Wow!  I wish I could have been a wall flower at the ball tonight!  More to come when I hear back how it went, but for now, a couple photos will have to do.

This tuxedo (chocolate and white layers with fillings of chocolate, vanilla, and mocha buttercream) is to be partially *yes, partially* auctioned off tonight at the ball.  I’ll be back with a report when I have one.  I for one can not wait to hear the results!  The comedy and tragedy masks were shaped over corn starch by hand, dried and then painted.  The dancer silhouettes were done using the pin prick and cut method.  Very tedious.  But…worth it!  I love this cake!  And, I’m proud to say that the red fondant is my home made fondant, and we all know what that means!

Have a great night!

Ok, so you love our cupcakes…they are so yummy and cute.  Well, now you can dress them up in fashionable cupcake couture!  We’ve added these fabulous cupcake wrappers to our line at the showroom, you can purchase them with your order of cupcakes, or separately.  We’re so excited to be the first to carry them in Syracuse.  Jen has her favorite wrapper style, but there are so many to choose from.  Check out how beautifully they compliment cake decor…perfect for those cool couples that want cake AND cupcakes at their event!

These wrappers can be purchased in packs of 12 for 12$ and stand at nearly 2″tall, perfect size for any baked standard, or slightly larger like Jen’s, cupcake.  Stop in today to see the styles available!  And of course we can order for you!  One of Jen’s favorites:

Isn’t this just the cutest?  We love it for place card/dessert dual use.  Just have Jen beautifully write the guest’s name on the wrapper and you can serve it boxed with ribbon or by itself at the table setting!  So cute.  Here are some of the other options.

Just say no to naked cupcakes! We’ll see you soon at the showroom.

all photos except Jen’s cake are courtesy of Bella Cupcake Couture.tm

Have a peek at a couple of the cakes we did this weekend.  A onesie for a baby shower, and a mermaid for a very sweet 8 year old.  I did a rainbow unicorn for young Teresa a few years ago, and I’m told she requested that I make this year’s cake as well.  She chose rainbow cake again.  The mermaid is all edible and the cute little fish was made by my very talented young assistant - my 11 year old.  Great touch!  Enjoy!

So I got a call from a lovely young lady who wanted a special cake for her boyfriend. He loves technology, especially computers.  She was getting him a new Alienware Aurora ALX and wanted a cake to go with it but not real sure at first what the possibilities would be.  You know what happens next around here, “well, how about a cake to look like it?” She was all over the idea, and was very helpful with researching which computer and color, model, etc.  The client gave me creative freedom to just get it done, and I love that. Thanks so much for ordering Tashera!  It was a pleasure, and I’m so glad you loved it so much!  Enjoy!

You may or may not know me well enough by now to know that I typically go for all edible with my cakes.  This cake was an exception, the keyboard and monitor are not edible; they have foam core guts.  The tower is red velvet cake though, and delicious!  Not sure what the scale would be, but the tower was about 10″ high and the monitor screen was 6×8.  Those little keys were all cut and placed by hand, so there is a little human variation in size and shape there ;).  I had fun making this one!  Bring on the next cake!

On Monday, I was happy to visit Bridge Street (www.9wsyr.com) again to show off some wedding cake ideas.  Below is the clip from the show, followed by some photos of the cakes I took. Follow the link and enjoy!

Wedding Cakes Galore

Don’t forget, the inspiration for your wedding cakes can come from anywhere!  The brown and blue was inspired by some simple s-scroll work and I added the vertical stripes to modernize it a bit.  It went perfectly with the brown and blue Bella Cupcake Couture wrappers we now carry at the showroom.  I’ll talk about those in my next post.  The peacock cake was inspired by a very popular invitation done by Bride Design, you can purchase it on her site.  And the last cake was inspired by a linen I borrowed from The Events Company a couple months ago.  I’ll be visiting TEC in March for one of their Mimosa Saturdays.  More info on that soon as well.  Be creative with your cakes! Or, come see me, and I’ll help you be as creative as possible!