Hat Box Cake for Big Hat Themed Sweet 16 Birthday.

What we have her is a margarita cake (rich margarita cake filled with lime cheesecake), for Olivia's Sweet 16th Birthday. Since her party's them is "Big Hats" I went with hat boxes for her cake.

A close up look.

Lemon Drizzle Birthday Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake for a little birthday boy!! 👶🏽💙🍋🎈(baby blue vanilla-bean buttercream between 4 layers of lemon drizzle sponge, smothered in more baby blue buttercream and topped with a white chocolate ganache, doughnuts, ferraro rocher, bonbons, marshmallows, oreos, sweet tarts, lollipops, white chocolate ferraro rochers and sprinkles). 🍭✨ 

It's a Boy

It's all about the boys this weekend.

Top and Bottom tier

Almond Mocha latte...moist sour cream pound cake filled with a velvety coffee mocha cream frosted with almond amaretto buttercream.

Middle tier

Raspberry Cream...rich white cake filled with a tart raspberry cream, frosted with a creamy vanilla buttercream.

Green Tea, Lychee and Strawberry cake

Good morning! Thursday is infinitely brighter with a Green Tea, Lychee and Strawberry cake.

The beauty of this cake lies in the fact that the colors are all-natural. Green from the green tea, brilliant red from the strawberries and a pale pinkish white from the lychees.

Let's slice the cake.

Watercolor Wedding Cake Design

Nothing like the excitement of a #blank canvas and itchy hands. Can't wait to share with you some amazing cakes I've been working on for this week's clients.

Watercolor art on this spring-inspired wedding cake. The couple wanted a floral theme, without the sugar flowers, and this is what we came up with! I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed creating this piece.

Citrus Cake

Lemon cake filled with tangy lemon curd, frosted with lemon buttercream and decorated with candied lemon and orange slices. The sunrise gave me inspiration for this cake.

Decorating with candied lemon and orange slices today. It's been a gloomy week for me so far. Hopefully this cheerful lemon cake will chase the darkness away.

Inside look at the Lemon cake. I decided to tint the cake layers too, to make it extra sunny and cheerful. 

Hand Painted Moroccan Wedding Cake

Hand painted Moroccan cake for one of the sweetest Moroccan couples I've ever met. Baking and decorating are truly my happy place.

Alternating tiers of:

LEMON-THYME CAKE...Lemon-thyme cake, alternates layers of lemon curd and vanilla buttercream.

and

ZESTY MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE CAKE...Dark-chocolate buttercream spiked with the spicy chili powder between slabs of cinnamon-vanilla cake.

Green Tea Chocolate Cake

Green tea and chocolate may seem like a strange combination,  but you really should try it. These 2 cakes are for clients who happen to attend a wedoing where this combination was one of the tiers.

The mushrooms are meringue. 

Chocolate ganache has been poured on.

Cookies and Cream

This is made with my vanilla cake recipe and crumbled Oreos.

The outide has both white and dark chocolate ganache to ice and poured on.

Modern Wedding Cake

White Almond Sour Cream 

White almond sour cream cake filled with cheesecake & raspberry puree for the top and bottom tiers and chocolate-cheesecake filling for the middle tier.

Let's get Naked

So it's 4th of July weekend and it's a hot one here in San Diego, so when I attend the barbecues I take something that's summertime friendly to end my meal. This is a naked cream cheese pound cake and cupcakes with a whipped cream frosting and adorned with fresh strawberries and kiwi.

Saturday Wedding Cake

The wedding's theme was bling so the couple decided on jeweled bling for their cake. It's simple and elegance.

Top tier:

Moist sour cream pound cake filled with a velvety coffee mocha cream frosted with almond amaretto buttercream.

Middle tier:

Devils food chocolate cake filled with a raspberry swirled chocolate filling frosted with Chambord-champagne buttercream.

Bottom tier:

Rich white cake filled with a tart raspberry cream, frosted with a creamy vanilla buttercream.

Triple Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is my favorite, especially when all the elements come together nicely to create a delicious dessert.  Everything I used to make this cake I've already share the recipes here on my blog.

Moist chocolate cake recipe can be found here.

Chocolate whip cream filling can be found here.

Chocolate ganache frosting can be found here.

Weekend Wedding Cake ( 4 Jun 16 )

The wedding colors were red and white, but the cake is all white. I just shot it in black and white because it's classical and romantic. This was suppose to be a 3 tier but they couldn't narrow down just 3 flavors so they went with 5 they really loved and now they have a 5 tier cake.

Top tier:

The Retro - An update on an American classic: moist yellow cake filled with milk chocolate mousse frosted with Madagascar vanilla buttercream.

2nd tier:

Caramel Tiramisu - Espresso infused gold cake layered with caramel mascarpone with a hint of chocolate all frosted with a light rum buttercream

3rd tier:

Almond Joy -Sour cream fudge cake layered with a toasted almond coconut filling and chocolate truffle frosted with almond buttercream

4th tier:

Black and White - Dark chocolate cake filled with white chocolate mousse, accented with sliced strawberries and frosted with white chocolate buttercream.

Bottom tier:

Classic Wedding White - A classic white cake filled with fresh tart raspberries and a full bodied cream cheese buttercream and frosted with cream cheese buttercream.

Bavarian, Eclair Cake topped with Milk and White Chocolate acaroons.

This Bavarian eclair cake is topped with both milk and white chocolate macaroons is a combination of several of my favorite desserts. This was actually a experiment and I must say they all married together in a taste and blissful harmony.

21st Birthday Cake

I love making elegant, feminine designs and this 21st birthday was a absolute pleasure to create.

Middle cake alternating tiers of:

*  Goodnight Kiss - Anise flavored champagne cake with white chocolate truffle filling.

*  Raspberry Truffle - Dark chocolate-raspberry cake filled with chocolate fudge & raspberry puree.

Small side cakes:

*  Chocolate Kir Royale - devils food chocolate cake filled with a raspberry swirled chocolate filling frosted with Chambord-champagne buttercream.

Wedding Cake Display

My first big wedding cake display under the theme romance. I tried to keep it simple without too many flowers and of course red and white are so associated with romance. Seeing that it's okay for display purposes there's no actual cake underneath the designs and fondant.

Baby Shower Cake and Cupcakes

Simple Baby Shower cake and cupcakes. Chocolate cake and cupcakes with a mousse filling  also vanilla cake with a vanilla pudding filling.

Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake

These pan were a gift from my daughter for mother's day and they worked so well on this birthday cake.

Top tier:

Strawberry Chiffon - light lemon buttermilk cake filled with fresh strawberry mousse-line covered with white chocolate buttercream.

2nd tier:

Almond Mocha latte - moist sour cream pound cake filled with a velvety coffee mocha cream frosted with almond amaretto buttercream.

3rd tier:

Black and White - Dark chocolate cake filled with white chocolate mousse, accented with sliced strawberries and frosted with white chocolate buttercream.

Bottom tier:

Lemon Satin Cake - Zesty lemon cake filled with silky tart lemon mousse and frosted with Cointreau buttercream.

Graduation Cakes 2016

Graduation season is in full swing and it keeps me so busy. I just wanted to share some of the things I've created this year and to congratulate all of the graduates and their parents for such a awesome achievement.