag Anyone?

2011-05-07T19:57:00.000-07:00

To make this theme I called the Laser tag place where the party was going to be and asked someone to text me a picture of their laser guns for me to copy, but the gun was SO strange looking that I had to just go ahead and copy the Fisher Price toy laser gun.

Spring!

2011-05-07T19:52:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to do a bright yellow cake for a long time and when I got a call for a work birthday party it was the perfect time to make one!

Hard to see the name because it is so big around, but it said Alyson, I love the jumbo letters! The bottom of the cake is circled with my favorite thing from Costco lately, Lemoncello almonds (!!!!) Almonds covered in white chocolate and lemon coating.

Happy Birthday Alyssa!

2011-05-07T19:45:00.000-07:00

Loved this cake.... just a fun one, pretty and bright. The top tier was Lemon, the bottom tier was Red Velvet. It is hard to see but the tops of the tiers are covered with sparkling sugar!

Motorcycles and Guitars

2011-05-07T19:32:00.000-07:00

This family loves having hobbies and "favorite things" on their cakes! For Tim's Birthday it was Dirt biking and "riding on to what is next in life" and then for Kevin, turning 8 was a rock-n-roll theme.

I am noticing that while the cakes were made about 3 weeks apart, they both have the same color scheme going on :)

Easter Egg Cupcakes!

2011-04-16T19:27:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about this idea for months, ever since my Mother in Law gave me a egg shaped cupcake pan. These are filled with a whipped buttercream filling- I think it's my favorite part!, and covered with a thin layer of buttercream and then ganache to give it that glossy finish. Topped with pink, yellow and purple flowers. Happy Easter!

Easter is on its way!

2011-04-13T18:29:00.000-07:00

Baptism Cupcakes!

2011-04-13T16:57:00.000-07:00

Great Day for CC!
I love these gorgeous cupcakes stands!! (or candle stands but really better for cupcakes!) Her mom made the room just beautiful for CC's special day. We were so glad to be there and part of it. My favorite part was when Cecilee was singing with her cousins, so beautiful!

Once again- terrible pics but here they are!

Feeling Groovy!

2011-04-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

This was a great day! My childhood best friend from Elementary School called me up and ordered a cake for her daughters 16th birthday. It was so fun to see you Melanie!
Loved the feel of this cake, left me happy and feeling groovy. 6" 5 layer cake with cupcakes to match.

Happy Birthday Bethany!

Roaring Good Time!

2011-04-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

This 8 year old was having a jungle themed party and Lions (!!) are her favorite animal... Happy Birthday Riley!

This was a 9" 3 layer cake with fondant and molding chocolate for the Lion face and beads around the bottom. I thought that the frosted mane could also be a template for a big sunflower cake!

Wedding Reception!

2011-04-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

Are you sick of roses yet? I am not! These were to welcome a new member into the Lammi family, they had Red Velvet with white roses and these were devils food with peanut butter frosting roses tinted pink.....

Congratulations Lammi family!

Fit for a Queen

2011-04-04T20:46:00.000-07:00

This was for a friends birthday- she happens to be nuts about Peanut Butter, this is a 4 layer chocolate cake filled with peanut butter cream and peanut butter frosting, then covered with Peanut Butter frosting and chopped peanuts. Then I put a layer of chopped Reece's Peanut Butter cups on top and covered it with Roses and a crown filled with mini pb cups. Yes she really likes peanut butter- (I do too maybe that is why I went so crazy :))

Birthdays are great at any age!

2011-04-02T16:41:00.000-07:00

Rapunzel from Tangled!

2011-04-02T11:53:00.000-07:00

This was a cake for Sophie, who was having a "Tangled" themed birthday party and her Mom let me just go with whatever vision I could come up with. Sophie is the sweetest girl and of course I wanted her to LOVE her cake. This is also one of my favorite disney movies now!
Looking at pictures makes me realize that I need to figure out the basics behind molding faces- Mouths are the hardest! I guess this will always be a work in progress...

This is a 3 layer 9 in cake topped with a 4 layer 6" cake/tower and the tower room itself was all rice crispies and fondant. When I finished the roof I just wasn't thrilled with it but I didnt have time to make all the tiles to "roof" it but then.... sparkly sugar makes everything. The house and roof could be done way more professionally, next time I do a building structure I will plan it out a little better :)
Happy Birthday Sophie!!!

