Superhero/Star Wars Birthday Party & Replica Ibanez Guitar Cake

Whew! What a weekend! There was lots of research, baking, color mixing and decorating going on at Heavenly Bites!  This weekend I had Superhero/Star Wars themed sugar cookies AND a replica of an Ibanez guitar cake due! They were both a lot of fun to make and required lots of research, pictures and prep.

The Superhero/Star Wars cookies were for James - a birthday boy who didn't want to choose between two themes for his party...I wouldn't have wanted to either! Who wants to wait another year so you could have your other theme? I love the combo idea!! :)  So for party favors, I was asked to make sugar cookies keeping both themes in mind...so I made the Superman and Batman logos AND R2-D2 and Yoda cookies! "Yummy, they were!" ;)

Next up was the replica Ibanez Electric Guitar Cake - one of my college roomates wanted to suprise her nephew who just turned 20 with a cake made to look like the guitar he plays in his Philly band. I was so psyched to take on this project! I really love getting a sculpted cake because it becomes so technical and I love working hard to make the cake look exactly like the real object. I did a lot of research on the Ibanez website to get a good picture of the guitar in the same color combination as the picture they sent me of and made a large blown up version of the cake on paper so I could be sure to get the right size cake board and to be sure I got all the measurements right!  I was really psyched with the result!!

Tennis Anyone?

This past weekend Heavenly Bites took part in its first charity event - a benefit for homeless families in Bergen County, NJ through the Interreligious Fellowship for the Homeless.  So proud to be taking part in this event for a very worthy cause, we made 100 cupcakes and provided a Baker's Basket for the silent auction which included cookbooks, a cupcake stand, baking utensils, a $250 gift certificate towards Heavenly Bites as well as a handcrafted cupcake apron by Pretty it Up!

The benefit had a tennis theme, so the cupcakes were topped with tennis balls, tennis rackets and flowers as well! 

The Bakers Basket

I was so excited to hear from my friend Erin who asked me to participate in the event that the cupcakes were a big hit and was totally honored to hear that she kept bidding on my basket so that she could win the Heavenly Bites Cakes gift card! Can't wait to decorate her future cake!

Curious George takes the cake!

Hi everyone!  Two weeks ago, I was asked to make this Curious George cake for a 1st birthday party - and what a party it was!! I heard Curious George himself showed up to the festivities! The mom and dad of the birthday boy threw an amazing party for him, complete with homemade monkey cupcakes, chocolate covered bananas and pretzels, seating cards in the shape of bananas hung from adorable little palm trees! I am going to this mom to plan my kids next birthday party!! :)

The cake was 2 tiers - the bottom was vanilla cake, nutella filling and vanilla frosting and the top was chocolate cake, nutella filling and vanilla frosting.  All decorations were handcrafted with fondant and gumpaste.

Brand New Website!

I'm so excited to announce the unveiling of the new Heavenly Bites website! I've been working on this for the past few months, so it's great to finally get it out there for everyone to see...my favorite part is The Mixing Bowl - this is the place to go when you're not sure what flavor combinations go best - we've got recommendations on both traditional AND unique frostings and fillings to go with the cake flavor you want!

Hope you enjoy!

Coming up this weekend is a Curious George cake for a 1st birthday party

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!