# 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

# 112 Power Rangers Samurai Birthday Cake

October 6th, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai Birthday Cake

This was a chocolate/vanilla layered cake, with a whipped cream filling, covered in vanilla buttercream, fondant, and decorated in fondant details.

# 111 Lego Ninjago Birthday Cake

October 6th, 2011

Lego Ninjago Birthday Cake

This was a birthday cake for a boy who was turning 6. :o)

Half chocolate cake, half vanilla cake, with a whipped cream filling, covered in vanilla buttercream.

#110 The Tiny Chocolate Milk Party Cake

August 31st, 2011

The Tiny Chocolate Milk Party Cake

I made this tiny cake for my daughter & I's weekly "Chocolate Milk Party" - which is a great tradition, I think. :o)

I made it from a double oreo, (half chocolate), frosted in buttercream and left, covered, overnight. (The cookie softens)

#109 The Seasoned Missionary Cake

August 30th, 2011

The Seasoned Missionary Cake

This was a birthday cake for one of the missionaries in our ward - he is at the end of his mission here, and was transferring areas the next day. I was crunched for time, so I got the most plain cake I could find at Meijer and brought it home to spruce up. (I know, blasphemous!)

The cake was white frosting, with a blobby orange border and three gigantic blobs made out to be balloons on the cake. I added some more to the border (hey, might as well get really crazy with it), and put a picture on it of two determined missionaries serving in the Chicagoland area. :o)

Vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream.

#108 The Murloc (World of Warcraft) Cake

August 26th, 2011

The Murloc (World of Warcraft) Cake

This was a chocolate cake, with french vanilla buttercream frosting. The murloc I handmade from toothpicks, wire and fondant. (Scroll down for the story) Murloc birthday cake is made from a frosted oreo. :o)

This cake is for my husband, who loves the game World of Warcraft. The murloc is a creature in the game, and it doesn't speak english, all it ever says sounds like "WRGLLURGLURGLL!" - so I had to make it his birthday cake. ☺

First I set up my "work station" - I found a picture online to reference.

(Thanks Blizzard!!)

I constructed the skeleton of dowel rod, tooth picks, and wire. 

If I had bothered to have some styrofoam on hand... it wouldn't be mounted in fondant, I promise.

Then I added the fondant, sculpting the muscles, toes, and other details with a toothpick.

Then I painted it.

The finished murloc, outside (for better lighting) - front view.

Left side - scales!

Right side.

The spiny things are fondant covered wires - and the teeth are individually

 trimmed and painted toothpick tips.

My husband. 

In all his nerdy greatness.

He loved his cake. 

:o)

I wanted the candles to keep with the theme - so I put them in the background for a sort of "tribal" vibe since murlocs are usually found in their tribal-ish villages on the edge of water.

☺

WLURRGLURGLRRGUL!!!

#107 The Sushi Cupcakes

August 16th, 2011

The Sushi Cupcakes

These were white cake, covered in buttercream frosting. Details in various candies. :o)

First, I had to prep my sushi station! :o) My favorite moment was when my son asked me, "Is that rice?"

Left to right: Strawberry licorice, green M&Ms, strawberry nerds, super chopped coconut.

YEAH! One down, 59 to go...

Ninjabread Men in the background.

#106 Ninjabread Men

August 16th, 2011

Ninjabread Men

These...are the greatest idea! These are made with gingerbread, royal icing, and stealth.

#105 The Dinner Cupcakes

August 4th, 2011

The Dinner Cupcakes

I made these for a night we spent at a friend's for dinner. I will not lie... these were DELICIOUS. I made a white cake, without eggs, (I used applesauce instead) and filled each cupcake with a little chocolate pudding, topped with vanilla buttercream. Yum yum yum nom.

#104 Sugar Cube Temple!

August 4th, 2011

Sugar Cube Temple!

Ok, so this isn't really a cake, but I did decorate it! It was tiny, and a fun activity - part of a FHE for the kids - and it got me thinking... what else can I make with sugar cubes?? ... More to come on that! ;o)