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Oh this cake 🥰 Commissioned by a friend, I knew I had to make it extra special. So instead of one cup of love, I doubled it and poured in an extra cup. The request was a sugar skull, red roses, and yellow butterflies 💀🌹🦋 to celebrate a best friend’s 50th.

When I got the tiers stacked and covered, the plain black canvas had me excited. I’m used to a white canvas, but there was something I was loving about the black. I could not wait to cover it in colors of the season with flowers and butterflies. And cover it I did! A hand-painted sugar skull, buttercream flowers, and sugar butterflies.

The best part…the tears my friend and I shared when I delivered it. Yes, we cried over a cake. Rumor has it the birthday girl cried when she saw it too 🥹🥹🥹 And that is the joy that makes my heart sing and dance ❤️💛🧡

Vanilla cake with whipped milk chocolate ganache covered in a dreamy chocolate Polish-Italian meringue buttercream 😋

This is one of those cakes that feels extra special. A friend asked me to bake for her daughter’s birthday, a friend who’s been cheering me on and supporting my work. When she asked me, I just couldn’t wait to get to work. But I had to wait for the birthday girl to send some ideas for the design. Well, she had the absolute best idea…she gave me a full sketch of the cake and I’m not sure I could have designed a more perfect cake for her. I adored the design and was so excited to make it come to life. My only hope when I was done was that the birthday girl loved it as much as I did! I only wish I could have hand-delivered this one. I just LOVE IT! Swipe to see the original design. What do you think?

Thank you, dear Amy, for asking me to bake for Polly. What a treat it was. I hope her birthday is as magical as this cake 🧡🐈‍⬛💜 Know that all my love is baked into this one💕

Strawberry cake with whipped vanilla filling. So yum 😋

This may look like a single tier but it’s actually two! I love a super tall double barrel cake! This one stands almost 10” high not including the decorations on top 😁 Needed all that height for the ladder 🚒🧑‍🚒🪜 And it’s also a combo white cake on the bottom and chocolate cake on the top. Filled with fresh strawberries and cream. Yummmm!

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Sometimes you just need a super cute cookie cake 🦕🍪🎂

One thing I love about my work is meeting wonderful people I never would have met otherwise. I truly believe I have the most lovely clients. And this one was no exception. Thank you so much for bringing ME joy and being so kind and wonderful! 💕

And now to tell the story about the time a client asked me for “cat” cookies….🤨 First, she said she wanted Taylor Swift cookies (yep! I can do that!) and so we were discussing designs and she said “or maybe cats!” She did admit she’s not a cat person and never thought she’d be asking for cat cookies. But I was confused…do you want cat cookies or TS cookies??? I immediately googled “Taylor swift cats” and, apparently I need to get with the program because Google told me all about Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button 🤣🤣🤣🐈

Well cats didn’t really come up again in conversation but I 100% was going to give her a cat cookie! And so here you have it: Taylor Swift cat cookies!

Mermaids 🧜🏻‍♀️ and rainbows 🌈 to brighten your day! I was told that the birthday girl’s favorite part was the mermaid. And I think I have to agree! Although the rainbow scales hold a special place in my heart 😅 🫠

I had so much fun designing this! It has isomalt “bubbles,” wafer paper ruffles, chocolate mermaid tails, and fondant and buttercream decorations. A little bit of everything!

The assignment:

“His favorite desert is creme brûlée…For decoration I have no idea. He smokes ci**rs, drinks bourbon, plays ball with his two Goldendoodles and goes shooting with his buddies every week….so I am at a loss for ideas.”

I asked for a few more details…what kind of bourbon? And when you say “shooting” what exactly is he shooting? The answers? Elijah Craig and Heaven’s Door are a few favorites and shooting zombie targets…

How could I possibly put all that together in a coherent, pleasing way??? 😳 Well I don’t know if I pulled it off or not but off I went and created this crème brûlée cake - vanilla layers, each with a coffee graham cracker crust and topped with caramel shards and vanilla pastry crème. And it’s all covered in a silky Italian Meringue complete with zombie targets, two little pups, ci**rs, and bourbon. And all of it hand made, homemade, and all edible ☺️

Many thanks to my client for trusting me to make this happen for her husband’s surprise birthday party! 💕

Where are my minions fans?? 👀 It’s a minions birthday cake topped off with chocolate balloons! 🎂🎈

