Hello all Cake Hero followers!

If you are still following me here then you are in the wrong place...Cake Hero has a new website and a new blog location!  Please replace the current Cake Hero blog in your RSS feed with the following new address: http://www.cakehero.com/?page_id=141.  I have lots of new cakes and a lot more information on the new site...stop by and drop me a line!

- Melissa

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New Website!

I have a real live site now just like a real live specialty cake baker should.  Please head on over to www.cakehero.com to see pretty pictures, read about my ordering process and to find out how I got started.  Hint: it involves Star Wars.

It's been real over here at melissacakeytime, let's keep the party going over at www.cakehero.com.  Huzzah!

xo - Melissa

ps - The blog is over there too, but now I also get to blog about fun things like decorating methods, cute baking tools I find online, and cake inspiration.  See you there!

Animal!

When Nikki asked for an Animal Muppet cake for her drums playing main man Sam, I knew I couldn't just make a tiny little Animal and call it a day.  This guy was a whopper!  Animal is shown here playing drums while chained to the stage...he's so wild, I couldn't risk him getting free!

ANIMAL!

Sid the Science Kid Cake

When Angeli of Art by Angeli asked me to make a Sid the Science Kid cake for her son, I had never heard of the character before...he's so cute!

I got to make Sid and his dinosaur friend for Gavin.  Imagine my pleasant surprise when mom Angeli sent me the pictures from the party today!

Amazing, can you believe Angeli doesn't do this for a living?  She even shares the printables she created especially for the occasion on her blog.  Definitely check it out...she has so many great crafts and projects chronicled there.  

Happy birthday Gavin!

Super Mario Playing Nintendo DS with Pikachu

Yay Mario!

Mario is playing his favorite DS game while Pikachu watches.  Luckily none of the Bob-omb candles went off!

Cake was vanilla with fresh berry frosting.

Tron Light Bike Cake

When April reached out to me recently for a Tron Light Cycle cake for her son Isai, I couldn't believe my luck.  I looooved the look of the movie, so I was more than happy to take a stab at making a stylized 3D Tron Light Bike!

Cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting.  Happy Birthday, Isai!

Mario and Princess Peach in Love Cake

When my friend Ken asked for a Mario Brothers themed Valentine's day cake for his lady love, I was excited to help him out.  As most of you know, I love a) cake and b) video games, so this was a no brainer for me.  I decided to go old school and have the princess and her main man in all their 8-bit glory, along with some 8-bit hearts and the...coin box?  question mark box...thing? from Super Mario Brothers.  You know, this thing:

The cake was, of course, red velvet with cream cheese frosting.  Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Creature Comforts...On Ice!

Amanda, one of my fave customers (she consistently has the best ideas for cakes) outdid herself once again.  For her mother's birthday, she wanted a "Creature Comforts on ice" cake!  Now, I don't know if I've talked about this here before but I loooove Creature Comforts.  Before Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park made Creature Comforts, a series of claymation shorts that involve animals in a zoo describing their experiences there.  It was a big part of my childhood (they reran it on Nickelodeon all the time) and when Amanda asked me to make combine the little guys from CC with a winter wonderland theme, I was more than happy to!

Above you can see: the candy lake I made for the poor little penguin to wipe out on, a little tree for a bird to hide behind while he throws his snowballs, a fun sheep making snow angels, another penguin blowing out the candle on his birthday cake and a bear dressed up as a snowman!

iPhone 4G Cake

This iPhone cake was made for birthday boy Shaun, based on the apps from his phone (the screenshot of his phone that I worked from was very craftily acquired by Suzy and Barbara, well done ladies!).

Happy birthday Shaun!

Van Halen Cake

Scott, a bud who has ordered some really fun cakes in the past (you can see them here and here) turned 35 this year, and to commemorate the occasion ordered a Eddie Van Halen guitar stripes cake.  You know, it seems simple enough, just a bunch of stripes, but man did it take time!  It was definitely worth it though, Scott was thrilled with his cake!

Happy birthday Scott!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Party!

Yay Harry Potter!  My x-treme love for everyone's fave boy wizard inspired me and my very good friend Tammy to throw a fun dinner party/birthday party for one of our most favorite friends, Kiki.  The cake you see above is my 14-layer Dark Mark vanilla cake covered in yummy chocolate.  The Dark Mark was made by cutting out a stencil and then very carefully adding luster dust over the stencil.  Remove and voila!

