My newest cake creation this week. 

It was inspired by a young woman who asked me to create her sister a cake & adding components from the M•A•C makeup line because this is her favorite makeup. 

The cake is 2 layers of vanilla with white buttercream frosting, topped with fondant. The sculpted cosmetics are a fondant base.

Beach Themed Wedding Cake

Here is a beach themed Wedding Cake I made for a Bride & Groom.  All chocolate cake with whipped buttercream frosting & a fondant base. The shells are made of white chocolate.  Flowers were used to garnish the topper to match the Bride's bouquet.

My Crazy, Busy Life~

SO, I have been a little busy around here these days...  It's actually a good thing, my busy life, because my busy-ness is resulting in more photography clients coming in which leaves my 'Cake-A-Week' project over here gathering dust bunnies.  

Wedding Season is here, so my regular Sessions are less during the week to compensate for my Wedding Clients & when I have down time in editing I will be back to start right where I left off. Cake 2.  Hahahaha!  Yes, I only made it to Cake #1 & its already mid-June.  

I have some awesome ideas of cakes & cupcakes, so maybe we will start with that--this weekend, maybe??  Well, check back & see us on Monday to see where we are at & what we've created here at Cake Girl~

My Cake-a-Week | The Cake Girl

Well, my cake a week project is well under way.  I have posted my very first cake of the year on my Cake-a-Week section here on my Blog.  I am very excited to be able to share my cakes & my journey of experimenting different cake flavors, styles, fondants & buttercream.  In this weeks project I made a simple made-from-scratch white vanilla cake with plain vanilla buttercream & home-made MMF {marshmallow fondant}.

Making home-made MMF is something I have been wanting to try for a long time now.  I have only accustomed myself to using the Wilton store bought fondant because this is what I used when first learning in my cake classes.  Of course, store bought is easiest, but the taste is not so great.

SO, with my first cake of the year I decided to try a new recipe that I found on Cake Central, one of my favorite cake websites to learn some great inside information from professional bakers to homemakers who bake for families & friends.  When I started putting together the ingredients I first thought to myself, 'WHAT in the world was I thinking??!'  But then once I got my hands in the bowl & starting kneading the marshmallows & the sugar, shape started to take form.  I also found out that Crisco is my best friend when using my hands!

Listed below are a couple photos I took of before & after...  It could have been better, but for my first try with home made MMF, I think it turned out pretty ok.