Baby Crosby

Another cute baby shower cake to share!

Ashley, one of the shower hostesses sent over this adorable baby shower invitation and then said to do whatever!  I love those orders! :)  She has ordered from me in the past so she had full confidence that I could come up with something that she would like. (Thanks Ashley!)

I had so much fun with this cake.  I was able to try out a new technique and I got to make bow-tie onesies!

 The top and bottom layers are both iced in buttercream.  The dark navy chevron is actually modeling chocolate, and the onesies are white fondant.  The bowties are made out of sugar as well. 

The bunting banner was really cute.  I loved the paper I found as well as his name. 

Thanks for the order Ashley!  I hope you loved it as much as I do!

Lego Cake

This cake took me back to my childhood.  

My brother and I used to spend HOURS building and playing with the hundreds of lego pieces we somehow convinced our parents to buy us.  I'm pretty sure we had every set imaginable.  (By the way, lego sets these days are not what they used to be like.  They're so much more high tech and complicated!)

Anyway, I got an order for a lego cake for two brothers.  I knew I had to bring my A-game when creating the pieces.  Those boys would definitely know if I messed up a piece.  :)

So, I experimented a little with modeling chocolate to see if that would work easier than fondant for the lego pieces.  The yellow, green, blue, and red pieces are all made out of modeling chocolate.  The white, black, grey, and orange are fondant.  You can't really tell a difference between the two, but fondant or modeling chocolate, it doesn't matter; making lego pieces takes FOREVER. 

This cake comes in second for hardest and most time-consuming cake.  I'll share a post about the cake that took place #1 in that category later. 

But you know what?  All that work paid off; the boys LOVED their Lego cake.  The older brother didn't want anyone to eat his Lego pieces.  How cute is that?!  And although it took me a while, I really enjoyed making all the little pieces and feeling like a kid again building this Lego cake. 

Happy Birthday Henry & Holden.  I hope your Lego cake made your birthday extra special!