Of course I had to include the frying pan!

You can see her hair wraps all the way around!

I just got this birthday girl pic!! So fun....

Congratulations!

2011-03-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

Some of the roses done for a wedding reception, the Lammi family added a new member! These were devils food with peanut butter btb, I also did white roses on top of red velvet cupcakes to go with but forgot to take a picture. (you know me and my MAD photography skills.....) The reception was beautiful as was the bride!

Angry Birds!!

2011-03-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

This was a really fun cake to make- what a fun birthday theme for a 7 year old (or any year old for that matter!) I thought it would be fun to post pics of the evolution of my little birds :) Personal Fav is the little bird getting ready to be sling shotted across!!

This was a CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE cake with minis to go along with it...

Top O The Mornin To Ya!

2011-03-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

St Patricks Day brought a cake for a couple of half marathon running gals and some decorated dozens ordered by my Endodontist Dr Fife to be sent to different dental offices, it was the most fun I had going to the dentist in a long time :)

Basketball!

2011-03-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

Spring Colors....

2011-03-16T11:52:00.000-07:00

This was just a fun cake.... love these colors and the flowers.

Nerf Guns!

2011-03-14T14:54:00.000-07:00

Andrew's Mom sent me a pic of his nerf gun and I replicated it for his "NERF" themed party- too big for a jumbo cupcake so I put it on a 6" cake circle. Nerf Darts on the cupcakes made to be shot straight into the mouth :)
Happy Birthday Andrew!

Lightening McQueen!

2011-03-06T23:45:00.000-08:00

This was for one of the sweetest little boys, Tyler is obsessed with Lightening so I loved making this one....

Just Cake!

2011-03-06T23:41:00.000-08:00

This was a Devils Food cake-, every time I make these 12" inch cakes I am still suprised at how big they are, I wanted to try and give size perspective with the water bottle :)

Sweet 16

2011-02-28T17:30:00.000-08:00

This one was a smaller cake based on the pink and black two tiered cake I had done earlier. This was a 5 layer 6" Red Velvet made to go with the black and tourquoise theme. (Stripes are fondant and the blue is molding chocolate.) The birthday girl also served minis with it- Happy Birthday Miss Smith!

Another Belle Day!

2011-02-19T10:26:00.000-08:00

I guess Belle is the favorite for little girls lately! This was a request for a "belle" with brown hair and blue eyes. I made her holding a rose this time, she was leaning over on her jumbo cupcake so I put her on a little 6" round. She was made with both fondant and molding chocolate.

More Roses, cant quite get enough!

2011-02-16T15:26:00.000-08:00

These were for a "Red Tea Party" Photo Shoot by Alyson Gowdy


Boxed Jumbo Cupcake

Top of a 12" 5 layer Tuscan Cream, below is the picture of the gorgeous display at the party!

Thanks Katherine for the great pic!

A garden of roses for a special birthday girl!

Sweet Love!

2011-02-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

Who doesn't love roses on Valentine's Day?
This roses are the cutest idea (that I totally copied from "I am baker"- thanks Carrie!) and I love the sophisticated look of this cake. I did a couple colors but my favorite is the white with clear sparkling sugar.

This cake is a 2 layer 6" round and comes in a white cake box with ribbon. $15
A great gift for a loved one or for yourself!
(It can be ordered in larger sizes)

You can order these roses by the dozen and create your own bouquet of regular sized cupcakes. They will have green fondant leaves and sparkling sugar also (not pictured.) $10 per six pack, $18 per dozen, $30 for two dozen

I will also have boxed Jumbo cupcakes available (roses with petals etc) for teachers or kids or anyone! $6

All cakes and cupcakes available in Red Velvet cake with cream cheese filling and White Choc BTB or Chocolate cake with salted caramel filling and White Chocolate BTB

Orders need to be in by Saturday morning please, to order email me at beth@walburger.com

top view

Happy 101 BSA!

2011-02-04T10:29:00.000-08:00

Blue and Gold is the Scout color theme so here it is! This was a red velvet two tiered cake for a boy scout birthday celebration. The top tier was red velvet layers alternating with chocolate layers and filling, the bottom was all red velvet and cream cheese filling alternating with white chocolate.

