This 40th birthday cake is a “double barrel” cake, which is basically two 8″ round tiers stacked and iced to look like one super-high tier. Happy 40th!
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Black & White 40th Birthday Cake with Modern Circles
Friday, December 11th, 2009Big Top Carnival Birthday Cake
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
This birthday cake design was created to reflect a carnival/big top theme. It’s technically a two-tier cake, and it boasts lots of bold colors and hand-cut sugar lettering and circus animals.
Mod Monkey Polka Dot Birthday Cake
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
This Saturday’s design is a personal favorite… Those of you familiar with Mod Monkey will recognize the signature teal and yellow polka dots on the crisp white background.
Barnyard Birthday Cake for Miss Kate!
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009This weekend is a big one… as you all know, the Cake Wrecks event is tomorrow, so I’m scrambling to get ready - it will be a great time!
Just wanted to share another recent deisgn… it was inspired by a watercolor invitation… I loved the beautiful watercolor feeling of the invitation and decided to do an interpretation of it on the design. Here are the results!
A Mad Hatter 30th Birthday Cake!
Friday, September 4th, 2009
What a fun design to create! This is my first stab at a “mad hatter” style… It’s decorated in coordinated accents in fondant and sugar paste.
Ben & Tia’s Favorite Toys — Birthday Cake
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
This latest design is decorated with delicate ribbon, an embossed fondant blanket, and several hand-painted gumpaste figures of childhood toys.
Juliana’s Hello Kitty Birthday Cake
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
This birthday cake was inspired by an earlier Wicked Cakes creation, and was created in honor of Juliana’s third birthday. The bottom tier is rich chocolate cake with mocha buttercream filling, and the top is rich chocolate cake with tangy raspberry buttercream filling. Both tiers are iced in vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and tinted vanilla fondant. Accents are in vanilla fondant and sugar paste. Happy Birthday!
Nintendo Wii Birthday Cake
Monday, June 29th, 2009
I made this cake as a surprise for my boyfriend’s son’s 10th birthday party. The cake is chocolate with peanut butter filling. It’s iced in vanilla buttercream and vanilla fondant. The accents are vanilla fondant and sugar paste. Happy Birthday, Peyton!!
Modern Birthday Cake
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
This latest cake is for a young woman’s birthday… she wanted something sophisticated and modern to celebrate her big day. The cake is vanilla, with vanilla buttercream filling and vanilla fondant icing. The decorations (polka dots & anemone flower) are all vanilla sugar paste and royal icing.
The 9th Hole - A Golf Birthday Cake
Friday, May 1st, 2009
This is a special cake! I recently reconnected with my best friend from the tender age of 8, and got the opportunity to do her father’s 60th birthday cake. An avid golfer, he is receiving a golf-inspired cake: single tier with layers of chocolate cake, raspberry jam, and dark chocolate buttercream. It’s iced in green vanilla fondant and decorated with fondant and gumpaste accents.