See way too many pictures of our other Harry Potter themed goodies after the jump.

Morning Glory Cake

So now that the movie is out, I can tell you a little secret.  Remember my New Jersey cake?

It was a cake that had actually been commissioned for the movie Morning Glory!  I went to see the movie last night and sad but true, the scene my cake was in ended up on the cutting room floor.  C'est la vie, thems the breaks, but it was so much fun making the cake (me being a Jersey girl and all) that it was totally worth it in the end.  To see more shots of the cake you can visit my original post here!

1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies & Cakes

I am so excited to have been included in the super fun book 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies & Cakes, which you can now buy on Amazon!  The book is a collection of 1000 amazing inspiration images...some of my favorite cake bloggers are in there, so it is quite the honor to see my cakes next to theirs.  Check it out and let me know what you think!

Brooklyn Bride Cozy Couple Photoshoot!

The lovely ladies Elisabeth and Miya at You + Me were kind enough to reach out and ask me to make the desserts for a photoshoot that they were going to do for Brooklyn Bride. The pictures went up today and I am amazed...so beautiful! You can see the final photoshoot at Brooklyn Bride, and check out some extra pictures at You + Me.

I made pears dipped in caramel and chocolate, chocolate dipped canele (the best little french dessert ever), a lovely simple cake covered in brown sugar whipped buttercream and topped with chocolate dipped fresh figs, and some yummy leaf shaped ginger cookies.  Enjoy!

Gorgeous photography by Trent Bailey.

Autumn Cupcakes

These little guys were a gift from a father (who does not live in NY) to his daughters who were going to be together in NY for a short time...how sweet is that!  The cupcakes were half chocolate, half pumpkin spice, with brown sugar whipped buttercream with royal icing moss.  Enjoy!

Hillary and Dan's Wedding

My very awesome friends Dan and Hillary got married this summer, and not only did I get to be in the wedding (first time bridesmaid, so much fun!), but I also made the wedding cake(s).  The bridesmaids all wore different dresses of our choosing, the only rule being that they had to be a range of pinks.  The concept was so sweet and modern and fun, I decided to use it as my inspiration for the cakes.  We decided on four cakes, vanilla with fresh berry frosting.  I tried to use as little food coloring as possible, so the colors are soft but I think so pretty, they really complimented the wedding's natural, outdoorsy, stylish vibe.  All flowers are edible.

Congrats to Hillary and Dan, and a special shout out to Hill, who was the very best bride a bridesmaid could ask for.  : )

Photos were taken by the amazing Jenny Kim.

Mad Men Cake

This cake was made for Tony and his fiancé Annie, a gift from his coworkers who wanted to wish him well before he left to get married and go on his honeymoon.  I was told that the couple loves Mad Men (as do I), so I was excited to use www.madmenyourself.com as the inspiration for my cake!  If you haven't had a chance to visit to that site, definitely go when you have a chance.  It is really fun and the illustrations are adorable.

Cake is red velvet with cream cheese frosting.

Congratulations, Tony & Annie!

Photo by Ethan Kavet.

Edited to add: Inspiration taken from the amazing Dyna Moe, whose book "Mad Men: The Illustrated World" comes out October 10, 2010.

Lady Gaga Cake!

This cake I made pretty much because I just wanted to, which was fun and a nice change of pace!  I brought it to my friends birthday party (Happy bday Kat & Hillary!) where it was a big hit.  Some people got the references right away, while most of the men were just totally puzzled, haha.  But the birthday girls got it, which is all that matters.  For your edification:

Glasses on Top - inspired by Telephone by Lady Gaga and Beyonce.  The cigarettes were made from plain white candy cigarettes that I colored and painted and tore up to make look like real, smoked cigs!  PS smoking is not cool, fact.

Top Tier - inspired by Lady Gaga's police tape outfit in the video Telephone.

Middle Tier - inspired by Gaga's appearance on the VMAs, she wore a white lace outfit with pearls, and then at the end of her performance, blood came out of her outfit.  It was wild and awesome.

Bottom Tier - inspired by Gaga's amazing outfit in the video Paparazzi.  With her crazy Mickey Mouse glasses and matching outfit, of course Alexander Skarsgard loved her.  Or DID HE.

See blow for some pics of the cake, and inspiration images.  Enjoy!

Cake was vanilla with fresh blueberries and vanilla frosting.