Club Penguin DJ3K Birthday Cake

It was my nephews birthday and was asked to do his cake. He asked for a cake that had Penguins, DJ's and Hooded Sweatshirts.  After talking to his mom I found out about a website that he liked called Club Penguin. After checking it out I decided on a design for the cake. 

The table that the turntables are on is made of 

delicious chocolate cake with Vanilla Italian Buttercream icing. 

Details painted on with food coloring. 

Penguin is made of chocolate cereal treats and is covered in white chocolate and painted with food coloring. The sunglasses and the headphones are made of fondant. 

The turntables are made of fondant. 

CNY Cake Decorating Competition

I had the great opportunity to compete in the CNY Cake Decorating Competition in Ithaca, NY this last weekend. The theme of the competition was Classic 50's Music. I chose to do a 50's Stratocaster and a 50's transistor radio to represent the the birth of rock and roll in the 50's. I competed in division two which was for semi-professional cake decorators. I won third prize out of the eight in my division.  It was a very well organized competition with a lot of events going on as well as workshops and an edible fashion show done by some professional chefs, some from the Food Network. 

I made the radio out of decadent chocolate cake covered with marshmallow fondant. 

The guitar is made of cereal treats and covered in marshmallow fondant and the details done with fondant and then painted by hand with food coloring. 

I look forward to many more competitions in the future!!

Gender Reveal Cake

Some good friends of ours are expecting a baby and for the announcement they asked me to make a gender reveal cake for them.  They dropped off the sealed envelope from their doctors visit and I was the only one who knew if they were having a boy or a girl. We decided to do a white cake and dye it either blue or pink and cover the cake with little fondant cutouts of teddy bears alternating between pink and blue. The filling they chose for the cake was Vanilla Italian Buttercream.

And in their New York City apartment there was at least 50 people packed in to hear the big news as they cut into the cake and served it to all their guests. And...

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spiderman Cake

The other day I got a text message from a good friend of mine here in New York City asking if she could pass on my contact info to her friend. I of course said yes. Her friend ended up being the Tour Manager of The Killers. She was looking for a baker in the city that could do a Spiderman cake for the guitarist's son, who is turning seven years old. She contacted me and sent me a couple pictures of some ideas. I decided to do one of the buildings as the Empire State Building. They saw the Spiderman play here on Broadway and then back to the hotel for the surprise cake. I dropped the cake off this afternoon. It turned out awesome!! See the pictures below!

The majority of the cake is made with rice crispy treats except for the top of the Empire State Building, which is Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Italian Buttercream Filling. 

Spiderman is made out of compressed and molded rice crispy treats and covered in white chocolate and hand painted with food coloring. 

Cello Birthday Cake

What a great way to start out my week. A coworker of mine asked me a few days ago to make a birthday cake for her aunt. She asked for a Orange Chiffon Cake with Mango Cream Filling and covered with lavender colored fondant with a cello on top. Another great success for The Mighty Baker!

Lemon Chiffon Cake

Our good friends and neighbors had their anniversary yesterday and the husband asked me to make a lemon cake or a lemon dessert of some kind. After much deliberation in my mind, I decided to make a lemon chiffon cake with lemon Italian buttercream icing. It turned out great and they loved it! 

 Lemon Chiffon Cake with Lemon Italian Buttercream Icing

Easter Cake

This weekend was great! I did a cake for a Easter egg hunt party in Central Park. I did it for Lesley who is a good friend of my wife and I. She gave us a color scheme for the cake and had us take it from there.  My wife and I designed it and my wife had the genius idea of making a cameo to go on the front of the cake with the design of Pat the Bunny on it. It turned out great! Also the piped design on the cake was inspired by the invitation that Lesley sent out for the party. The colors were based on the color scheme that she gave us. You can check out Lesley's Blog for more pictures of the cake and the party. Also she is the one who we did the Charlie and Lola Cake for a while back for her daughters second birthday.

Vanilla Cake with Fresh Strawberry Filling