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.

 

Hermes Scarf

This cake was made for the lovely Amanda of Seas It (I made this cake for their auction last summer)!  For her birthday her friend asked for a cake inspired by an Hermes scarf with a night time ocean scene...  Happy Birthday, Amanda!

Jack's Big Music Show - Mel's Super Swell Dance Party Edition!

When April ordered a Jack's Big Music Show cake for her son with a specific episode in mind, I was so excited!  I looked at tons of pictures and some clips of the episode online and found out that in this specific episode, Mel gets to be a DJ instead of a drummer!  So cute.  Below you can see the whole cake, and Mel's turn as a super cool DJ spinning tunes for a fun dance party.