Chocolate Dipped Pretzels for a Wedding Dessert Buffet

Fall and winter is wedding season here in Arizona and we've been creating lots of desserts for wedding dessert buffets. These pretzels were dipped in white and done in a variety of white on white designs - drizzles and non perils. Our customer also purchased our white pearl gumballs for her buffet.

Blackjack Themed 30th Birthday

 

 We created this cake for a casino themed birthday celebration - the birthday girl's favorite game is blackjack so we added cards and lots of chips (each chip is stamp with a 30 fir the birthday girl's age). Buttercream iced with fondant playing card suits, chips and cards.

Blue and Brown 'It's a Boy' Baby Shower

 

 We've started to offer custom party banners and they've become very popular with our customers - give us a color scheme and a message and we'll create it! We created this Its a Boy blue and brown banner to coordinate with the blue and blue cupcake tower our customer ordered. The tower was topped with a 6 inch topper cake with a sassy circle design topped with baby shoes. Our customer also rented our 3 tier stand for display.

 

4th Birthday Train Cake and Cupcakes for a Celebration at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

 

 Our train cakes continue to be one of our most popular designs. We created this one for James' 4th birthday along with coordinating cupcakes. Our customer added a toy train to the cake board - James from Thomas the Tank Engine, since the boy is named James.

   

This design was inspired by the first train cake I made for my son's second birthday:

Pink Baby Shower Cake Topped with Roses

A very sweet baby girl baby shower design - pink and white stripes with white fondant baby shoes on top. The baby girl's middle name will be Rose so we added lots of pink fondant ribbon roses.

Pink and Purple Unicorn Princess Party

 

 These cupcakes were designed for a unicorn princess party. Half the cupcakes were topped with princess crowns and half with unicorns. Everything was done in pink and purple and cupcakes were iced with our glitter icing technique. We also made a personalized jumbo cupcake for the birthday girls and a few dozen mini cupcakes for the adults attending the party. Our customers rented our 4 tier white cupcake tower for display.

 

Green, Yellow and Purple Jungle Animal Baby Shower Shower Cupcakes

 

 These baby shower cupcakes were designed to coordinated with the nursery bedding in pastel purple, green and yellow. The cupcakes were topped with elephants, giraffes and monkeys. Because the sex of the baby is being a kept a surprise some of the cupcakes were topped with BABY and we iced a few with a simple star swirl.

 

African Safari Themed 65th Birthday Cupcake Tower for Twin Sisters

 

 We created this cupcake tower for a 65th birthday celebration for twin sisters. The sisters had recently traveled to South Africa so the tower was designed with a safari theme. The cake was iced with yellow buttercream and airbrushed with a little bit of orange and we added a giraffe, rhino and elephant silhouette. The cupcakes were topped with zebra print and giraffe print fondant toppers. Our customer rented the 4 tier cupcake tower for display.

 

Ninjas and Legos for a Lego Ninjago 8th Birthday Party

 

 The cupcakes were topped with legos, ninjas, and ninja swords for a Lego Ninjago themed 8th birthday celebration. We also did Dylan's 7th birthday celebration - race car cupcakes for a Ridemakerz party:

 

customer feedback:

Excellent job!  As always they were admired and loved by all!

Ninja Birthday Cake for a 6th Birthday Halloween Costume Party

We created this cake for a Halloween costume birthday party where the birthday boy was dressing as a ninja. The bottom tier was iced gray buttercream and then airbrushed black and top tier iced in red buttercream with a ninja, ninja stars, sword and nunchucks all made from fondant.

Monster Cupcakes for a 3rd Birthday

 

 These fun cupcakes were created for a monster themed 3rd birthday celebration. The monsters were based on the invitation and everything was done in aqua blue, orange and red.

 customer feedback 
Dana, Those cupcakes were absolutely perfect. The fondant tops were precious and the cupcakes were delicious. Thank you so much for your hard work on those. M.W.

Orange and Black Halloween Themed Baby Shower Cake

 

 Loved this one! A Halloween twist on our very popular baby shower cakes topped with booties. Orange and black diamond print, skull on the front and the cake is topped with baby shoes and bats.

3rd Birthday Yellow and Blue Airplane Themed Cupcakes

 

 These cupcakes were design to coordinate with the blue and orange/yellow party printables that our customer was using for party decorations. Half the cupcakes were iced blue topped with a piped cloud and a fondant airplane and half were topped with stars with a number 3.We also created a personalized jumbo cupcake for the birthday day.

 

Chocolate Brown and Purple Present Cake

 

 Our customer ordered this cake for her mom's birthday celebration. Her mom loves chocolate so they went with chocolate buttercream and it was topped with a purple bow. We did a similar cake for their parents' anniversary and it was such a hit that they wanted a repeat.

 

1st Birthday Jungle Themed Cupcake Tower

 

 Jungle themed cupcakes tower for a boy turning 1. The topper cake was done in a giraffe print with a fondant monkey on top. The cupcakes were done in a mixture of animal prints including zebra, tiger, giraffe and cheetah. And a few cupcakes were topped with circles with a 1. Our customer rented our 3 tier cupcake tower for display.