Happy 50th to a baseball-loving crossfitter! ⚾️🏋🏻

This weekend I had the pleasure of baking for a sweet couple…oh my it was such fun! The bride wanted to honor her grandmother with pearls. So what better way than a beautiful cake adorned with sugar pearls 🥰 There’s something I just love about a white wedding cake. Thank you for asking me to bake for you! I am so grateful 🙏🏼

Congratulations Emily + Marshall! Wishing you a lifetime of love and joy 🥂💕

Ohhhhh I just love this cake for a fairy garden third birthday! 🧚🏻🌸 I was given the theme and a copy of the invite (swipe through to see it and tell me if you think I got it right!) and everything else was up to me! I ended up using a mix of edible materials in my design and I love how it turned out! This is also a double barrel cake! So two cakes stacked on top of each for a total of 6 layers 😁

And what could be more fitting for a a fairy cake than a whipped strawberry ganache filling with strawberry compote 🍓 and no, that strawberry compote does not come in a jar — homemade and handmade with all my love 💕 Yummmmmmmm.

Volley ball tournament? Make sure to bring the cookies and cupcakes! 💞🖤🏐

A sweet cookie set for a “Beary first birthday!” 🧸🎈🎂

Turning three calls for adventures and train rides! 🚂🎈🎂 My favorite details on this one are the miniature cake and edible ribbons on the balloon…although perhaps the best part might just be the combination of chocolate layers, airy raspberry ganache, and tangy raspberry compote, all coated in a smooth chocolate ganache…yum!

Having a Taylor Swift dance party? Then you might just need these cookies to go with it! Had so much fun baking these for sweet Aria’s 9th birthday party. Hope you danced and sang your heart out today! 🎤🪩💃🏼💜

And yes, the Taylor Swift faces are all hand drawn! 😁

I had the pleasure of creating this college send off cake for two siblings headed to Northwestern University. What a wonderful way to wish your children a successful and fun-filled year away! It’s always so fun to take on a project that requires “research.” Did you know that the Northwestern clocktower stays lit up in purple as long as the Wildcats are winning? How cool! And I love the translation of the inscription on the Northwestern seal: “The Word…full of grace and truth.”

The very best part of this project was when the mother came to pick up the cake. She was so thrilled that she said “I think I’m going to cry! You went above and beyond.” And then she almost made ME cry as she continued to express her excitement. Her joy gave me joy. This is why I bake. For the joy.

So grateful for all the joy this creation has brought 💜

Lots of fun materials to make this one! A wafer paper sail, a fondant boat and palm trees, a chocolate palm leaf, and an isomalt wave. And of course, buttercream! What’s inside? Red velvet and whipped cream cheese ganache 😋

How can you not want to celebrate with this one? 🥂 I was SO excited when I got a request for a champagne-themed cake with rose gold colors 😍 I knew this one was going to be a beauty! I decided to mold a chocolate champagne bottle featuring V***e Cliquot (the birthday girl’s fave) and surround it in edible flowers. So fun! And so pretty!

This is a gluten-free lemon cake filled with whipped raspberry ganache and covered in Italian meringue…yummmmm 😋

Happiest of birthdays to our wonderful, amazing, one and only Andrea! She has cared for, loved, and taught all my babies. She’s one of the few I trust with my most precious little ones and I’m so grateful for her and all her love. What better way to celebrate her than with a beautiful cake.

Red velvet (her fave) filled with whipped cream cheese ganache, covered in Italian meringue and topped off with a bouquet of handmade edible flowers and drapes of edible fabric.

There’s nothing quite like a Taylor Swift Eras cookie cake - and double layered! I was quickly reminded of the 30 or so icing bags I would need to put all those colors in 😆

A first birthday celebration complete with a cake that gives 'banana cake' a whole new meaning 🙊🍌, featuring chocolate and vanilla tiers, whipped vanilla filling, and caramel drizzle, all covered in a luxurious Italian meringue buttercream😋

A cookie cake for a birthday celebration! And there’s a fun surprise inside the chocolate hearts 🥳

We were all about golf today⛳️…this sweet little smash cake for a “hole in one” birthday filled with whipped peaches and cream and peach compote. It was paired with 2 dozen cupcakes, half filled with peach compote and half filled with whipped milk chocolate ganache😋

💫Bonus points for you if you can name the scene on the cake! Any guesses???

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