# 119 A "Super Friends" Birthday

January 9th, 2012.
A "Super Friends" Birthday


For my son's birthday this year, I made him a cake to celebrate as a family, and then some cupcakes to celebrate with some friends later on. I used "The Super Friends" (circa the 70's) as a theme, because my kids have been addicted to The Super Friends for a few months now - we get the DVD collection from the library and they can't get enough of it! There is something really great about the old-school Superman, the 'save-cats-in-trees' Superman as opposed to the 'punch-people-a-lot' Superman.
It's charming, and I won't lie - I love it.
So these are chocolate cakes, frosted with vanilla buttercream. And lots of color. :o)
Superman, Aquaman, Batman & Robin, the Green Lantern, The Flash, and of course - Wonder Woman. (My daughter's favorite)

# 118 The Christmas Cake

December 24th, 2011

The Christmas Cake

As tradition requires, once again I have made the annual Christmas cake. This year I added a thin layer of Nutella. I think it really added to the chocolate magic. :o)

Layers: (from bottom up)

chocolate cake

nutella

chocolate buttercream

2" chocolate truffle loaf

covered in chocolate buttercream

topped with chocolate ganache

decorated with silver dragees, green candy melts 

(piped on parchment paper to be holly leaves),

 and red Cadbury Christmas balls

# 117 The Thanksgiving Turkeys Cake

November 23rd, 2011

The Thanksgiving Turkeys Cake

Ok... so to be honest, my 5-year-old son helped me with this cake. But you know your day is now happier, having now laid eyes upon this beauty.

This was a double chocolate zucchini cake, topped with buttercream frosting, and three delicious candy turkeys. :o)

# 116 Girly Girl Baby Shower Cupcakes

November 18th, 2011

Girly Girl Baby Shower Cupcakes

I made these for a baby shower, for a new mom of a tiny precious baby girl. Every girl is a princess, and the only requirement for these cupcakes was that it be a really girly design. I did my best to include pink and happy and ruffles (oh my!), with a little bit of sparkle. After all, girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice!

These cupcakes were white and chocolate marbled cake, topped with vanilla buttercream and fondant flowers.  

I made some of my flowers using my new flower presses from Sugar Delites, one of my favorite places to get cake supplies and tools. LOVE the site.

http://www.jenniferdontz.com/

# 115 Worm Pie Cupcakes

October 27th, 2011

Worm Pie Cupcakes

I made these for my son's  Halloween Party 'Cake Walk' at school. They were chocolate cake, and vanilla buttercream.

# 114 Ghost Cupcake Cupcakes

October 27th, 2011

Ghost Cupcake Cupcakes

I made these for my son's  Halloween Party 'Cake Walk' at school. They were white cake (colored candy corn colors), and buttercream frosting. The tiny cupcake is a mini Reese's peanut butter cup. :o)

# 113 Princess Ballroom Cake

October 15th, 2011

Princess Ballroom Cake

This was my daughter's 3rd birthday cake - and I tried to put everything on it that she asked for. The main thing she wanted was all of her favorite princesses, dancing with their princes. I looked everywhere for little figurines, but Disney doesn't make hardly anything with their princes, unless it is their ken doll versions - but that was too big (and too expensive!) to do for a cake. I ended up making all of the princesses and princes out of polymer clay, which so far have broken once or twice from play but are easily mended with some gorilla glue.

This was a chocolate cake, covered in a peanut butter chocolate buttercream frosting, topped with silver dragees, a banner, and the princes and princesses waltzing around at the party.

In my searching for pictures to reference while making the little figurines, I discovered that "The Beast" is actually named Adam - and Snow White's prince is actually named Christopher. 

There's a little trivia for you!

The birthday girl approved.

Delicious.

Figurines on the cake: 

Snow White & Christopher

Ariel & Eric

Rapunzel & Flynn Rider aka Eugene Fitzherbert

Cinderella & Prince Charming

Belle & Adam aka The Beast

Aurora aka Briar Rose & Prince Philip