Batman

This is my youngest son's 5th birthday cake.  He is crazy about Batman and this will be his 2nd Batman party in a row.  This is a 10 inch round, one layer vanilla butter, one layer chocolate, with air-dried fondant sky scrapers, and a modeling chocolate/fondant bat signal in the "sky".  The blue buttercream was made with my usual recipe (1 cup butter, 1 cup shortening, 2 tsp. vanilla, 1/4 cup milk, 2 lbs. powdered sugar), and it took 1/2 ounce of Wilton royal blue icing color to achieve that shade of blue.  Batman is a happy meal toy.  The idea for this cake came from cakecentral.com.

Perry the Platypus Cake

Here's Perry in his platypus state, on all fours with his eyes turned out.  He's made from a 9x13 inch sheet cake that was cut in half and stacked, making him about 9 inches x 6.5 inches and 3 inches tall.  His bill and feet and tail are made from modeling chocolate.  His eyes are fondant balls that are stuck on the ends of dowel rods to support their weight.  His legs are just lots of icing piped on.  I wish I had rounded the edges a bit more, but overall I am happy with how he turned out.

Number 11 Cake

This is for an 11 year old's birthday.  This cake was cut from a 9"x13" chocolate sheet cake.  Each number 1 is in 3 parts, the top, middle and bottom.  It was tricky to decorate the inside edges of the numbers, b/c they were too close together to reach in with a decorating bag without damaging or marring the icing.  It is decorated in green (the birthday boy's current favorite color) and trimmed with every other color I could think of... it looks like a party on a cake!  I hope the birthday kiddo likes it :o).

Pink, Purple and Zebra print Topsy Turvy

This is for a little girl's birthday.  It is done in bright bright colors and decorated entirely in mmf.  This is an 8 inch, 6 inch and 4 inch topsy turvy.  Each tier has 3 layers of cake.  Happy Birthday Aubrie!

Man's 50th birthday cake

A teeny bit naughty--- this cake features a busty fondant woman jumping out into a pile of fondant tires.  This is an 8 inch round decorated entirely in mmf.  Hope the birthday boy likes it!

Zebra Gift Cake with Hot Pink Bow

This is an 8" 2-layer square cake decorated in buttercream icing with black fondant zebra stripes and a hot pink fondant bow.  The bow was made several days in advance to allow time to dry.    I added the curling ribbon to the bow to help hide the candy that tends to squeeze out when the loops are put together.  It also adds a touch of fun and realism to the cake. Directions for making a similar bow can be found at http://cakeboss.com/FondantBowTutorial.aspx.

Pansies on a sheet cake

This is an 85th Birthday cake... an 11"x15" sheet cake decorated in buttercream icing with a double border, cornelli piping and fondant pansies.