Valentine Themed Romantic Wedding Cake

With all the upcoming shows, I have to increase my inventory of display cakes. Where I'll keep them all until the first show is a mystery yet to be solved... but at least the work is being accomplished!


The damask print on the middle tier was done using a stencil and royal icing. It's a tricky process when stenciling a dark color on white, but the result is well worth the frustration. I LOVE IT!


The pleated effect is accomplished by cutting 1" strips of fondant and overlapping them around the cake. I pre-covered the top of the cake so that my pleats would meet up with the edge. This way I didn't have to worry about setting the above tier on a bunch of pleats.

The roses were made of fondant. I don't know why it worked so well, usually I have to use gum paste but this time didn't feel like trying to achieve the same red color a 2nd time around. I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. I will say that there was some Tylose added to the fondant which may have firmed it up enough to compensate.


This cake is a Romantic theme since a couple of the shows are right around Valentine's Day. After the Shows, I'll remove the hearts on the top and replace them with a monogram cake topper or something of the sort. The dummies will then be on display at Crystal Rose Catering.

An Anniversary Cake for a Very Special Couple!

Congratulations to Ralph & Anne-Marie Crance! They were surprised by their children with a 50th Anniversary Party and a very special Cake. Anne-Marie carried Calla Lillie's in her Wedding Bouquet so her daughter asked that they be incorporated into the cake somehow. The party invitations had a damask print on them so we also incorporated a little of that look as well.

STATS: White Almond Sour Cream Cake with Raspberry Filling, Double Chocolate Cake with Mocha Filling, and Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache Filling. Cake is iced in buttercream and covered with fondant. The damask pattern was applied using a stencil and royal icing. The flowers are gum paste. The middle tier is quilted and gold dragees are placed at the intersections.

Romantic Rose Cupcake Tree

This is for a bridal shower. It goes with the cupcakes in the previous post. Just love how romantic the whole thing turned out. My instructions were to make this cupcake tree similar to the princess cupcake tree in my portfolio only with different shades of pink roses and white accents. And to make it feminine and romantic.

Congratulations to the Bride to be!

Romantic Roses 60th Anniversary Cake

Made for the parents of a very good friend of ours. It's shorter than a standard #2 pencil. Pound Cake with homemade raspberry filling. Iced in buttercream and covered with fondant. I LOVE this cake. As a kid I used to sculpt tiny roses out of clay and make jewelery. So it was somewhat nostalgic to sit and make tiny roses again. They are all about the size of a child's fingertip.


Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. D!!! 60 years is quite an accomplishment and I'm so glad I was able to make your cake for you!

Happy Anniversary Ben!

I was asked to duplicate the top tier of a Wedding Cake for my brother's neighbor. Apparently it wasn't saved at their wedding so Ben wanted to do this as an anniversary gift for his wife.

Jim & Kristin's Wedding Cake

I have to say that the Krout Wedding was the most beautiful wedding ceremony I've ever seen. The father of the bride officiated and he did a wonderful job. The brother and sister sang and it was amazing. Everyone looked stunning. And I could just go on and on... JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!

And now... my first wedding cake! White Almond Sour Cream Cake with Fudge Filling and buttercream icing. The detail on the sides of the cake is called "brush embroidery". All the decorations are edible.

Congratulations Kristin & Jim!!!

Finished Display Cake

Here's the finished product!

Super Huge Display Cake

This is a work in progress as I need to make many more roses for around the top of the bottom tier. But, it is coming along. This is the cake that will sit in the front window of the bakery.

It's 6 tiers tall and at least 3 feet. When it was up on the counter, I had to stand on a chair and get on my tip toes to reach the top of the cake so I could set the gum paste roses.

The power went out on me while I was up on the chair (due to a Thunderstorm) and I couldn't see ANYTHING! I had just placed some gum paste roses with royal icing and one of the roses was slipping. I was laughing and yelling for a flash light so my rose wouldn't crash down and shatter! ha ha Of course the power came right back on as soon as they had a flash light in hand. God does have a sense of humor!

Damask Gift Box Birthday Cake

I am sooo excited that Tyler asked me to make a cake for you. Of course he said to keep it simple and this is what "simple" looks like to me! I am thrilled with all the new stuff I got to learn on your behalf and don't worry, you can have copies of all these pictures! BUT I want a photo of the two of us with your cake!

Happy Birthday my friend! I love you!

Preparing for a Wedding Cake

These creations are for an August wedding cake. It will have yellow roses, daisies, and blue butterflies. I did some prep work today since all this gum paste has to get good and dry. Also got to use the air brush again which I absolutely LOVE! I gotta get me one of these things!

Wedding Cupcake Balls

This was a fun project and a first. Cake balls are made of strawberry cake with cream cheese icing dipped in dark and green chocolate. Gum Paste flowers, bows and royal icing accents.

Wrapped a ribbon around a terracotta pot and used styrofoam to hold them in place. What a cute and tasty little floral arrangement!



Here is the finished basket. I individually wrapped each cake ball and tied them with a ribbon. Then all the basket pieces were added, arranged, and shrink wrapped.