Saturday, December 31, 2011

A Princess's Castle Birthday Cake


This cake was made for a little girl who turned 4 on 12/26. She (as do most little girl) loves princesses so I made her this princess castle cake for her. It's a vanilla butter cake with vanilla buttercream icing. Although it's a shaped cake (which normally aren't filled) I cut it in half & filled it with pink buttercream.

Christmas Birthday Cake

This was a cake that I made for my family. Every Christmas we have a birthday cake for Jesus since Christmas is the day we celebrate his birth. I wanted to keep the design simple but meaningful. I found a website (see below) that had an object lesson for a Christmas cake. This one uses some of those ideas but I decided to decorate it with poinsettias as they are look like a star & are red & candy canes as the story of the candy cane is a symbolic one.


Some links: The blog that I found with the object lesson for the Jesus Birthday Cake... http://www.maryricehopkins.com/devotions/december.pdf

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Chocolate Guinness Cake with Bailey's Buttercream - Diva Style!

This was a cake I made for one of my best girl friends (who was a maid of honor in my wedding) 35th birthday. She loves Coach, wine, has perfect hair & make up & likes a little bit of "bling"! I incorporated some of her birthday presents into her cake. It was yet another fun cake to make!

The little cake was vanilla with Bailey's Buttercream & the big cake was Chocolate Guinness cake with Bailey's Buttercream!

Real lipstick, perfume, wine stopper, sunglasses & a shot glass from my honeymoon in Jamaica!

(The big diamond is a bottle opener)

Friday, December 9, 2011

Bass Guitar Birthday Cake

This was another fun cake to make. It's a Triple Chocolate Fudge cake with peanut buttercream icing. It is decorated with my homemade vanilla buttercream fondant.

The customer had this to say about the cake:
"Many thanks to Shana M. Wilson; The Fairy Cake Mother. This was a triple chocolate cake with peanut buttercream filling; one of the most amazing cakes I have ever tasted! A perfect 22nd Birthday cake gift for Aaron!"


Holiday Cupcakes

Vanilla & Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Buttercream Icing with crushed candy canes

Vanilla & Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Mocha Buttercream Icing (brown) & Peppermint Buttercream Icing (white). Crushed candy canes & candy canes top them.

Children's mini vanilla & chocolate cupcakes decorated with vanilla buttercream.

Monday, December 5, 2011

New Flavor: Peppermint Mocha Buttercream!

I am very excited to announce a new flavor of buttercream icing....Peppermint Mocha! Just in time for the holiday season. It pairs very well with vanilla or chocolate cake. Yum!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Cake & Icing Flavors

Upon reviewing my blog today, I realized that I didn't have a list of flavors offered! Please know, that if there is a flavor that you like but it's on the list - let me know & I'll make it for you. I'm always experimenting & coming up with new flavors so don't be afraid to ask!

Cake Flavors:
Vanilla
Chocolate
Triple Chocolate
Lemon
Marble
Butter

Guinness

Cake Icing:
Vanilla Buttercream
Chocolate Buttercream
Almond Buttercream
Coconut Buttercream
Mocha Buttercream
Maple (Real VT) Buttercream
Peppermint Buttercream *Contains Alcohol

Alcohol Free Peppermint Buttercream
Bailey's Irish Cream Buttercream *Contains Alcohol
Strawberry Buttercream
Pina Colada Buttercream *Contains Alcohol
Peanut Butter Buttercream

Cake Fillings:
Any of the icings above in addition to...
Strawberries & Cream (Fresh strawberries with vanilla buttercream)
Blueberries & Cream
Bacon & Maple Cream

Strawberry Buttercream

Cake has Vanilla Buttercream, trim & cupcakes are Mocha Buttercream

My famous Pina Colada Buttercream cupcakes!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Mummy!

This cake was for UVM's Campus Kitchen Cake Auction. They are a group at UVM that works with the local hungry & homeless.

It's a 2 layer 9" french vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream icing. The decorations are vanilla fondant.


A Hunter's Birthday

This cake was a birthday cake for a young man who's birthday is during hunting season. He loves to hunt so I designed this 9" round 2 layer chocolate fudge cake after the popular Browning logo. He loved it. It's covered & filled with chocolate buttercream.

Casino Cake #2

The first casino cake was so popular I was asked to do another one for a friend's husband's 35th birthday.

This cake was a 13"x9" chocolate fudge cake with mocha buttercream & vanilla fondant.

Amy Butler Fabric Design Cake!

This was a birthday cake for a young woman who loves to sew & loves Amy Butler's patterns & fabric. Her sister asked that I make her a cake that followed the pattern of some fabric that she bought her sister. Here's a picture of the fabric & the cake!

The cake was a 3 layer triple chocolate fudge with peanut butterbutter cream!


Saturday, October 8, 2011

November 2011 Vacation Note

Good news & bad news! The good news is that I'm getting married on 11/11/11!!!! The bad news is that due to my wedding & honeymoon, I will be unavailable to make cakes from Saturday, November 5th to Sunday, November 20th. More good news is that I'll be back in time to make some wonderful Thanksgiving cakes for all of you!

Thank you!
The Fairy Cake Mother,
Shana :)

Pool Anyone?

This cake was another fun cake to make. This was for a birthday man turning 30 something & he loves to play pool. He requested lemon cake with coconut buttercream frosting. A nice tropical tasting cake in the middle of fall...I love it!


This is a 2 layer 11" x 7" lemon cake filled & topped with coconut buttercream.
Decorations & covering are made out of fondant.

Casino Cake


This was such a FUN project. It was a cake for a 40th birthday & they wanted a casino theme with red/black. It's a vanilla cake with maple buttercream frosting. The white fondant is my homemade fondant & was also maple flavored. All the poker chips, dice & cards were hand made my me with fondant & royal icing. It took a lot of work but was so much fun!


