Happy Anniversary

January is a month for gifts and sugar in our house.  Our wedding anniversary and my birthday to be more precise.  It's also the month of white (snow) all around in many parts of the northern hemisphere.  Also, in the western countries most weddings celebrate in white.  (In the eastern world, weddings are typically full of colors- the louder the better).  Happy Anniversary is a strawberry flavored mini-cake filled with vanilla pudding.  The cake was covered first in butter cream frosting and then wrapped in a delicious wedding white fondant that reminded us of our original wedding cake (yes we got married in the USA)...

Tangerine Cheesecake

Happy Birthday to me!  (Now be nice, and please don't ask my age...) I love cheesecakes.  So I thought of treating myself to one on my own special day.  Tangerine cheesecake was made from cream cheese, eggs, orange juice, orange zest and a cookie crust.  I think it went down fairly well with everyone at home too as there were no leftovers :)

Ribbons of Cranberry (Cheesecake)

Long and cold winter months, rain everday and gray everywhere around where I live.  I needed to bring home some cheer.  Sugar is always the answer (literally and figuratively).  So I found myself baking a delicious cheesecake with a crust of Oreo cookies and topped it off with ribbons of cranberry- whipped cream.  This one didn't even last 24 hours!

Princess Anisha

This Princess cake was made for a little girl who was fond of pink, purple and princesses.  Inspite of the favorite colors on the princess, all the little girl wanted to do was pick the yellow stars and eat them off the cake.  The cake was a multi-colored cake with a filling of vanilla pudding. Buttercream frosting was used for the gown, necklace and bodice.

Happy Miss Sunshine

This cake really should be called "Time Pass".  There was no occasion and I was bored out of my mind so Happy Miss Sunshine happened.  This was a German Chocolate cake filled with a layer of coconut-pecan filling. Iced with whipped cream frosting and dressed in strawberry slices and m&m's, I think it looked happy happy.
 

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

My son's second birthday and Disney characters were pretty much ruling our house.  I simply cannot forget how he dances to the closing tune of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series on TV.  This is also one of my proudest creations in the timeframe that I completed it in.  I ran out of time to add the slide and the glove balloon.  The mouse head and ears were  covered in black gel color. The fence was made from vanilla sugar wafers. The cake was an apple flavored one with banana cream pie filling. Butter-cream frosting was used for the clubhouse and grass. Pebbles were m&m's and the figurines were borrowed from his sister's lego piece.

Mermaid Adventure

This was Emilie's (M as we call her sometime) fourth birthday cake.  She was all into princesses and characters and came to me with her Ariel and Flounder toys with the request of a cake.  I thought of an underwater adventure theme.  I debated over whether to make the ocean blue or not, but decided to leave it white.  In keeping with Spring colors, Ariel and Flounder sit atop a colorful array of underwater features: reflection of a rainbow, sea shells, sea creatures and sea weeds. Flounder swims a small distance away on a single layer cake. The cakes were layered with pudding and fruit filling and frosted with whipped cream. Decorations made from butter-cream frosting added a vivid life to the white background.

Teddy Bear

It's August and time for Ronak's 1st birthday! How time flies, my little baby is now a year old already.  A classic vanilla cake, layered with custard/fruit and frosted on the outside in buttercream frosting, this was a hit amongst all kids.  Served cold, it was just right for the grown ups as well at the hot outdoor party.

Caterpillar

The first birthday is always very special for every baby.  My son was born in August and so when his first one year mark rolled around, I got busy again.  Summer months are full of bright colors and creatures.  The Caterpillar cake was a white cake with no filling. Iced and covered with colorful fondant decoration the cake brought on a lot of smiles and giggles from little ones at the party.

Clowns

It is amazing how there comes a time in our lives when we think clowns are the greatest things on earth.  My girl at 3 yrs of age had a similar obsession.  Silly little clowns in all poses atop a yellow cake (pineapple flavor) was her dream come true. Spring colors in mind (since her birthday falls in March), I used soft pastel colors, whipped cream frosting and banana pudding for the filling.  A touch of m&m's and we were all set to celebrate in her pre-school!

 

La Princess Emilie (from Princess and the Frog series)

It's March again and time to celebrate M's birthday.  The Princess and The Frog is a story she loves, especially the kissing a frog part.  She considers it to be extremely funny.  I guess funny may change to something else later...  I made her a Princess (and Frog-as shown in separate post) cake. Cake was layered with banana and pudding filling. The bodice and gown were made from whipped cream frosting with pink and turquoise flowers-her favorite colors.

La Frog (from Princess and the Frog series)

In the series of the Princess and the Frog theme for M's birthday, this was the frog part. Filled with slices of fresh banana and vanilla pudding I think this pair is my best cake yet.

 

Piglet

Emilie turned terrible 2 today! I am preparing myself for her acts to show up as the books promise.  So far, it has only been chewing on a piece of ginger and leaving the piece behind in my pantry, giving her toy a "bath" in the toilet bowl and turning the yogurt cup on top of her head in the time it took me to switch on a light.  I can't see how it can get more terrorizing...I made her the pink Piglet cake filled with strawberries and pudding. This is the first time I tried to use spray color.  Why am I showing the other cake?  Well, I wasn't sure that my cake would turn out good, so it was plan B.  Plan B was left untouched at the end of the party!  This has been the best compliment yet. 

Nemo

In my mind, if there was ever an animated movie that was close in color vibrancy and effects to the real world, it had to be Finding Nemo.  The characters were amazing as was the storyline.   When my daughter's first birthday rolled around in March, it was spring and my cake had to be a burst of colors.  Nemo was carved out of a 1/4 sheet vanilla cake with strawberry/banana and pudding filling. I decorated the features in butter-cream frosting to  and placed it on a tray with the ocean backdrop.

A Bouquet of Roses

Nothing says I love you more than lovely roses. This cake was an ice-cream cake made for my father on his birthday in June. Filled with strawberry ice cream, frosted with whipped cream on top and a bouquest of roses drawn using food color this one was a classic.