Long Life Cake

Medieval Castle Cake

Purple Swirl Wedding Cake

Staggered boxes creates a whimsical effect. We adorned this wedding cake with handmade edible orchids and roses in rich purples and chartreuse.

Outerspace Alien Cake

Chantilly White Floral Cake

Elegant, sleek, timesless.

Navy and Silver Wedding Cake

Black Swirl Wedding Cake

Orange Flame Race Car Cake

Caleb's favorite car is his orange racecar with flames. We recreated this cake for his 3rd birthday! Serves 50. Inside was moist chocolate cake with fluffy chocolate mousse filling.

Chocolate Ganache White Rose Cake

Dark chocolate ganache drips down a pristine white wedding cake decorated with edible sugar flowers in white roses, stephanotis and green leaves. You could smell this cake as you walked by. . .delicious! Serves 180.

Silver and Burgundy Gift Package Cake

Edible sugar orchids in burgundy, and sugar bows adorn this chic wedding cake glittering with silver dust.

Children's Book Cake

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake. "On Monday, he ate through one apple. On Tuesday, he ate through one pear. . ." One of my favorite children's books! So cute, so simple, so hungry! Here's a huge version of that book that we created for a special first birthday. We handpainted the caterpillar and fruit to give it the same look as the book. Inside was moist red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.

Travel Suitcase Cake

We created this special cake for our client Vicki's Aunt Margaret's 70th birthday. Margaret is an avid traveler and a very special aunt to Vicki: she moved in with Vicki and helped take care of Vicki's children while she was on bedrest for several months during her last pregnancy! Now, I'm sure Margaret was in dire need of a vacation after that!

Love Birds Wedding Cake

We incorporated the love bird design motif of Charlotte's wedding by hand piping it onto the top tier. The cake's smooth buttercream finish is detailed with pale blue cornelli lace piping and brown accents.

Topsy Turvy Butterfly Themed Cake

After a lazy summer, we are back to posting on our blog. (Don't get me wrong, we were busy making cakes, just lazy about posting them!) Every cake is so unique and really takes on the personality of the event. This one is colorful, fanciful and glittery. The perfect cake for the stylish little girl turning one. Serves 40.

Teacup Shower Cake

Showers of Happiness for this lucky bride-to-be. The teacup was handsculpted red velvet cake filled with cream cheesefrosting and topped with handmade orange sugar roses.

Seashell Wedding Cake

We made this cake for a lovely wedding out in Half Moon Bay. The seashells are all handcrafted from sugar, and the two ducks on top were handsculpted from fondant and sit atop a surfboard (this had special meaning for the bride and groom). Inside was moist chocolate cake layered with rich cheesecake and strawberry filling.

Porsche Cake

For my wonderful client, Diane. We made a wedding cake for Chuck and Diane several years ago, and then a cake for her baby boy a few years later. Now, another milestone celebrated with Butterfly Cakes -- Chuch's 30th! Here's what Diane had to say:

Thank you so much for the fabulous Porsche cake you did for Chuck's 30th birthday last weekend. The cake was a huge hit - in appearance and taste! Chuck was thrilled with it and we're still enjoying the leftovers :) I don't know what your secret it, but your fondant is the best we've ever tasted. Once again, you have done an amazing job for us. We really appreciate it!

Alice in Wonderland Cake

It's topsy turvy, colorful, whimsical and has the mad hatter hat on top! Fun, fun.

Fairy Cake

Mystical, magical, fantasies abound with this adorable cake featuring three fairies handsculpted out of fondant, sugar butterflies, flowers and gardens.

Something Blue

Trend Watch: Blue is the new "it" color for weddings! Royal blue, navy blue, anything but Tiffany blue. When the 4th bride in a row came and told me her wedding colors were a deep blue and white. . .I was onto something. Here's my inspiration translated into cakes for 2010.

Monkey Cake

Please Vote for Us!! SFGate BayList 2010

If you have been a fan of Butterfly Cakes, we would love to get your support. Please vote for Butterfly Cakes! Voting has begun! And will end on May 28th. Click the banner above to cast your vote and be heard!

Love is in the Air

Romantic, whimsical, very very cute!

Mini Cooper Cake

A very special 40th birthday cake! Cling to your carefree youthful days and celebrate with this fun cake! You have made it this far, celebrate!!

Whimsical Cake

Another whimsical topsy turvy cake!

Cookie Monster Cake

This topsy turvy crooked cake was just the right touch for Morgan's cookie monster party! Inside was moist gingerbread cake with lemon filling and cream cheese frosting, and as well as a layer of chocolate cake with chocolate mousse. Serves 40.

Robot Cake

Inside this fun cake was moist chocolate cake with our fudge filling. Serves 40-50 people.

WeddingWire Bride's Choice Winner 2010

We are extremely honored to have been named as one of the winners of WeddingWire's prestigious 2010 Bride's Choice Award! The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. Winners are among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada.

A heartfelt "Thank You" to all who voted for Butterfly Cakes.

The Wedding University is Back!

After a hugely successful first event last year, Wedding University is BACK! This is your chance to meet all the top wedding professionals in one place and actually learn substantive things about what they do! Plus of course you'll hear all about the top trends in weddings and get tons of valuable tips on how to plan yours. Unlike other wedding fairs, this one is much more educational and is extremely selective about the vendors who participate.

Don't miss this important event!

Four Seasons Hotel, Silicon Valley
January 31, 2010, 11am - 5pm
$55 per person, and $45 for each additional person

For all the details see this link: Wedding University.

And did I mention how incredibly organized and thorough these folks who plan the Wedding University are? Just check out this "syllabus" they have planned for you...

SYLLABUS:
11:00am Registration (Mimosas and light brunch Pre-viewing of Design Showcases)

11:30am Welcome and Introductions

12noon First session — All students in Main Ballroom Planning & Logistics Catering Considerations

1:00pm Rotating small sessions Wedding Design, Music/Entertainment, Photography

4:00pm Last session — All students in Main Ballroom (Beauty, Attire & Etiquette Videography)

5:00pm Drawing for several extraordinary prizes, including a honeymoon stay at one of three luxurious Four Seasons Resorts

Generous sampling of Four Seasons fine culinary creations between classes.

Lawn Mower Cake

Does someone you know have a green thumb? Or, simply just loves gardening equipment? This cake is for them!!