Silvermist Birthday Cake

I decided to make a cake for my daughter who is having a birthday next week. On Wednesdays we have dinner at church before Bible study and I thought this would be a perfect way to celebrate Lauren's birthday. Since will be not be at church next week, I did her cake a week early and although she knew I was doing a cake, she didn't know what it was going to look like.

I covered the cake in fondant and made all the flowers out of fondant. I got a little creative trying to get make different flowers from the cutters I already have. The water lily took a bit of time, and I never did figure out how to do the center like the real ones, so I just put a yellow dot in the middle. Still cute. Lauren's favorite character in Pixie Hollow is Silvermist and I was fortunate to find a small doll to put on her cake a few weeks ago. (Love those Disney clearance prices!) She was very surprised when I showed her the completed cake with Silvermist right on top!

This cake will be last one for awhile, taking a break for the holidays and other much needed projects! Keep up my favorite blogs (listed to the right) when you need a cake fix!


Silvermist adorns the cake:
Close up of Silvermist and top of the cake. Blue represents water, the fairy talent of Silvermist.

The bottom tier is done in green to represent the Pixie Hollow meadows and fairy's home.



Cake with lots of cupcakes!

Happy Birthday Adrian!

Adrian's first birthday cake was based on the partyware that her mom used at her party. I found butterfly cutters from Global Sugar Art, and thought they would be easy to use! Well, turns out I need to practice a few more times to get the hang of how these cutters. The butterflies that I did make turned out quite well and I did like the final look of them.

I had originally planned to stack the cakes with the square on the bottom. But as I was decorating, I decided to go with them separate and then elevate the round one on a cake stands. I am not all the pleased with the way the border turned out, but think I can remedy that problem next time by layering them instead of putting one directly on top of the other...to me it makes it look sloppy. Adding the dots really gave it that little extra something it was needing.

The butterflies were made with Satin Ice Fondant. I bought a small tub at our local cake store to try it out. I find it stickier that my MMF, with a slightly different taste. When using the patchwork brand of cutters, they recommend Mexican paste, but I just didn't have the time to make it. I needed to just get them made so they could dry and be ready for me to paint them. I used wilton color gels (like you would use for coloring buttercream & fondant), and painted them a few days later. After the painted was set up and drying I dusted them with Wilton pearl dust. This final step really helped them come to life and blend the colors well.

The cakes are both covered and decorated in Marshmallow Fondant (MMF). The dots are the only part I did in buttercream.
Complete Butterfly Cakes:


Border of round cake:
Butterflies:
Top of the square cake:
More butterflies:
Set up at the party. The small cake is for the birthday girl, topped with little butterfly confetti decorations.

Happy Birthday Ashley!!!!!!!

Here is the Surprise Birthday Cake! The bottom tier is the one I choose to do based on the voting results. I am not all that thrilled with the other two tiers, but everyone at church gave me lots of compliments. I will definately have to make another cake with diamonds!

All the cakes are frosted in with buttercream, and accented with Marshmallow fondant, and Satin Ice Fondant (all the white blossoms). The large bottom tier is chocolate filled with chocolate buttercream, the other two are lemon cake filled with Raspberry filling.

Happy Birthday Ashley! 18 Years!!!

In progress...

Got the top and bottom tier done in purple. The middle tier will be done in white. I am finally getting the hang of finishing the frosting with the computer paper! (Sharon's DVD on Buttercream how-to)

Another batch of buttercream, this is for the middle tier. It so beautiful, smooth and bubble free!