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Crash! Bang! Boom! Superhero Cake

Just when I had all my cake "stuff" put away, I pulled it back out to make another superhero cake. By the end of August I will have made 5 this year. Never would have guessed that! I can't tell you how excited I am to share this one with you though!  My dear friend Sara got a hold of me last week in regards to her son's birthday party, which they planned last minute, as in 5 days prior. Seriously something I would do! I put off party planning until the last minute possible. Her son is into superheros, like most boys this age are, so of course he was wanting a superhero cake as well. Here's what they got: In retrospect, I'd probably have made the Superman logo a little bit bigger. Next time... Since there were going to be quite a few kids plus their parents, we figured some extra cupcakes might be a good option. (It's always hard to say how many people a cake will serve - it all depends on the cutter!) She volunteered to pick up some cupcakes t...

Cinderella Cake

This past weekend I delivered a pretty princess cake for a young girl who loves Cinderella. Her mom sent me a handful of Cinderella cakes they both liked, and I did my best to combine all them into one cake. I especially love the bow...But I also love how the swirls came out, especially with the pearls! I didn't realize I assembled it a little catty-wompus until after the fact. It's so hard to tell how it'll sit until it's assembled! Aside from all the set-backs I had on this cake from the cake not coming out of the pan to the frosting melting to the pearls falling off in transport, I'm so glad it turned out mostly as planned! And then an hour after I delivered it, I fainted. I'd do it again in a heartbeat though!

Marvel Superhero Cake

Last week I had the pleasure of making a cake for a co-worker. Her son is a huge Marvel fanatic! Without him knowing, she had him tell her his top 5 favorite superheros. They were Iron Man, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man, and Dead Pool. I had only heard of the first two... But low and behold, Ant-Man and Dead Pool sections turned out to be my favorites.   His favorite was the Ant-Man section.  He and his mom were also blown away with the Dead Pool section too. She had no idea who he was either.  Scarlet Witch's cape gave me some problems, but I made it work. Her section was the hardest to come up with because she doesn't have any weapons - just her "M" looking face mask as one of her signatures. I was sure to add that, but opted for adding her cape instead of her little red corset outfit.  Who knew making one superhero cake would lead me to make two more? Just can't get enough of those heros!