Minnie Mouse

I have Minnie Mouse on the brain lately since our Disney trip is less than a month away! I was so excited to do this cute, cute Minnie Mouse cake for Audrey's 3rd birthday!! Love the colors and the accents.

The bottom tier and the Minnie hat are both strawberry cake covered in fondant. The bottom alternates the white/black zebra print with a pink/white polka dot and a black/white polka dot. Cute, cute!!!

Hello Kitty

We combined several different ideas to come up with this cake. The bottom tier is dark chocolate fudge.  The top tier is french vanilla.The cake is covered in marshmallow fondant. 

The stripes on the bottom tier were made to match the border around the plates for the party. 

Rapunzel's Tower and dress

This is probably the tallest cake that I've built so far. I tried to replicate Rapunzel's tower pretty closely, however I added some brighter coloring to it.

The grass part is french vanilla cake. The tower is rice krispie treasts. All covered and accented with fondant.  Painted with lustre dust to shimmer. The concrete blocks showing through the broken part of the tower is my favorite!!

I also did Rapunzel's dress. The cake was strawberry and it was covered in fondant. I had to tie her hair up in a ziploc baggie "hair net" to keep it out of the cake while decorating!!

Fun!!

Minnie Mouse

This is the same Minnie Mouse face cake that I did before. This one is for sweet Ellie's birthday, and the one I did 2 years ago (can't believe it has been that long) was for her older sister, Sophie. I love that they had the same cake for their 2nd birthdays.

This cake is french vanilla. It is covered in buttercream. The bow is fondant, as well as the pink and white polka dotted strip around the outside of the cake. 

Tangled Cupcakes

I saw these Tangled cupcakes on Pinterest and since my little girl wanted a Tangled birthday cake I decided to do these for her class at school.

Most of these were french vanilla that I tinted pink (of course) and baked in ice cream cones. Three of them are dark chocolate fudge since I had some batter left over from another cake. The accents on the cones are fondant and the little flowers are sprinkles. Topped with purple buttercream icing. 

Nutella Cupcakes

These are dark chocolate fudge cupcakes filled with nutella and topped with nutella buttercream icing. My new favorite. This was probably the best thing I have ever put in my mouth.

Red Velvet Rose Cake

This rose cake is red velvet with cream cheese icing that I made for a fundraiser at Taelyn's school. I didn't spend a ton of time on the roses because I had to slice it and package each slice individually.

Reveal Cake

I did another reveal cake today. I did it the same style as the previous one, but in an 8" circle. It was french vanilla (can't tell you what color it was dyed, yet!!) and covered entirely in fondant. It had bow and button accents.

Valentine's Rose Cake

I seriously love this cake. I love the all white roses. The inside is strawberry. It is covered in buttercream and sprayed with lustre dust to make it shimmer. Yum!

[edit 5/10/12: Apparently I have upset someone because they feel that I am leading you to believe that this rose cake is my original design. I did not come up with the design for this cake, nor have I ever claimed that I came up with the design for this cake. I never intended you to believe that I came up with the design for this cake. I first saw this cake on pinterest a few months ago when it was being repinned for the 10,000th time. I then followed the pin to I am Baker's rose cake tutorial where she explains in detail how to make this cake. I figured anyone with an internet connection has seen this cake all over the web, so I never even assumed that someone would think I came up with this on my own. According to Amber from my comments section, I "stole" this cake design. However, personally I don't consider it stealing when the person who came up with it puts a step-by-step tutorial on their blog telling you how to make it. When someone does that, I am assuming that they want others to use their idea. Especially when the blogger says, "SO excited to share with you how easy it is to make the rose cake. Seriously, once you see you are going to run right out, buy a 1M tip, and make one."  For some reason I was under the impression that she wanted others to use her cake design. Maybe I read into that all wrong. However, I apologize if I led anyone to believe I came up with this. I did not. ]

Wedding Shower Cake

I also did a wedding shower cake for this weekend for the daughter of a sweet, sweet friend of my mother-in-law. I did a 2 tiered SQUARE cake for her!! I don't know why I rarely do squares, but for some reason I gravitate towards my round pans when I am baking. I really like squares, though. And squares were perfect for this cake!!