The blue on the top tier is molding chocolate- tastes much better than fondant! All the stars, stripes and decor are also made from molding chocolate.
I put a little scout tent, fire pit and scout cap to top it off, I thought the sleeping under the stars was appropriate. (love the scout faces!! thanks for sending the picture in!)

Princess Beth

2011-01-29T23:30:00.000-08:00

No I am not referring to myself. This Princess Beth just turned 5 and is a miracle NICU baby surviver! She loves Belle so her mom wanted her princess in a "Belle" dress with crowns to go with the "Royal" party theme.... The dress and crowns are all made from modeling chocolate and I am THRILLED with this new material. Tastes so good (WAY better than fondant) and is really fun to work with.

Happy Birthday Beth!

Mermaid Sophia!

2011-01-29T23:18:00.000-08:00

This was a cake for Sophia who just turned 4.... my kids had the idea to make the shark bite the 4 :) I used both fondand and modeling chocolate on these decorations. This was a red velvet with chocolate filling and white chocolate BTB.

Happy Birthday S!

Oh Baby!

2011-01-22T19:41:00.000-08:00

Here is a little picture of the party display!

This was so much fun- it was ordered for a mom of boys that is expecting a girl!
The theme for the shower was vintage barbie (!!!) and I loved how this cake turned out.

This was a 9" 5 layer red velvet cake with a 6" 5 layer topper.

Double Heros!

2011-01-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

The twins that this cake was for are the cutest boys ever. And they are the reason their parents, Tim and Elanie Purkis, started the great charity organization "Friends of the NICU." (www.friendsofnicu.org)

They just turned 5 and each has a special place in their heart for certain super heros. Elanie let me have carte blanche with the design so I just did a little something for each of them.
This was a 12" 5 layer chocolate cake with ganache and chocolate filling......

I think I will give Buzz arms nest time but I wasnt sure about spacing when I made him... :)

Harry Potter

2011-01-02T13:55:00.000-08:00

These were for a HUGE Harry Potter Fan. To quote my son, "she knows more about Harry Potter than anyone else in my class!" She knew she wanted edible Harry Potter heads but left the rest up to me. It would be really easy to get carried away- there are so many ideas and things you could do with Harry Potter but to be realistic I stuck to 4 different symbols; Harry Potter, a wand spraying "magic", a golden sphinx and books of spells.

I noticed later that I think Harry needs eyebrows! But otherwise I like him.

Next time I would cover the ball in golden sugar!

Magic Wand- tried to get the tree bark look!

Why? Because we like you!

2011-01-02T11:55:00.000-08:00

These were for a group of cheerleaders that won big time and got to go compete in Disneyland! One of the girls mom ordered something "mickey mouse and sparkly!" so this is what I came up with. I cant wait to hear how they did!!

Doggy Boxes!

2010-12-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

Alexandria wanted to eat cupcakes for her birthday party but give little dogs as party favors! I found these darling boxes that we decided to use and they were perfect. The party desert was Samoa cupcakes (Chocolate cupcakes with caramel filling topped with coconut frosting and toasted coconut) and the puppies were peppermint chocolate.

Oh Christmas trees oh Christmas trees!

2010-12-20T21:19:00.000-08:00

Busy week full of Christmas cheer! These were regular and peppermint chocolate, a few Red Velvet too. The top pictures are regular sized cupcakes that were for a classroom party and an office party. The bottom ones are the jumbo trees. I have not gotten tired of making these trees yet! (and i am glad you havent gotten tired of ordering them, they will be back again next year too!)

and oh yah... PIXIE DUST!

2010-12-07T10:56:00.000-08:00

How does that line from Peter Pan go?
This was for a little girls Tinkerbell birthday party this weekend and was a lot of fun to make! Fondant on the body and white chocolate for the wings.....

Angels we have heard......

2010-12-06T20:23:00.000-08:00

This was a very cute idea- My friend wanted to take something to the girls that watch her kids everyday at the gym and so she wanted a Guardian Angel theme. (She made a matching card to go with it!) The first angels were sweet but we thought the lips made them SASSY! The wings are made out of white chocolate because I love the different textures and I alternated the chocolate cupcake angels with Red Velvet and Peppermint. I LOVED this order and how it turned out. These were done on Mini cupcakes.

