Those eyes! Those lips! That hair! I love this man, ahem, I mean, cake! Inspired by the young, not old and fat, Elvis, this cake is Sour Cream Almond with Almond Buttercream Frosting.
I am currently trying to decide how to work this poster into my kitchen decor!
I'm all shook up!
Sometimes I get an email that looks like this:
And my job is to figure out how the heck I am supposed to make a cake out of it!?! Last week I got lucky and ended up with this:
When I got the order for this cake, I knew it was right up my alley! My client looked to the Pookie Cake as a design reference, but her son loves all things Disney Cars. I can relate! When my son Jay was three years old (and four) he was obsessed with the movie Cars. He slept on Cars sheets in his Cars pajamas, next to his Cars alarm clock, under his Cars blanket, after he brushed his teeth with his Cars toothbrush and tooth paste, after eating dinner on his Cars dishes. I could go on and on. Needless to say, we have seen the movie countless times, listened to the book on cd and movie soundtrack more times than I care to admit. I am more than just familiar with the characters from Cars!
The fascinating thing about the Disney Cars characters is that they are more than just talking vehicles. Each character has it's own distinct personality. For me they transcend their car-ness and become like people to whom kids and adults can relate. This cake incorporates some of my client's son's favorite characters:
I created these delectable Birthday Cupcakes in Carolina Blue for a 40th Birthday celebration. The recipient of these cupcakes is a math whiz and the proud new owner of a custom bicycle in Carolina blue, his amazing wife ordered these to match! These Signature Baker's Cakes Chocolate Cupcakes with Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting and Lemon Cupcakes with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream were accompanied by additional Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate cream Cheese Frosting (not pictured). In summation, the equations were all greek to me!
This adorable cake was originally inspired by the Black and White Cake. For her daughter's "Sweet 16" the customer asked for a teal background with pink and bright green accent colors. The bottom layer is four 8" layers of Baker's Cakes Signature Chocolate Cake with Double Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting and the top layer is three 6" layers of the same cake and frosting. The entire cake is covered with rolled fondant. A perfectly adorable "Sweet 16" Cake!
Last year this customer requested a Lego Indiana Jones Cake and I made this cake. This year they ordered Lego Batman and I wanted to try something different. I looked to Lego Batman wii for some inspiration. I love the comic book-like nature of the image that becomes almost like an illustration!
