Bucknell cake

This is the first buttercream transfer cake I have ever made. This was for Tim's surprise birthday party. He didn't realize it, but we planned to surprise him after his volleyball game on his birthday at a friends house and watch a football game that night. Dan thought it would be cool if I did the Bucknell logo on the cake. I looked at it and said no way, it's too detailed. Then I thought about it some more, agreed with Dan that it would be really neat to do this logo for him, and so I hopped on google. Google lead me to the frozen buttercream transfer method of things... You take a picture, reverse it, and cover it with parchment paper. Then you pipe the smallest details first, building up till you've constructed the whole thing. Then you freeze the whole kit and kaboodle solid in the freezer for a couple of days. Make sure it stays flat! Once you bake the cake, frost the top of it normally. Then pull the transfer out of the freezer, and IMMEDIATELY flip it upside-down on the cake. You don't want to let it thaw at all, lest it come apart in your hands. Then you can finish decorating the rest of the cake the way you normally would.

I'll be doing two more of these in the next couple of weeks, I've got some cool stuff planned!

Linux World cake

Time for a good old fashioned Friday evening cake FAIL!  I made this cake for Dan when he found out he was going to Linux World for work.  This was back in the beginning of making cakes when I thought that levelling cakes was dumb and a waste of cake.  Well, it's still a waste of cake, but there's a reason for it!  Check out the second picture in the slideshow.

Pax's 1st birthday cake

These are the cakes I made for Paxton's first birthday party.  The main cake is 3 tiers tall, chocolate with chocolate chips.  All the frosting is buttercream.  The head of Mickey Mouse is two cupcakes for ears, and a 6" round cake cut down a little to be in proportion for the head.  That is done all in buttercream with the star tips.  The cupcakes were frosted just with a spatula, and then red white and black sprinkles in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head were applied to the edge, and plastic party rings were put in the middle for the kids to wear.  The cupcakes were a mix of chocolate and vanilla.