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.

Butter Cake with Maple Buttercream Icing & BACON in the middle!

There is a local store that sells cupcakes with Maple (Real Vermont of course) Buttercream Icing & a slice of bacon on top. We went there one day to buy one but they didn't have any. I was disappointed & mentioned it to a friend who suggested I make my own. That's what I did & here's the results! It was SO good...however we decided that it's best to take the bacon out before you eat the cake or else the bacon overpowers the cake. When you remove the bacon it leaves the flavor on top of the maple buttercream filling & is to die for!

St. Patrick's Day Cakes

When you think "St. Patrick's Day" what comes to mind? For me it is Guinness & Bailey's Irish Cream...as well as shamrocks & leprechaun's. I had so much fun this year making a Chocolate Guinness Cake with my Bailey's Buttercream icing!

Chocolate Guinness Cake with Bailey's Irish Cream Buttercream Icing (The design is the Celtic Birth Sign of the person getting the cake).

Traditional St. Patrick's Day cake!

Fun with Fondant

When people hear "fondant" they think "YUCK"! However, my homemade buttercream fondant is melt in your mouth delicious & is a great addition to any cake! I can flavor it any of the same flavors as the filling you pick out. Here are some examples:

Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream filling/icing/fondant!

Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream filling/icing/fondant!

Chocolate Cake with Peppermint filling (as well as crushed candy canes)/icing/fondant.

Butter Cake with Peppermint filling/icing/fondant. Decorations are Royal icing.

Butter Cake with MAPLE Buttercream filling (as well as strips of bacon!)/icing/fondant.

Butter Cake with Maple butterceam filling/icing/fondant.