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August 6, 2010
By Lydia
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Baby Shower, Cake, Cake Balls, Cupcakes, Green, Yellow, blue
Baby Feet – Baby Shower Cake – Soledad, CA
My adorable delivery girl Alexis had her baby shower last weekend. She is due with her little boy the beginning of September, although my bets are on her delivering early. 
Her shower was set up beautifully and her dessert table made a sweet addition to her baby shower decor!
Flavors for her shower included a marble cake with chocolate buttercream, vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream topped with white sugar beads and red velvet/cream cheese cake balls dipped in dark chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate.
Congratulations Alexis on your little one.
He’s going to be such a handsome little baby! I can’t wait to meet him.
Heinz 57 Sauce – Birthday Cake – Pebble Beach, CA
Do you watch the Food Network?
Have you ever seen the show “Private Chefs of Beverly Hills”? Well, I’m in love with it. It’s set to record every single new episode on my DVR. The chefs on the show work for a company called Big City Chefs.
I was ecstatic when I was contacted by Big City Chefs to make a cake for one of their clients. The client was having a 57th birthday party for his wife and had a “Heinz 57 Sauce” theme, so he wanted a cake that looked like a Heinz 57 bottle. I am thrilled with how the cake turned out and am so grateful for the opportunity to work with Big City Chefs (Chef Derek Chance was the Private Chef for the party)!
Cake: Vanilla
Icing: French Buttercream
Covering: Fondant
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOU!
Stack of Books – PhD in Lit – Graduation Cake – Salinas, CA
Patty contacted me about making something special for her husband, who was graduating with his PhD in Literature from the University of California- Santa Cruz. She knew that she wanted a banana slug (the UCSC mascot) with a grad cap, and liked the idea of a stack of books. When I asked her what else he liked to try to make it as personal towards him as possible, she said that he liked wine and that they travel around every weekend for their daughters softball games so they don’t really have time for much else!
Everything on is Literature based on the cake. For the base, I copied out from pages of the Great Gatsby, a literary classic. The bottom book has the beginning title of Dr. Leal’s dissertation, (I couldn’t fit the whole thing ), and I found a book about Softball that I felt was appropriate since they support their daughter. The banana slug is reading Sideways (which was made into a movie) about traveling thru California wine country.
Congratulations Dr. Leal!
Cake: Bottom Book- Marble, Top Book- Red Velvet
Icing: Strawberry Buttercream and Cream Cheese Icing
Covering: Fondant with fondant and gumpaste embellishments and edible gold luster dust
Petite and Dainty Yellow Swirls – Birthday Cake
This cake was made for sweet Miraya, (remember, Sylvia’s daughter) for her birthday. Sylvia left the design up to me and as I immediately thought of this. Miraya is such a gorgeous person, on the inside and out. She is so nice and sweet and I am so blessed to know her and her family. I wanted her birthday cake to reflect how I see her as a person, dainty and pretty.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRAYA!
Cake: Vanilla Pound Cake
Icing: Buttercream with fresh strawberries placed on top
Covering: Buttcream with whimsical piping detail, fondant ribbon and a sugar rose.
2010 Palma High School Graduation – Topsy Turvy Cake
Norma wanted a special cake for the graduation party they were having for her son. I love it when I talk to mom’s and you can tell how much love and pride they have in their children because it just oozes out of them. I could just tell how much Josh meant to Norma and how special she wanted this to be for him.
I am IN LOVE with how this cake turned out.
I love the topsy turvy whimsical-ness of it.
I love the bright colors.
I love the wording.
I love the personalized details.
It was such a fun cake to make. I feel like I get to know the person it’s for on a more personal level when the cake includes personalized items.
And I really like it.
It’s a really neat feeling to know that when Josh saw his cake, he was going to have a connection and memory to every single item. It’s as if you’re getting close to someone you’ve never met thru your artistry and it makes me want to make it that much more spectacular.
Congratulations Josh!
Cake: Strawberry, Chocolate, Red Velvet
Icing: Strawberry buttercream, peanut-butter fudge buttercream, cream cheese
Covering: Fondant with fondant embellishments and gumpaste personalizations
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