a palette of a cake.

I made this cake for my younger cousin's birthday...she is preparing to go to college to study art. She had to take her SATs today, and as far as I am concerned, there's nothing better than an overdose of sugar to combat post-test stress. Well...I'd probably prefer a large bottle of something else, but hey, she's only going to be 17. This cake is just 2 layers--one dark chocolate and one vanilla. It's filled with buttercream and covered with white fondant. The paint is just colored icing that I applied with a paintbrush and mixed around to make it look like paint. Yummy paint, but paint.

I LOVE the Penguins' throwback jerseys

And so does my sister, Charelle. So for her 25th birthday, she requested a round cake with the emblem on it. The Pens ought to lose the black, gold and white modern jerseys and use these again-because they are WAY cooler. This was a 3 layer marble cake with white buttercream icing and fondant decorations with some minor piping. Since the Steelers' season is done, we might as well start cheering on the Pens; the way they've been playing, they need the support anyway!

Six-Pack Super Bowl for the Steelers!!

I made these two cakes for a Super Bowl party at the IUP Management Information Systems department. The Terrible Towel cake is a 2 layer white cake with white buttercream and the towel is a fondant sheet with food coloring drawings and fondant decorations. The crashing helmets cake is a 2 layer chocolate fudge cake with green colored buttercream and fondant and piped decorations. Go Steelers!!!

Who doesn't love old-school Nintendo?

So it's a week before my little cousin's 11th birthday party...my aunt emails to place a cake order and says that she wants cupcakes and to do whatever I want. I want to make them special, that's for sure, and I don't like boring cupcakes with a swirl of icing. Especially for an 11-year old's birthday party. So I start scouring the internet for cool ideas, and this is what I found. Super Mario Bros.! I couldn't resist...and I'd be willing to bet that Super Mario Bros. music is running through your head (if you're not humming it aloud right now). These cupcakes are dedicated to the talented Nick Luckett of www.4colorrebellion.com :)