Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

This rendering of Hello Kitty is not my best modeling work, but it's ok for a first attempt. The cake design was based on a cake that the client saw somewhere and she switched out the colors to match her party colors.

Football field

Football field
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

I was really happy with how this one turned out. The football is a large cake ball, covered in fondant. The field is all decorated with icing, and I decided to try out the grass border to finish the field off nicely. My customer has 4 boys into different sports and so the next cake she ordered is for a hockey theme. I'm wondering now what the other 2 will get later in the year.

Baby Shower

Baby Shower
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

Here's a quick little cake for a baby shower. I really like the way that the little buttons on the stitching look when its done right with my cutter/embosser.
The ball border around the bottom is the part that takes the most time and I usually just fake it with an icing bead border but I had so much blue fondant left that I figured I should use some of it up. I do like the way that it looks when done, but my patience sure gets tested while rolling out all of them.

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

Going back a few years to the original Ghostbusters movie. One superfan's wife really looks to amaze him for his birthday. Unfortunately I was unable to make the cake she originally chose. It was the Ecto car from the movie. With the right amount of time and at the right price I could have put it together but honestly I was scared.
So instead we settled on doing the No Ghost symbol with a little 3D twist.

Wrecked Building

Wrecked Building
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

The recipient of this cake works for a construction and demolition company and his wife told me that he absolutely did not want to turns 40. It was her idea to use a wrecking ball to smash the cake. Now that I think about it, that could have been one really messy cake. One big pile of cake and icing all destroyed on a cake board. Not a pretty picture.

Lightning and Mater

Lightning and Mater
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

Calvin turned 3 this year. I made his first and second birthday cakes so far, and this summer I get to do his new sibling's first birthday cake as well. Repeat business is one of the best complements.

Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

I really hope that Tinkerbell is still a popular character when my little girl starts to like princesses and other cute characters. She is one of my favorites. The topper for this Tinkerbell cake is a store bought candle which took a bit of looking to find. I am glad that I did though, the other toppers that I found just wouldn't have looked right.

Flying cake

Flying cake
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

I was thrilled how this airplane cake turned out and so was the little boy receiving it. His mom posted a video of his reaction to share with me. It made me feel all gooey inside. I love getting reviews, especially great ones ;)
I didn't realize it at the time, but the picture that I found to use as inspiration was apparently modeled after a Planet Cake airplane. I can't seem to find the plane they made but I am sure it was gorgeous as they do amazing work.

Lego for Lucas

Lego for Lucas
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

My poor little guy's birthday cake seems to always take a back seat when it comes to me making it. I had two other cakes to make on the same weekend of his birthday and I was more focused on those cakes and didn't set aside very much time to make this one. As it turns out, these Lego blocks are not very time consuming. But I did run out of time and the guests for his little family party were already arriving before I was finished. Not all of the round circles actually got attached, but no one cared (or noticed).

Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse
Originally uploaded by sarahenrycakes

I have made this Minnie cake a few times although this time the cake is twice as big.
I decided that I am not very fond of the drop star method of filling in the colors, and lately many of my cakes are done by smoothing out each color. I think that it makes for a cleaner look and I can get in more details where they are needed.