The bottom tier was french vanilla, covered in fondant with fondant damask-like accents around it. The top tier was dark chocolate fudge, covered in fondant with a quilted pattern accented with pearls. On top was a fondant bow. I love the navy and white combination of this cake. I decided to spray the cake with a lustre dust when I was finished with it to give it a shimmer. It altered the color of the cake a bit, which I was disappointed about. Before I sprayed it, the navy was the most beautiful, rich blue color. I LOVED it. After I sprayed it, it added a tint of a silver sheen, making it more of a gun metal color. Still pretty, just not what I had originally mixed.

I also did some navy and white cookies for the shower. Still not too proud of my cookies, but they are getting better, I think. I didn't completely hate the royal icing this time... just slight hatred. Ugh. I hope to eventually perfect these, because I think they could be so cute. Anyone with pointers... I'll take them!!

Baby Reveal Cake

I did a baby reveal cake for my friend Lauren for this weekend. We found a design that we loved on pinterest and used that one, with a few differences. I checked first to make sure that it was okay that we used this girl's design... she didn't mind.

The cake was french vanilla, dyed... BLUE, because my sweet friend is having a boy! The cake was then covered in marshmallow fondant with a quilted center, and different colored stripes, bows and buttons to accent.

Congratulations, Lauren!!

Say, Maaaaap!

This Dora cake was for sweet Elizabeth's second birthday! It was dark chocolate fudge with buttercream frosting and fondant accents. The explorer stars were my favorite!

Baby Shower for Twins!!

I did a cake for my sweet friend Emily who will be having TWINS in a month! I did a "2 peas in a pod" themed cake. The cake was dark chocolate fudge, covered in buttercream and accented with fondant.

Winter ONEderland

The bottom tier was dark chocolate fudge. The top tier was french vanilla. All covered in fondant and with fondant accents. Sprayed with lustre spray. I posted the top picture because you can actually see the lustre on it. This was a fun one!! The cupcakes were the same flavors, but topped with buttercream with a blue and white swirl.  Happy Birthday, sweet Harris!

Girl's Soccer Cake

This soccer cake was for a girls' soccer team and they wanted it pink. Strawberry on the inside and pink and black on the outside. I added some pink coloring to the cake batter and the inside was ELECTRIC pink. I wish I had a picture of it! The grassy area was french vanilla. All covered in buttercream.

Halloween Cake

This cake was for a bunko party. Dark chocolate fudge - the recent favorite flavor!! It was made to match the plates that she had for the party. 

I added some little guys to the side :)

Lingerie Shower

This cake was for Diane's lingerie shower. I practiced with some cookies, too. Still not happy with them.  Cake is dark chocolate fudge, covered in marshmallow fondant. 

Logo Cakes

These were logo cakes done for a retirement party. I did them a few weeks ago and I have a baby so I'm a little forgetful, but I think that they were dark chocolate fudge, strawberry and red velvet. Then I did a large one to go along with these that said "Congrats on your retirement... ." It was french vanilla.

Family Blog

For those of you that follow this blog and like reading about my family, I started a family blog: The Tuminello Family. Hop on over!

I have some cakes to post later today if I get around to it!

My girls

Most days I don't think that Taelyn and Lillian look alike, but I've come to realize that is because I don't really remember Taelyn's chubby baby look! She looks so different now than she did when she was a baby and it is hard to remember her that way. However, some days I come across her baby pictures and it really makes me realize how much my girls do look alike! Here are some pictures I was comparing today:

This is Taelyn at 4 months!

This is Lillian at 3.5 months. Lillian has filled out more now and looks more like the picture of Taelyn above. But they both have that same grin on their face!! 

Love these girls!!