Fa La La La La La

2010-12-02T10:46:00.000-08:00

I have been waiting for months for it to be Christmas and time for PEPPERMINT chocolate cupcakes! One of my favorite flavors. One friend loved her order so much that I have to post what she said about them.....

"The flavor was perfect! I really enjoyed having the peppermint taste throughout the cupcake and not just in the frosting. I don't think I would change anything. My family also really enjoyed them. My husband was very impressed with the peppermint cupcakes as well. He said it was excellent, which he very rarely says about things he eats. I have never had your peanut butter before. They are so good!! We all enjoyed them so much!! Thank you!!"

I should pay her for saying that :)

I am so excited about the new Photos I have to use thanks to my photographer friend Sharlie Z- she does a fabulous job (on faces too! not just food!- Check our her blog http://www.sharliezphotography.com/) She can also be found on facebook.

Happy Birthday Alexandria!

2010-11-30T15:04:00.000-08:00

This was a birthday cake that was DOGgone cute! (is that how you spell doggone?) Alexandria's dog was represented on top with hearts and sparkles.
It was a chocolate 5 layer with raspberry filling and covered with Vanilla BTB.

Friends of the NICU

2010-11-30T14:05:00.000-08:00

I am way behind with post for the blog but I had some CRAZY weeks. I was so excited to be involved with the charity event for Friends of the NICU (www.friendsofnicu.org) and it was a fabulous event put on by the founders Elanie and Tim Purkis. We had to empty out a gorilla rack in order to hold all the cupcakes for that weekend. 350 for the NICU event and then another almost 300 for soccer party orders, a church event and a baby shower.

I didnt get pictures of just the regular cupcakes (!!!) but the big boxes in the photo hold 70 cupcakes each. The garage fridge was also full. I cant remember how many batches of frosting I made- it's all a blur.

Earth to Jake!

2010-11-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

Jake took his friends to the new movie "Megamind" for his birthday and so his mom wanted an Alien theme- this is what we decided on......

Happy Birthday Jake!!

Who let the dogs out?

2010-11-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

This was a cute theme- the birthday boy wanted to invite all his friends that have dogs and go to the dog park for his party! His mom sent me pictures of their family's two dogs and they were the main characters on jumbo cupcakes while the rest of the cupcakes had paw prints and dog bones.

One of my true Delights

2010-11-02T14:14:00.000-07:00

My oldest, Scott just turned 11 recently and received his "Arrow of Light" badge and now is on the long road to becoming an Eagle Scout! So exciting and we are so proud of him. For the ceremony I made cupcakes that resemble the actual Arrow of Light badge. Congratulations Scotty!

Baby Boy on the way...

2010-10-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

I loved how this cake turned out. Who doesn't love polka dots? And babies? And eating cake?

side view to appreciate the polka dots!

This was a 5 layer chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and vanilla pastry cream filling.The whole thing was covered in BTB vanilla. (And weighed 15 pounds.)
Congratulations Collie Family!

Leaves are falling all around....

2010-10-21T13:01:00.000-07:00

Great photo Kristen!

I chose a couple different kinds of leaves, cleaned them and painted chocolate!

Here was the birthday box with leaves placed on.

Little Acorns to go with the leaves

This was such a fun project- When Lisa called and wanted to order cupcakes for her birthday she wanted some kind of fall leaf so this is what I came up with. My daughter Natalie chose her own leaves to paint (she went with pink!) and I loved the way the colors blended and came together.I made the acorns thinking they would sit on the bottom of the leaf but the leaves were too big, oh well, maybe on a cake next time.
Happy Birthday Lisa!!

Natalie with her pink leaves.

Butterfly Cupcakes

2010-10-15T12:53:00.000-07:00

What do you call a group of butterflies? A herd? I dont know but I love them!

It's about the cake!

2010-10-12T23:17:00.000-07:00

Making "cake toppers" and special orders for cupcakes is a lot of fun- BUT let us not forget the real deal here..... THE CAKE. Believe it or not- I have not always been a fan of cake. So maybe that is why I am a little obsessed with making really GOOD cake, because why waste the calories on something that isn't just really, really well... Delightful! I love fillings and drizzles and of course the frosting has to really be delicious.

