Happy Anniversary to the Global Christian Network!

This was a 6-layer, 3-D, yellow globe kake with vanilla frosting. It was made for the Global Christian Network to celebrate their 5th anniversary. This kake was so tall and wide that it needed 3 wooden stakes to keep it secure from sliding and falling over.

I did my best to duplicate as many of the continents and countries that are on the globe- the ones I actually accomplished were North America, Central America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and a few islands. This was much more challenging than I had originally anticipated.

Since the kake is 3-D, the design goes all the way around it. The kake is in a globe because the network's logo is the letters "GCN" and a globe. I wanted to represent it the network as closely as possible to the actual logo.

Louis Vuitton, Anyone?

This kake was made for one of my closest friends for her birthday. It is a 2-layer lemon kake with lemon frosting....and it was TO DIE FOR!

She loves designer purses and brand names. We always joke with her about being shallow and materialistic so I wanted to make her a kake that represented this corky side of her. The inspiration came from the white Louis Vuitton design with colorful logos. I had originally wanted to do the classic brown design, however when she said she wanted a lemon kake, I knew that chocolate frosting was not going to be a good match.

- Birthday Boobies -

This is a single-layer chocolate kake with chocolate icing. The bra was designed with pink and white tube icing and pearl sprinkles. The straps of the bra were adorned with sugar diamonds that I received from a distributor who specializes in making them.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

This is a single-layer vanilla kake with vanilla frosting made for my God-Daughter for her 2nd birthday. Spongebob's design was done free-hand using a printed image for reference. Both regular and glittler/sparkle tube icing were used in this design.
I must say, I'm going to pat myself on the back for this one. I don't know what I could have done to make it look anymore like spongebob than it already did. :-)

Peace, Love & Happiness

Ever Seen Tye-Dye Frosting? Yeah, Me Neither...

This Kake was a two-layered, yellow kake with cream cheese frosting. It was made for one of my co-workers, and when she asked if I could do tye-dye frosting I was hesitant but told her I would attempt it the best that I could.

In order to create the tye-dyed effect, I portioned off the frosting in several seperate bowls and dyed each one with a different color. I then placed the frosting on the cake in a swirl design and ran toothpicks through it in order to blend the colors into eachother.

I'm not claiming it's perfect, but hey, it's pretty decent for a first attempt. I also Cut out the Peace Sign Shape in the top layer to give it a 3-D effect.

For the sides of the Kake, I simply layered three colors and blended them with a spatula. I adorned the sides with black peace signs all around it to give it a little *pop*!

Sushi

Sushi Roll

May 2010

This was a tw0-layer (8" round pans) strawberry cake wrapped in fruit leater to represent the nore and rice krispy treats to represent the rice. The mini rolls around the cake were made out of fruit snacks, candies and marshmallows. Everything was edible except for the chopsticks.

An assortment of "sushi rolls" surrounded the cake.


Had to trim the excess rice krispy treat which bordered the cake.

Sprinkled cookies n' cream sprinkles over the rice krispy treat to look like actual sushi rice.

Pokémon- Lugia

Lugia

Happy Birthday Max!

My little brother just turned 10 in April. He is very much into Pokémon, so when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he had to show me a picture of this creature.

This is a single layer chocolate cake with white icing. I drew the Lugia freehand, so I think I made it look a little pregnant. I was pretty nervous to design this cake because I personally am not familiar with Pokémon or any of the characters and kids can be brutally honest. I thought if I messed it up, my brother would totally call me out on any errors- BUT my brother didn't seem to mind- he thought it was AWESOME! :)



The sides of the cake are completely colored with yellow icing in the "star tip"

Jagermeister

Jagermeister Birthday

February 2010

Single layer chocolate cake 15"x19" with classic white icing dyed moss green

Sex & The City Birthday

Sex and the City

January 2010

This is a "Funfetti" cake with vanilla frosting which I dyed hot pink (definitely messes with the flavor :-/). I sprinkled each layer with sugar sprinkles for some sparkle.

I got a plastic toy shoe from the dollar store and then made a Manolo Blahnik label and glued it in. The Ring lights up and the the vodka, was of course, meant to go with some martini's/

The bottom tier is two layers, while the top in only one. I took a plastic pearl necklace to divide the tiers (NOT edible!).

I made this for my lil' sister Deborah. She is absolutely obsessed with SATC and I surprised her with it at her birthday party that she didn't know I was attending :)

Dora The Explorer

Dora The Explorer

December 2009

This is a 4 layered cake with the bottom 2 layers as chocolate cake and the top 2 layers as vanilla. It is meant to represent the outdoor adventures of Dora the Explorer.

The Dora figurine candle and pipe cleaner palm tree were added later.

A rushing waterfull- I sprinkled sugar sprinkles to make it look like crashing water.

Palm Trees & pink flowers decorated the sides

Kristy Kake

Chocolate Sheet Cake with 3-D Gift

The gift made the weight of the cake a little uneven and had to be supported with toothpicks, but the overall look was pretty.

Single later sheet cake with the gift being two layers thick

GEAUX TIGERS!

LSU

OCTOBER 2009

Three Layered Red Velvet cake with Cream Cheese Frosting for an LSU fan's Birthday

I used the "Frosting Pens" that they sell in local grocery stores to draw an outline because I was super nervous about having to draw this tiger....

The Finished Tiger....took a lot of effort!

The sides were looking kind of plain so I added lil "LSU"s all around

Weird....More Kake!

Marvin the Martian, Done for a friend's Sister. I struggled with this because I'm not that familiar with the character and I was constantly having to reference other images.

September 2009


The Finished Product


When I asked my friend Terrence what he wanted for his birthday cake, he replied, "Titties, Tupac, Thug Life, and all my homies"! (he was joking of course but I couldn't resist) So I gave it to him all in one...The stars to the right represent each of his homies, while the rest is pretty self explanatory.
September 2009




For my friend Chris...who loves Heineken and will NEVER say "No" to a drink...
June 2009

....Kake, Kake, Kake

Jamaican Flag cake for my friend Greg's Birthday...a sheet cake covered with the "star tip" icing

May 2009

A 21st Birthday Margarita Cake for Carol Ann. Although its hard to see, I put sugar sprinkles on the rim of the glass to resemble salt on a margarita!

May 2009

A year later, after it all began...my mother's tennis ball cake

May 2009


My Lil' Brother's Red Penguin cake, inspired by the online game Club Penguin
April 2009



Jumbo Chocolate Chips on the side for a lil something extra!

Kake Progression

Trials, Errors, & Masterpieces!

I was getting tired of the 3-layered cake so I thought I'd get fancy for my friend Andrea's birthday with a sheet cake

July 2008

This was a last minute project...my roommate made a cookie cake for our friend whose birthday was right around Christmas time, so at the last minute I offered to decorate it for her

December 2008

This is definitely the UGLIEST Kake creation I have ever done...I learned my lesson about drinking too much wine and trying to decorate a cake while mad...
November 2008

This is my favorite cake of all time....a 7-layered sculpted Jack-o-lantern cake
October 2008



This was a cake I did for my boyfriend at the time when he got accepted to the Art Institute of Atlanta for graphic design
September 2008