Friends Birthdays!

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I've had a few friends with birthdays lately, the luxury of having me for a friend....Cake and/or Cupcakes on your Birthday!

Happy Birthday to one of my best friend's Kelly!

With some help from my girlfriends, we came up with all of the things we love about our dear Kelly. Most are inside jokes and it would take a long time to explain them all and some are a little too inappropriate for this site! haha

Happy Birthday Kelly Ann....We All love you very Much!

Happy Birthday to Alicia, who is obsessed with angry Birds, G-Shock watches, and her adorable pups "Remy" and "Macy".

Happy 30th Alicia!

And Finally a Replica of Eric's beloved Camera. Completely Edible!

We captured a shot with his actual camera on the right.

Visit Eric's site to fawn over his beautiful photography skills. http://solitairecollective.com/ 

He's been all over the place and always seems to capture the beauty in all we miss through-out our day to day lives. 

Happy Birthday Eric!

The kid in all of us.....

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Children's Birthday Cakes are my favorite cakes to make. They always remind me of the excitement of childhood. Many times parents will suggest a few things they would like for their child's cake  and I will come up with a design. But then there are sometimes when I'll have a client who's child has exact specifications of what they would like their cake be. Often, their imaginations help inspire me to design such incredible cakes, it's fun to bring their little idea to life.

I've had an abundance of Kid's Birthday Cakes over the last few months so I wanted to compile together in one post. Along with client specifications, I get a lot of my inspiration from being around my students who are always sharing the latest trends for elementary aged students. This post is dedicated to the kids inside all of us as well as my students. They are the ones who inspire me everyday to continue to look at the world in the simplest form without taking anything too seriously! Enjoy!!

Harry's Mad Scientist theme, completely designed by a 6 year old! 

Harry was very specific as to what he wanted his Mad Scientist to look like....I think I nailed it!

All elements on the cakes are edible and hand sculpted!

Julia's 3rd Birthday "Princess Cake"

Victoria's 9th Birthday Disco Ball Cake for her "Dance Party".

Kailah's Winter Wonderland Birthday

Joey's Monster Jam Cake, this cake was massive and weighed a ton!

All edible except the cars and truck,

Welcome Lil Jaxon!

Girlie Monkey Cupcakes

Baby Animal Cupcakes for Baby Callahan!

Merry Christmas

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Finally gettting to post my holiday treats from the last few days: Christmas was low key this year, very relaxing, it's been so busy this year it was nice to have a few slow days to actually enjoy the holidays. Merry Christmas!

Frosty the Snowman, All edible.

He brought a lot of fun and good cheer to Christmas dinner, especially late in the evening ( Let's just say his head was passed around!)

Christmas Eve Cupcake Set-up, Adorned with Fondant Initials, presents, stocking, and holly leaves.

Flavors included: Snickers, Vanilla with Chocolate Ganache, Chocolate with Chocolate Ganche, and Peppermint Patty.

Thanks for an amazing year but I'm ready for 2010 and all it brings!

30th Birthday Kegger!

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While 18 inches of snow was falling here in Philadelphia, I was making this Philadelphia Brewing Company Keg Cake made for an avid brewer.

Cake was made of 5 Layers of Vanilla and Chocolate Cakes with Chocolate and Peanut Butter Buttercream Fillings, covered in Chocolate Ganache and decorated in fondant.

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TIM, I hope you enjoyed your Kegger!

Ultimate Philadelphia Cake

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This cake was made for an Ultimate Phillies Fan for his 30th birthday. We added all the elements that Matt loves, baseball, Cheesesteaks and Guinness. The bottom tier is Vanilla Butter cake with Peanut Butter Fluff and Chocolate Buttercreams, the Baseball Diamond is chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, while the baseball on top was Vanilla Butter Cake as well.

All decorations are edible.

 On top we added the signatures of Matt's wife, kids* ( it should say Joe not Jon, I goofed* Sorry Matt!), and puppy to the baseball!

I got a nice note from Jenn, Matt's wife reguarding the cake:

Jen - your work is great. It is obvious how much time you spend on each cake and the passion you have to make the cake perfect. We absolutely LOVED it!! The cake was amazing! To look at and to eat! Everyone immediately stopped to see the cake when they came in and couldn't stop saying how awesome it looked. And Matt loved it too. The cheesesteak was perfect! Matt and Caitlin shared it ha! Oh and the cake....yum yum yum!! The peanut butter cake was just so delicious!!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! You added such a great piece to Matt's surprise party

Happy Birthday Matt, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Jackpot!

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This Slot Machine was created for a friend's mother for her 85th birthday. She loves to gamble in Atlantic City so we thought the best way to represent her personality is to create a slot machine out of cake.

Everything is completely edible. Inside is vanilla pound with traditional chocolate buttercream, covered and decorated with fondant. The coins are chocolate also.

I hope this cake brings you some luck at the slots, Happy Birthday!