   

 And we made a personalized jumbo for the birthday boy:

 

2nd Birthday Pink and Green Horse Themed Celebration

We designed this 2 tier cake to coordinate with the partyware and decorations for a pony themed 2nd birthday. Bottom tier is down in brown and cream pony print and the top tier has the pony with the flower at its ear. We added lots of flowers, stars, confetti spirals, horse shoes, boots and a hat. Our customer also added coordinating cupcakes with flowers and a girly 2 - the cupcake liners were a pink gingham which coordinated with the party decorations. We made pink and green chocolate dipped oreos for the dessert buffet. We also made a custom banner with the birthday girl's name for the dessert table (I forgot to take a photo of this).

Pink and Black Zebra and Cheetah Print 16th Birthday Cake

This cake was designed to coordinate with the party decorations - everything was done in pink and black zebra and cheetah print. Cake is iced in buttercream with fondant accents, topped with a 16 and bordered with a fondant bead border. Our custom also order our black and white zebra print and bright pink balloons.

12th Birthday Music Themed Birthday Cake

 

 We designed this music themed cake in red, black, silver and white topped with headphones with the cord spelling out the birthday boy's name. They also ordered candy kabobs for the guests with the message "thanks for rockin my party" 

 

4th Birthday Gymnastics Themed Cake

 

This cake was inspired by the invitation where the gymnast was balancing on the number 4. We decorated the cake with colorful stars and the largest one is imprinted with Happy Birthday. This half sheet cake is bordered by a fun ruffled buttercream two tone border.

 We've been doing lots of cakes for parties held at local gymnastic facilities especially Scottsdale Gymnastics (just down the road from us) or North Valley Gymnastics. Some kids want a gymnastics theme while others pick a theme unrelated to the party activity (like the really cool bug themed cake I will be posting soon)or very often our customers selected our popular sassy circles cupcake design in bright colors (because cupcakes are so easy to serve). This cake was for a party at Scottsdale Gymnastics.

1st Birthday Pink and Black Zebra Print Cake

 

 Our popular zebra and polka dot 2 tier cake done in pink and black for a 1st birthday. We added fondant ribbon roses to the cake because the birthday girl's middle name is Rose. We delivered this cake to Sun City.

 

1st Pink and Purple Panda Cupcake Cake

We created this large cupcake cake (40 cupcakes) for a Panda Bear themed 1st birthday celebration. We designed the cake to coordinate with  the birthday girl's panda tutu outfit. We also made a coordinating small smash cake for the birthday girl.

Join us for our Halloween Cupcake Class

Our next cupcake class is Wednesday October 17th - Halloween Cupcakes! We will be decorating 12 cupcakes using buttercream, chocolate and fondant. All supplies are included and no experience required. Please call the studio to reserve your seat - seats are limited.

Please visit our class schedule page on our blog to see all of our remaining 2012 classes. We may also be adding a teen holiday class if there is interest.

Lots of Pirate Birthday Cakes

 

 In September we created a lot of pirate cakes. This first cake is a 2 tier cake decorated to coordinate with the pirate partyware our customer picked out.

   

 Then for a 6th birthday pool party we create a 6 inch cake topped with a pirate skull and coordinating cupcakes topped with pirate faces, skulls and 6's.

   

 And finally this huge cupcake cake for a 5th birthday. Our customer wanted something easy to serve since the party was being held at a park so a cupcake cake is perfect for this. Also she wanted to really light up the cake with lots of candles so we left plenty of room for that around the pirate skull. They also hired Memories Through Time to photograph the party - you can see the photos on their blog

Blue and Yellow Monkey Themed 1st Birthday

 

 Our very popular monkey themed cupcakes along with monogram and a 1 for the birthday boy done in blue and yellow. We also made a jumbo cupcake for the smash cake which also served as the topper for the cupcake tower. Our customer rented one of our 3 tier white cupcake towers to display everything.

 

customer feedback:

Hi Dana: The cupcakes were incredible and a big hit!  Thanks so much for making my son’s party so special.  I also gave your info to a few friends who are in the process of planning their babies’ first birthdays!...Thanks again, J

Cupcakes for a Goodnight Moon themed Baby Shower

 

 These cupcakes were ordered for a Goodnight Moon themed baby shower. Cupcakes were topped with a moon, stars, cow print, yarn and balloons. I love the theme of classic children's books for baby showers and first birthdays - so sweet.

Rubber Ducky Themed 3rd Birthday Treats and Cake

 

We made these rubber ducky themed chocolate dipped oreos for the birthday girl's preschool celebration. Milk chocolate dipped oreo topped with a yellow tinted white chocolate duck.

   

 And we made this pink and yellow cake for the birthday party. This 8 inch cake is iced with bright pink buttercream icing, covered in polka dots and topped with 3 fondant modeled rubber ducks.

   

 We also made Lilianna's sister's 5th birthday cake last fall - the very girl pink and purple 2 tier cake:

   

 and candy kabobs (which have become so popular on pinterest!)

 

Candy Themed 10th Birthday Cake for a Katy Perry California Gurls Themed Party

 

 This was a fun cake with lots of bright sixlet candies, peppermint starlights, and gummy bears. We topped with cake with fondant carnival suckers, purple heart, jumbo cupcake and a mini cupcakes. And we added ice cream cones and popsicles to the sides of the cake.