The best compliment so far passed on to me about my cupcakes is "eating these cupcakes was an out of body experience...." Does it get any better? :)

This is what I was looking at Saturday morning at 4am right before I went to bed...... My garage fridge (and some of my kitchen fridge) was stuffed FULL of cupcakes for a wedding reception. I was planning to go to the Bay Area the next morning so I wanted to get them all done. The bride and groom choose Lemon Poppyseed, Caramel Apple, Samoa, Chocolate Mint, and Pumpkin Spice with a cream cheese filling. So many little cakes!! And I know that each one deserved attention so that it could represent correctly:)


Toasted Coconut topped Samoa's (based on the girl scout cookie!)

The Bride (Christa! So beautiful that night!!!) promised me pictures so I will post them shortly.

This was for the "cutting the cake" picture, with their initials and on top a crown that matched the cupcake wrappers they cut with their cricut machine.

CONGRATULATIONS Mitch and Christa!!!

Lego Starwars!!

2010-10-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

Enjoy these pictures you will!
I think Darth Vader and the light sabers were my favorite part of this project- I have been wanting to find a way to make real looking sabers because the last ones I made (out of taffy) started drooping by the end of the day- these ones are made out of hard candy and I love them! Dartha and Yoda were so fun to make- I think Darth alone took 6 hours. But according to my kids he was the best part :) May the force be with you!

On his little cake before I frosted it-

Darth's body suit

Because I am a dork I made his face before I covered it with his mask.

Cant you just hear them making that....light saber sound?

YODA!!! Representing the non dark side!!

Pumpkins Pumpkins

2010-10-03T22:07:00.000-07:00

Tis the season-MY FAVORITE SEASON, I love fall and anything related- I got a request for a Pumpkin themed baby shower- So cute! I loved coming up with these. Took a few tries to figure out how to get the swoop just right and not all over the place! I was going to make fondant stems but Costco was sampling these apple licorices (YUM!!!) and they work just perfectly.

These will make ANY occasion a squash- I mean SMASH! (I crack myself up)

These are available in regular or jumbo sized. (maybe mini too- I have to try it out!)

I just love these!!

This is a jumbo in its box.

They can be made on any flavor but these ones are pumpkin spice with a cake pop on top, then covered with BTB vanilla frosting and of course SPRINKLES!

Fall Colors

2010-10-03T21:22:00.000-07:00

LIttle Birds

2010-10-02T22:15:00.000-07:00

This was another large Tuscan Cream Cake and the invite for the shower had these cute fat little birds on it- so I put them on top of the cake- The little bird was the trickiest (is that a word?) the chocolate was drying so fast it was a race to try and get the other colors in!
Happy Baby Ilene!

Once again- note my MAD photography skills....... when I can wake my husband up off the couch I will get him to show me how to post the birds on the actual invite picture.

Peanut Butter Cupcakes with PB filling

2010-09-29T19:42:00.000-07:00

Just Yum

Pinewood Derby Cupcakes!

2010-09-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

My kids think I am THE coolest. I make homemade matchbox cars. This week I got to make up for all the years my brothers made their own cars and styled them just right- while I just watched. The hostess of this "Derby" said that the cake topper cars went to the boys whose cars came in last, and these edible cars were possibly more coveted than the real trophys.
The cupcakes were topped with little cars that were mini replicates of the big ones and flags with the cars number.
Go Pack 459!!!

(Thanks for the great picture Kaele!)

Butterfly Butterfly

2010-09-22T23:26:00.000-07:00

This was a cake for a wedding reception and the hostess let me decide how to decorate it. I knew the bride to bes' (how do you spell that?) colors and I just wanted a reason to make these butterflies. How cute would it be to completely cover a cake with little butterflies or make a swarm of butterfly cupcakes!
This was a 12" 5 layer Italian Cream cake with alternating layers of cream cheese frosting and vanilla cream.
I had to weigh it- 12 pounds (!!!!)

This is a pre-frosting picture next to an apple for size perspective (this ones for you Sharlie :)

Peanut Butter and Chocolate!

2010-09-20T23:29:00.000-07:00

Start of the butterfly cakes! Happy Birthday Avalon!

This cake was an 8" 5 layer chocolate cake with alternating layers of chocolate mousse buttercream, and peanut butter filling, then covered with chocolate caramel peanutbutter ganache! Death by peanut butter and chocolate! The ganache was a little shiny so I couldn't get a clear picture :)