Roary the Racing Car

This weekend, I was asked to make a replica of Roary the Racing car for a 4th birthday party for birthday boy Jack!   The cake was vanilla with chocolate frosting and filling - even the wheels were made of cake!

The cake was delivered to The Candy Shoppe in Hoboken, NJ - such an awesome location for a birthday party, or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! There are shelves and shelves of old school jars filled with all types of candy. I was in awe when I walked in the door, so I can only imagine what it must look like through the eyes of the kids who were there for the party!

Coming up next week is a Curious George cake for a 1st Birthday Party!

Birthday Pre-Paris

My sister turned 29 last week and is planning to go to Paris for the first time with our cousins soon - for her birthday I made this little cake highlighting some famous sights she'll see when she gets there!

The trees and sky were handpainted with edible pearl dust and the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre and Eiffel Tower were hand-cut from fondant and detailed in edible ink.

The cake was moist devils food cake with chocolate buttercream - we're total choco-holics in our family! This was a really fun cake that I made about an hour before our family dinner - I was so excited to have the idea in my head come out so quickly on the cake!

Christening Cupcakes

My sweet nephew Jake was baptized this past weekend and I was thrilled to make the cupcakes for his party!  They were a mix of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting (in blue and white).  The little discs and crosses on top were made of fondant and his initials were piped in chocolate buttercream.

Coming up in the next few weeks: a Roary the Car cake, a Curious George cake, tennis cupcakes for a benefit for the homeless and superhero sugar cookie favors!

A New Year, a New Decade and a new year of celebrations to look forward to!

Happy New Year and New Decade to everyone! Can't believe it's 2010!

Heavenly Bites is off and running this year with a Baby Shower cake already completed this past weekend, cupcakes for my nephew's christening next weekend and participating in my first charity event!

First, the cake for the baby shower this past weekend was for a red-headed mom-to-be who has an adorable pointer dog - her sister-in-law commissioned the cake for her shower.  Inside was red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and frosting. The fondant was a pale green, with yellow, white and brown polka dots...the mom-to-be sat on top next to her little pup!

They sent me a picture of the mom-to-be with her sweet dog next to the cake all set up for the party - what a great shot!! I didn't want to put the picture up without permission, but it was a great one! I love seeing people with their cakes! :)

Stay tuned for next week's christening cupcakes and more information on the charity event Heavenly Bites will be participating in - looking forward to a fun new year filled with sweet memories and sweet cake! :)

Heavenly Bites Cake Bites - order some today!

With the holiday season upon us, and plenty of holiday parties and events to attend, many of you are wondering "what can I bring that will wow the crowd?"

Stop right there - I've got your solution! Order a box of  Heavenly Bites signature item "heavenly bites"!! What are these? Let me explain the delicious-ness!

Imagine any cake of your choice, crumbled up in a bowl, mixed with just about anything yummy you can think of (try buttercream, marshmellow fluff, nutella or expresso flavored liquor), rolled into a bite size ball and dipped in chocolate!?!?

They can be dipped in any color chocolate to match any affair and decorated with anything from sprinkles to tiny snowmen...you are sure to be the hit of the dessert table at any party with these!

I've never been able to take a picture of my own because they've been eaten too quickly, so here are some pictures of cake bite creations from other blogging bakers out there to give you some ideas.  Contact Heavenly Bites Cakes today to order yours!

By Alana Hodgson - adorable Christmas and winter themed cake bites:

By Danielle Baker - a delicious idea - peanut butter cake bites!

What might possibly be the CUTEST thing I have ever seen (by Bakerella):

Beautiful blue by Austin Cakeballs:

Contact Heavenly Bites for a price list.

A (anything but) "Hokie" Bridal Shower

These fall flowered cupcakes, cake topper and Virginia Tech Hokie Bird sugar cookies were made for a bridal shower. The bride (Jen) is a friend of mine and I had the honor of attending the party as well, which was so much fun! It was a wonderful party, planned by her mom and bridesmaids and it had a lot of little touches that were perfectly Jen.

These are the cupcakes - chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with a swirl of vanilla frosting on top. Each cupcake was topped with a large flower made of fondant in fall colors.

The cake was vanilla with chocolate frosting and filling, covered in cream colored fondant, topped with a bouquet of fall flowers, with a brown and burgandy ribbon around the base.

Finally, as a party favor, I made Hokie Bird sugar cookies to celebrate the bride's favorite college football team/alma mater.  These were displayed at each place setting in clear goodie bags and tied with a burgardy ribbon.

                                       

Fall, Football & Vows

This NY Giants jersey themed grooms cake was commissioned by a bride as a surprise for her soon-to-be husband at their rehearsal dinner this past weekend.  Inside was a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling - his favorite! 

It was decorated to look like a football jersey, with the couple's last name across the top, the NY Giants logo in the center and a mini-football on top. Lying in a bed of fall leaves to denote the season, this cake was really fun to make!

Making the leaves was a fun project - they are made of fondant and I got the colors by mixing different colors together and rolling them out while they still had a tie-dyed look, rather than fully mixed together. Leaf cut-outs and my newly discovered favorite decorating tool - veiner molds - really brought them to life! My favorite leaf is the dark maroon colored one in the front! :)