The Katrina Cake

A dear friend married her sweetheart and I was lucky enough to design her cake, Carte Blanche. It was an outdoor wedding at her family cottage therefore the Homage to Cottage which this cake became. They are both artful people and I knew I could do something a little out of the ordinary for them.

Enter 'The Katrina Cake'.

Cottage Blue with Summer Orange flowers, whimsical trees and a single monarch butterfly which Trina and I used to go hunting for when we were little girls.

Flavours:
Bottom tier: Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream
Top tier: Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream

The Melissa Cake

Such a simple yet gorgeous cake! One of my favourites, for sure.

I loved working with this bride and groom! The bride is a long-time friend who is very crafty and creative. Their wedding conveyed their whimsical style. My first "out-of'-town" cake took me 3.5 hours to Peterborough, ON.

I incorporated the design from the RSVP card into the piped Juniper Green royal icing on the cake with a few leaves to tie in the wedding invitation design. The purple ribbon adds in their accent colour nicely. A perfect harmony of the wedding colours and graphic design! The fluted silver cup is a family heirloom which is usually a cake topper, we decided to change things up a bit!


Top, middle and bottom tiers: Marble cake with vanilla buttercream

I (heart) Bridal Showers!

I loved this bridal shower order....so whimsical and lovely!

Baby Pram Cookie

A cute little baby pram for a wonderful friend's baby shower.

Catch a Snowflake on your tongue!

Guaranteed tastier than the real ones.

It's a Jungle in here!

A baby shower cake for my good friend Catherine.

Vanilla cake with caramel filling.

A Black Widow...

...Spider that is! And a matching black hat for our "special" Hallowe'en treats we give away to friends who come to visit our Haunted House!

A School of Fish

I happened across of a school of fish in my kitchen one day....except these ones are tasty!

Margaritaville

Well, I had a bit of extra dough and icing and so I whipped these cookies up for my hubby's colleagues. These margaritas wouldn't be complete without a salted rim (well actually it was sugar....it looked like salt though)!

The KATHY Cake

A beautiful cake for a beautiful bride, this 3-tier white fondant draped cake with teal satin ribbon was topped with fresh white roses and pearl sprays. I added a handmade subtle wire heart to reaffirm the days message of everlasting love.

• Top tier 6" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream
  
• Middle tier 10" - vanilla with fresh strawberries and strawberry truffle filling
  
• Bottom tier 14" - chocolate with caramel and chocolate truffle filling

The LAURA Cake

I had so much fun with this cake! The bride was an energetic and creative friend who gave me pretty much free reign on the design. Wow, what a compliment!

Chocolate fondant with iridescent sugarpaste flowers piled high to the sky! This 4-tier beauty coordinated well with decor and was stunning in the Grand Hall at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa.

• Upper top tier 4" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream
• Top tier 6" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream
• Middle tier 10" - vanilla with fresh strawberries and strawberry truffle filling
• Bottom tier 14" - vanilla with chocolate truffle filling

The LEANNE Cake

An all buttercream "fluffy" cake for one of my longest friends. Sparkles were a request, you may notice the shimmer on all three tiers! All handmade sugar flowers painted with edible pearl dust.

Tier Flavours:
Top tier 6" - vanilla with fresh lemon curd
Middle tier 10" - chocolate with rich chocolate buttercream
Bottom tier 14" - vanilla with fresh lemon curd

The KERI Cake

A pale pink fondant cake with white dots. Two tiers of perfect vanilla and lemon curd for a wedding of 7 people.

The KAT Cake

The theme was daisies!

I came up with this 3-tier beauty incorporating the theme in fresh white wired daisies as well as the wedding colour in a satin ribbon. The ribbon broke up the white with a jazz of colour. A perfect combination for "tying the knot"!














Tier Flavours:
Top Tier 6" - marble with vanilla buttercream
Middle Tier 10" - chocolate with vanilla buttercream
Bottom Tier 14" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream

The Shower Cake

For Leanne's bridal shower, she deserved the best. The best came in the form of this perfectly pink delicious cake with a perfect bride cake topper, all edible I may add! (Pink and brown are her colours!)

Flavours:
Vanilla cake with fresh lemon curd filling

The RON Golf Cake

A golf-themed event needed a golf-theme cake! So appropriate! For Scott's Dad's 70th birthday - everyone loved this "grass green" cake!

Flavours:
Vanilla cake with fresh lemon curd filling

The MEL Cake

A beautiful white fondant draped cake, red satin ribbon, topped with fresh mini red gerbera daisies.

Tier Flavours:
Top Tier 6" - butter pecan with buttercream
Middle Tier 10" - chocolate with chocolate truffle filling
Bottom Tier 14" - vanilla with fresh strawberries over a strawberry white chocolate truffle filling

The KERRI Cake

A classic white designer inspired cake for a classic designer white wedding!

My friend Kerri envisioned simplicity, and it was replicated for this cake!

White fondant, all edible pearls and fondant bow topper, made to order!




Tier Flavours:
Top Tier 6" - vanilla with key lime filling
Middle Tier 8" - vanilla with key lime filling
Bottom Tier 10" - vanilla with caramel crunch filling

Mel's Bridal Shower

It was a lingerie theme, so I figured swimsuits were just "fitting"!

These cookies are great favours for a party and always a hit with the ladies!

The JENNIFER Cake

Another gorgeous chocolate fondant wedding cake. This one trimmed in fuschia satin ribbon and fuschia mini gerbera daisies. Each fresh daisy was individually wired and strategically placed.

Top Tier 6" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream
Middle Tier 10" - chocolate with chocolate mousse
Bottom Tier 14" - vanilla with white chocolate strawberry ganache and fresh strawberries.
(note: I made a smaller duplicate of the bottom tier, it tasted exactly like strawberry shortcake!)

The SARAH Cake

MY FIRST WEDDING CAKE...it was for my own wedding (hence the name). I felt as I had an unspoken obligation to make a cake for our wedding which was entirely "us". After much research and investigation, I came across a piece of fabric in my studio. At that very moment, I knew it was going to be perfect!

If a piece of fabric could have a definition, it was all about me. That's when the love affair with our wedding cake began! It was as though the ideas just came to me and I knew exactly the methods which I would use. (Of course, with some much needed help from my "cake mentor", Jean). I recreated the fine flower details on the fabric in the way of three dimensional wire flowers with silver glass beading and curly sprays.

It was the first time I would try to make fondant icing from scratch, and chocolate fondant at that. The stress of it all was incredible seeing as if it "didn't work out", we wouldn't have a wedding cake! I kept my faith close the whole time, and of course, as my husband would say, "Of course it worked out!".

Tier Flavours:
Top Tier 6" - vanilla with vanilla buttercream
Middle Tier 10" - butter pecan with vanilla buttercream
Bottom Tier 12" - vanilla with strawberry mouse buttercream

The BABY Cakes

These cakes were a surprise for a baby shower I was attending. The carriage was to replicate the carriage image on the invitation I received and the other was to work with the baby room's theme, sheep! Both were a hit and much appreciated by everyone!

A Girl's Get-Together!

Of course a girlie get-together is not complete without some sweets! I thought these lingerie themed cookies were so appropriate for the theme of the evening!

The ANDY Cake

For Andy's 1st birthday, her Mom requested a frog-themed cake.

This cake was created using buttercream icing and the frog is scultped out of fondant - totally edible! Filling was a strawberry mousse - YuM!

Hooray!

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Until then,
Happy Cake-Eating!