Firefly Cake Design

Between weddings, I really love making birthday cakes. Especially when they’re for amazing friends and their kids! And even more especially when they can be an excuse to learn a new skill, in this case making wafer paper watercolor butterflies!

Vanilla cake with vanilla pastry cream, fresh strawberries and strawberry compote filling, and purple swirled vanilla buttercream.

Another fall cake with trailing vines in gold with flowers in shades of red that coordinated perfectly with the flowers and decor.
When I first spoke to this couple, they told me they really loved tiramisu, so for the tasting, I made elements with those flavors. In the end, they settled on Espresso Cake with Mascarpone and Mocha Pastry Cream Fillings and Vanilla Buttercream. Getting to know couples and developing flavor combinations specific to them is one of my favorite things.

No wedding too small for a tiered cake!
And what better way to celebrate a day after Thanksgiving wedding than with a cake adorned with flowers in reds, oranges, and yellows and climbing vines!
Vanilla cake with vanilla mascarpone filling and vanilla buttercream.

Another anniversary cake, this one 7 years ago, and in fact the cake that started it all!
Looking back on it, that day was filled with anxiety and excitement and such a feeling of accomplishment.
Each tier was composed of alternating layers of Chocolate and Lemon Cake with Raspberry Pastry Cream and Vanilla Buttercream Frosting to tie it all together.

Happy Anniversary to these two lovebirds!

This cake was so fun from start to start to finish. But then again, how could it not be when the inspiration was how much they loved sprinkles?!

Vanilla funfetti cake with cream cheese filling and toasted cookie bits and vanilla buttercream.

Swipe through for a video showing that sprinkle spiral come to life and post it note sketches of other sprinkle pattern ideas.

Always fun getting repeat birthday customers!
Hope I get to find out what Emily will want when she turns 9…
7 was a rainbow vanilla cake covered in sprinkles and filled with mini M&M’s.
8 was a chocolate cake with chocolate filling and chocolate drizzle topped with chocolate covered strawberries.

Love the elegance and simplicity of the white on white flower motif with shades of green leaves of this wedding cake from last weekend. Combo of “painted” buttercream flowers and hand-sculpted gum paste roses.

Tiers of vanilla and chocolate cake with cannoli cream filling and mini chocolate chips.

Thrilled to have gotten to be a part of such a beautiful wedding!
Even more thrilled to get such a gorgeous picture of this cake from !
Vanilla cake with chocolate mousse and fresh strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream.

Who doesn’t love a top view cake photo? One of the cakes from this past weekend. Can’t wait to get back photos from the event to show the rest of this study in blue and silver!
But really, hearing after the fact from the bride how much she loved it and that it was one of the best cakes they’ve eaten is what makes me most excited.

Throwback to these buttercream succulents hiding what remains one of my favorite flavor combos… lemon cake with blueberry compote.

Elegant early summer flower wedding cake in powder blue with white and gold climbing floral detail.

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Pastry Cream
Vanilla Cake with Lemon Pastry Cream

While this couple didn’t end up choosing the lemon cake they also tasted, what a compliment to hear that they loved it even more than their favorite go-to lemon cake!

A dream of a cake from start to finish! From wonderful clients, to a fun tasting, to coming up with a design to bring their vision to life, to hand-sculpting sugar flowers and painting them with hints of pale grays, lavender, and lilac, to final assembly and the finishing touches of gold accents, every bit of it was a joy.
But all of that pales in comparison to hearing from the clients afterward about how much they loved it and that it exceeded their expectations. While I always prefer for there to be no complaints, I can handle when it is simply that they wished they had more leftovers.

Because they loved so many of the flavors we tasted, each tier and the cupcakes were different combos:
• Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream & Strawberry-Raspberry Compote
• Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Filling & Fresh Strawberries
• Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse Filling
• Brown Butter Vanilla Cake with Mascarpone Filling
• Coffee-Cocoa Cake with Chocolate Mousse Filling

Throwback to what remains one of my absolute favorite wedding cakes (and not just because it was for my sister).
White sugar flower cascade on a chocolate ombré buttercream cake. Chocolate-Chocolate-Chocolate for the groom. Vanilla with Roasted White Chocolate Pastry Cream and Fresh Raspberries.

What’s on the inside of a cake counts too! Especially when it’s a surprise checkerboard like for this birthday cake.
Swipe through for some of the process of how it came together.

Shades of red roses for this wedding cake.
Alternating tiers of Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese and Fresh Strawberry Filling and Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Pastry Cream and Fresh Peach Filling.

Shades of pink roses adorn this textured winter wedding cake and cupcake display.
Vanilla cake filled with strawberry cream cheese and fresh strawberries. Strawberry cupcakes filled with strawberry cream cheese.

Another recent flower wedding cake for another wonderful couple.

Lemon Cake with Sweetened Sour Cream Filling and Blueberry Compote, Mocha Cake with Salted Caramel Pastry Cream, both with Vanilla Buttercream.

Got the sweetest note and some great pictures from the amazing couple who I made this cake for just weeks ago.

I was entrusted to come up with a creative vision of flowers and spring colors to do justice to the custom bobble-head topper they had of them and their pets. It was truly an honor and delight to bring this to life. Hearing how much they loved it was just the icing on the cake!

Vanilla Cake with Mocha Pastry Cream Filling and Vanilla Cake with Pineapple Lemon Pastry Cream Fillings, both with Vanilla Buttercream.

Swipe through for process photos of white sugar flowers come to life with color!