How cute is this topper cake? The design is based on the baby in the pod topper cake we did back in May. Only this topper includes 3 babies to celebrate upcoming triplets.

This luggage cake celebrates the 50th birthday for a man who loves to travel all over the world and loves antiques and old maps. We used warm colors for the design and the cake included chocolate cake with pistachio buttercream and chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. We delivered the cake to the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.

We decorated this cake with ligh lime, burgundy and raspberry colors. The cake is highlighted with a 3d sculpted dog and cake. Rounding out the cake are additional 2d animals including cats, fish and bunnies. The flavors include coconut cake with raspberry buttercream, smores cake and banana cake with vanilla buttercream.

Update: We forgot to mention this was the cake we gave away as part of our contest to raise money for the American Cancer Society. (As a result of the contest we raised $5,500!)

Jennifer was the lucky winner of the free cake raffle and here is what she had to say about the cake:

I know I’ve said it already, but I want to say again that we absolutely loved this cake! Seeing all our pets in sugar paste was such a treat, and the cake was delicious! I’m still getting compliments about how wonderful it tasted.

Here’s the final part of our Fancy Shoe & Shoebox tutorial. Part III of the tutorial reviews the following:

• Attaching the heel to the sole
• Creating the Vamp of the shoe
• Making the Bow for the shoe
• Attaching the bow to shoe
• Dressing up the board
• Putting it all together

Part I Video Tutorial | Part II Video Tutorial | Part III Video Tutorial

We created this replica of the Metropolitan Diner in Fords, NJ for the owner’s birthday party. The dinner is decorated with hanging baskets of spring flowers and the front of the door awning reads “Happy Birthday Louie”. Inside the diner is marble cake with chocolate buttercream filling.

We received this great email from the birthday boy’s wife:

Good morning, I just wanted to thank you so much for the beautiful cake of our diner, I was greatly surprised at the detail.
Everyone loved it as did my husband the birthday boy. Thank you so much again!

Here’s a video I shot at the shop:

The top of this cake was inspired by our fashion pregnant woman topper. This topper includes a few changes, chief among them the topper which includes a small white and brown dog – a Brussels Griffin to be exact.

The top tier is decorated with 2d silhouettes of different dogs while the bottom tier is decorated based on a Burberry style check pattern.
Flavors include top tier chocolate cake with raspberry chambord and vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream.

The famous bull and bear which represent the ups and downs of the stock market are perfect themes to help celebrate the retirement and 70th birthday celebration of a life-long Wall Street employee.

The entire bear is edible with a combination of modeling chocolate, cake and rice krispy treats. The bull represents the famous bull down on Wall Street in battery park.  The bull is also edible with the exception of his legs which are made of PVC pipe covered in modeling chocolate.

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The top of this 3 tier square bar mitzvah cake is highlighted by a movie reel with the message “Get Wild with Grant”. Decorating the cake are movie posters of various comedies including Wedding Crashers, The Hangover, Blades of Glory, Anchorman and Semi-Pro.

The cake colors included black, pewter, white and gold and the flavors in the top tier included red velvet with 2 layers of raspberry chambord and 1 layer of lemon cream cheese. The remaining flavors included chocolate cake with peanut butter and chocolate buttercream and vanilla cake with oreo and vanilla buttercream. We delivered the cake to the Mountain Lakes Country Club in NJ.

Part II of the tutorial reviews the following:

• Fondanting the Shoebox
• Applying the side fondant panels
• Applying the fondant lid
• Covering the Heel with Gumpaste
• Creating a foot for the heel

Part I Video Tutorial | Part II Video Tutorial | Part III Video Tutorial

I was excited to do this cake since it was the  fourth cake we’ve done for the same client.  We were lucky to be able to do her daughter’s engagement party, bridal shower, wedding, and now baby shower!  The cupcake topper includes a pregnant lady dressed in a pink ruffle top with brown pants. Next to her sits a brown and white bulldog. We decorated the topper with light pink fondant with polka dots in chartreuse, brown and shades of pink. Stripes at the base of the tier match the polka dots. Congratulations!