For the Man Who has Everything

What do you make for a man who owns grocery stores, sports teams, Rolls Royces and Ferraris (yes, I'm using the plural here), and a yacht, who also loves spending time with his four children and Persian cat? This cake, all planned lovingly by his significant other, is what we came up with.

50th Birthday Cake

A baseball and football fan, wine connoisseur, and a karaoke buff all come together for a special and fun 50th birthday cake. Their pet dog and cat also made it into the sccene.

Medieval Castle Cake

We had the chance to make another medieval castle cake, this time for a young 5 year old boy's class in Palo Alto. Two knights and a princess completed the scene. Inside was moist devil's food cake with fluffy buttercream icing.

Medieval Castle Cake

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!

Lawn Mower Cake

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

Champagne Bottle in Crate

The perfect cake for the wine or champagne lover! We put the wine bottle in a "crate" so that the cake would serve more people. Serves approximately 50 people. The label is edible and says "Aged to Perfection", along with the person's name, age and year of birth.

Russian Books Cake

My good client Yana ordered this special cake for her father's 70th birthday. The "scroll" is hand-sculpted from sugar and printed with a special Russian poem. The books are entitled with some of her father's favorite authors. This really challenged my writing skills!

Star Wars Cakes

We created these two cakes for my very good client, Victoria, who has been ordering birthday cakes for her two girls for years. They always have a different theme but they always order their favorite flavor: death by chocolate. This year, they are into Star Wars, so we did an R2-D2 cake and a Death Star cake.

Mini-Cakes for the 30th Birthday Bash

Celebrate BIG with something very small -- an individual mini-cake created for each guest. These are decorated with pearlized white fondant and a chocolate brown bow, adorned with an edible gift tag.

Heat Wave!

I hope everyone is keeping cool during this heatwave! My car thermometer read 102 degrees today at 3 pm. My goodness...But, on the bright side, just looking at this cake we created gets me thinking about the beach and cooling off. My wonderful client, Marianne, helped me design this luau/beach theme cake. The sandbucket is banana cake with walnut praline filling; the beach & water are a deep dark chocolate cake filled with raspberry filling. The "sand" is brown sugar. Flip flops, shovel and flowers are all handsculpted from fondant.

Paintball Cake

For your favorite paintball player. This cake is covered in camouflage rolled fondant, and splattered with paint made from colored melted white chocolate. Getting shot was never so much fun!

Psychadelic 60's

Peace, baby! A company celebrates its 40th anniversary with a 1960's themed cake. The bottom tier features a paisley print, the middle tier is "flower power" and the top is peace signs, all dotted with the ubiquitous smiley face.

Laundry Detergent Box Cake

This kitschy cake was for a unique bridal shower whose theme was the "1950's housewife." The "bubbles" are handcrafted from white chocolate and painted with edible luster dust. Inside is moist lemon cake with lemon filling. (Serves 40 people)

Champagne Bottle Cake

Open the bubbly and celebrate life! 70 is a milestone that deserves some of the good stuff. This one is guaranteed to be sweet on the palette.

Wine Bottle Cake

People, like a fine wine, should grow better each year with age. We helped celebrate Keyang's 30th birthday with a special wine bottle cake with customized edible label, vintage 1978.

Love Birds

This special cake was created for Leah and Freddy's small intimate wedding celebration -- something a little off-beat and unique, just like the bride and groom. The birds are made from sugar, and inside is moist chocolate cake with chocolate mousse and mascarpone cream fillings.

Red Velvet Armadillo Cake

Once a Southern tradition, this rich, red-colored cake with cream cheese frosting was made famous by the armadillo groom's cake in the 1989 movie Steel Magnolias. We were asked to recreate that famous cake for a bridal shower. Inside is moist, red velvet cake layers with lots and lots of fluffy cream cheese frosting. (It's really just a vehicle to get the cream cheese frosting to your mouth.)

Tax Day!

April 15th is here, and congratulations to all of you who have sent in your taxes! Whether you owe or are owed, you are DONE! We made this cake for a young woman who just passed her CPA exams.

A Dog's Life

Happiness is...a sleeping dog, replete with bone and bow handsculpted from sugarpaste. Inside is deep dark chocolate cake; the "fur" is fluffy buttercream.