A Family of Whales Cake

I was walking around the neighbourhood with my 2 kiddos and met our neighbour on the way home.  She was looking at the cakes and stuff.  She was so excited...ah, I remember when I was planning for my prince's first birthday.  That's what she was doing today...planning, wanting to make it perfect.

She was looking a little upset and I asked her how was her day. She kept saying that she has been asking several bakeries if they could make a 3D cake for her with a family of whales.  She kept saying that her boy loves whales as he has a collection of them for his bath time play, etc, etc, etc.  I know how important the "1ST" birthday is for every Mom.  I told her that it might not be perfect but if she doesn't mind, I would love to bake her little boy that cake.  Its my gift to him.  When we got home, my hub told me that he just received an invitation from our neighbour, inviting us to their son's 1st birthday.....ha!ha!

So, here's the cake I baked for this little boy.  The cake is a vanilla sponge cake with strawberry cream fillings, wrapped with fondant.  We brought the cake to the little boy and he was screaming with joy...kept on screaming...whallllllle, whalllllle, whallllllllle.  His Mom kept saying "thank you".  I am so happy that I made the little boy and his family so happy!

Here's the cake which I made for the little boy!  Its something simple but did catch the eye of the birthday boy.

Till next time..happy baking!

Cupcakes with Love

We were planning a nice day out with the family but I received a phone call asking if I could bake some cupcakes.  An old friend of ours is down as someone broke her heart. My whole bunch of girlfriends wanted to sent the message across - WE LOVE YOU! We are here for you! I told them that I could come out with something simple as I really do not have much time to bake and decorate...especially if I only have 2 hours max.

So...with a simple chocolate cake recipe, I baked the cupcakes. While I was baking it, I made the buttercream with 1 shot of espresso. I also wanted to send the message that we LOVE her!  So...here's what I came out with....something SIMPLE.

Brought over the cupcakes and when I saw her face... I knew she got our message!
My dearest friend....we are here for you!!!