Side view

Matching cupcakes complete with polka dotted liners, handmade poker chips & cards.
Vanilla cupcakes with maple buttercream icing.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Simple & Elegant

This is a 6" triple chocolate fudge cake filled with mocha buttercream icing, covered with vanilla butterceam. The cupcakes are triple chocolate fudge with the mocha buttercream icing. This cake was done for a personal reason. I'm getting married in November & since I don't want to worry about making my own cake, we're having a Ben & Jerry's wedding cake! They made me a sample cake but were way off the mark. They asked that I show them what I want & this is it (without the cupcakes - I made those with extra batter).  

Thursday, August 11, 2011

C is for...A Cookie Monster Cake!

What a fun cake to make! There are many options for this cake but as to not detract from Cookie Monster himself, I took the simple route. This is a triple chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling. It is decorated with vanilla buttercream. His eyes are M&M's.

A Horse Lovers Cake

This cake was very simple & there are plenty of ways to make it fancier - like adding a saddle, bridle, flowers in the grass, ect. However, as simple as it is - it is still really cute! It is a chocolate fudge cake with vanilla & chocolate buttercream icing.

Monday, July 11, 2011

PINK cupcakes!

A special little girl turned 3 this weekend & her request was to have pink cupcakes! Her mom thought that strawberry would be the way to go. I made 18 french vanilla cupcakes & filled them with fresh, organic VT strawberry jam & topped them with strawberry buttercream frosting (made with the same jam). I also made 18 triple chocolate cupcakes topped with the buttercream icing. No decorations were necessary as the were beautiful as is!

A Very Winnie The Pooh 1st Birthday!

Everyone loves Winnie the Pooh & what's better for a 1st birthday than a Winnie The Pooh 3D smash cake? To accompany the smash cake I make a 12"x12" two layer butter cake with vanilla buttercream filling decorated with a Winnie the Pooh scene. The smash cake was vanilla pound with vanilla buttercream frosting. I also made some chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream frosting.

3D Pooh Smash Cake ~ Vanilla pound cake with vanilla buttercream icing

A Very Winnie the Pooh 1st Birthday!

Side View of the Cake.
Cake is a butter cake with vanilla buttercream filling & decorated with vanilla buttercream frosting.
(River is piping gel).

Top View

Top Side View

It's not often that you get to see your cakes set up at the event but this one I was a guest at & you can see it matched the theme perfectly!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Pina Colada Buttercream Cupcakes!

What a great way to start the summer! These vanilla cupcakes are topped with an "Oh So Delish" Pina Colada Buttercream Icing!


Monday, May 16, 2011

3D Mini Teddy Bear Tiered Floral Cake!

This cake was made for my daughter's 1st birthday party. I had so much fun making it. She loves teddy bears & I used Wilton's 3D Mini Teddy Bear cake pan. The bear was her "smashing" cake. The cake has the following:

8" Bottom cake - 1 layer chocolate cake, 1 layer vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream icing.
6" Middle cake - 2 layers of vanilla cake filled with chocolate buttercream icing
3D Mini Teddy Bear - vanilla pound cake (to hold it's shape it needed to be made out of pound cake) covered with chocolate buttercream icing.

Flowers: Royal icing
Decorations: vanilla buttercream

Price List & Servings with Pictures!

Here are prices for cakes. I've also included pictures to show examples of some cakes & their prices. Thank you! 
6” Round or Square 2 or 4 layer cake       $18
                Fondant add      $5
                Serves approximately 6-8 people

6" round 2 layer cake with buttercream icing $18

6" square 2 layer cake with fondant $23

8” or 9” Round or Square 2 or 4 layer cake             $25
                Fondant add      $5
                Serves approximately 8-12 people
9" Round 2 layer cake with buttercream $25


8" Round 2 layer cake with Buttercream $30


Shaped/Character Cakes              $30
                *Fondant is not recommended on these cakes – but we can discuss if you really want it.
                Servings depend on shape of pan but most cakes serve approximately 12-15 people.


Toy Story Cake $30

12x12 Square 2 or 4 layer              $30
                Fondant add      $5
                Serves approximately 25 - 30 people
12" square 2 layer cake $30
                

Small Tiered Cakes

6”/8”     Round or Square              $40
                Fondant add      $5
                Serves approximately 25 - 30 people

6/8" 2 layer tiered cakes with fondant $45


8”/10”   Round or Square              $45
                Fondant add      $5
                Serves approximately 40-45 people



10”/12” Round or Square              $50
                 Fondant add     $5
                Serves approximately 50-55 people


Special Order cakes & designs call for quote.

6/8" round 2 layer cakes with 3D Mini Teddy Bear cake on top (icing is buttercream, flowers are royal icing). $55

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Lilacs for Mother's Day!

This is a lemon cake filled with lemon buttercream icing - decorated with vanilla buttercream. A beautiful cake that's delicious as well!


Friday, April 1, 2011

Nightmare Before Christmas Cake!

Talk about a FUN cake to make! Because this cake was for a girl turning 9 (who LOVES the Nightmare Before Christmas) & her parents - I just did a single layer 8" cake that I cut in half & filled with chocolate buttercream filling topped by a single layer 6" cake prepared the same way. The cake was marble & I "dirty iced" it with the same chocolate buttercream icing. The decorations are vanilla buttercream.



Basket Weave...So Beautiful!

The Basket Weave design has always been a favorite of mine. I made this cake this week & it's just so simple & beautiful. It's a vanilla cake with almond buttercream filling/icing. The flowers are made with Royal Icing.