Pink Skull & Crossbones Cake, Dora the Explorer and Soccer Cake

This week we will be creating a Pink Skull & Crossbones cake for Eva.  Second cake will be a Manchester United Soccer Cake, and the third one will be a Dora the Explorer Cake with cupcakes for a two year old birthday.  They will be fun to design.  Will post the pictures at the end of the week.

Snow White Birthday Cake

Gracie turned 4 today.  For about two months now she has been asking me to design her a cake. She ask  "Nana I want you to make me a cake, you will do good."  She had decided on a Snow White theme cake.  She was going to be going to the Disney on Ice show for her birthday & dressing up as Snow White.   Her smiles she gave me as she watched me make it was priceless.   Gracie, Happy Birthday!   May you always believe in fairy tales.

Graduation Cakes

We completed two graduation cakes this weekend.  A Paisley Design sheetcake with chocolate cake filled with banana filling.  The Beach Theme sheetcake was a Going Bananas Cake - chocolate cake w/ a hint of cinnamon, filled with a fresh banana toasted coconut filling, chocolate ganache and decorated with vanilla buttercream and fondant.   Congrats to our Graduates!

80th Birthday Auctioneer/Favorite Carnival Food Cake

This cake was designed for my Dad,  who turned 80 this weekend.  He was an Auctioneer & Realtor in the Tampa Bay area. He was owner and operator of AAA Quick-Way Service, 3 miles north of Gibsonton on Hwy 41. His auction company was a true auction, everything  sold to the  highest bidder.  How he and all of us miss those interesting auctions every friday night, never knowing what would be sold from friday to friday. Wondering who would come to see the auctions or whose items we may be selling.  He sold for Dusty Rhodes the wrestler, Mr. Berns, the orginal owner from Berns Steak House in Tampa  would come to buy Restaurant Equipment, to the The Giant from the Giants Camp in Gibsonton.  He would come with his extreme large chair, retired &  selling rings that would only fit the giant.  Always so interesting, and how my dad could tell so many stories of the years of being in this business & the people who he met.     On his letterhead back before internet existed it  said to call or write.  How a few years can change so many things.

He loves chili dogs, popcorn, carmel apples, well will just say he loves carnival food.  So with this inspiration of his Auction business and his love of carnival food, we put this together.  A cake with the bidder number on the top representing his age 80, his business card on the 1st tier with a chili dog, all made out of fondant and gumpaste.  Bottom layer was a real caramel apple and popcorn in popcorn box made out of fondant. Also put a copy of his letterhead on cake board to remember the days he so enjoyed.

The cake flavors were Raspberry Limeade Cake and Chocolate Cake with Samoa Caramel Coconut filling, covered in chocolate ganache and then fondant.

We had a lot of fun celebrating his birthday with all his family and friends.  Thank you all for coming to celebrate with us.

Happy Birthday Dad, Grandpa and  Col. Neil Hoopingarner to some!

Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum

This cake was designed for Sydney for her 16th birthday.  She is in ballet and will be performing as Twiddle Dee in New York!  Sydney drew a picture of a design that she would want for her cake.  She did an awesome job on the art work.  Because of the short notice we didnt have time for Twiddle Dee and Dum to be standing so we created them sitting down position.  Great Work Sydney and Good Luck in your performance in New York as Twiddle Dee.  Happy Birthday!

Teal Hearts & Sparkling Bling Wedding Cake w/ Firefighter & Bride Topper

The Emmons Wedding at River Wilderness in Parrish Florida.  The bottom layer flavor:  raspberry limeade cake, second layer:  chocolate cake w/ samoa caramel coconut filling, top layer chocolate rush - chocolate cake w/ chocolate ganache.

Congrats Russ and Michelle!

Bud Light Sculpted Cake

Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cake with Chocolate Ganache fondant covered   Rehearsal Dinner Cake

Chili Dog

Here is a Chili Dog made out of fondant for a birthday cake  on May 16th, it will go along with the popcorn (made out of fondant) for add-ons for this cake.  Will post more as they are finished,  final pictures of our cake will be posted no later than Sunday evening.  Sno-cone and popcorn box our next.  

Popcorn

Popcorn add-ons made from fondant.  To be used on a cake for Sunday.   We will actually make a popcorn box for our cake this one is one I had around just to use as a prop for the popcorn.  Pictures of our cake box will be coming.  Next is a chili dog, snow cone and not sure what else will go on this special cake.  This cake is for my Dad who will be turning 80 this weekend.  He has been trying to guess what we are making for him.  Hasn't guessed yet but sure is fun to listen to what he thinks it might be.  Will post the final cake in just a few days.

Chocolate Rush

Chocolate Cake with layers of chocolate ganache,  Yummm!  8 inch cake

Golf Birthday Sheetcake

Sculpted Golf Bag w/ golf clubs

Cake flavor   vanilla cake with layers of caramel, chocolate ganache and pecan praline, white buttercream

fondant add-ons

Happy Birthday Bud!

We want to thank Kimberly from Washington, D.C. for interest in our cakes.  We wish you the best on finding a baseball cap cake.  Would of loved making it for you.  Thank you Amber and Sheryl

Going to be making a golf bag with golf clubs on the green for add-ons on a cake will be fun to make.

Amber has been creating Raspberry Limeade Cake for her pkwaks up at Berns this week for her specials this month.  Will have to get a picture of the plated dessert.  Should be really good.

Will begin creating an auctioneer on a cake with food theme items will be fun to create.
Popcorn Box, snow cone, chili dog not sure what else will be inspired in this cake.  It will be for an 80th Birthday Cake.  He was an Auctioneer, and these are some items they served at his Auction every friday night.  Should bring back some memories for Neil.

Zebra Gift Box Cake with a Hand Sculpted Giraffe, Elephant and a Monkey Head

This is the second cake we created for Africa Gala Benefit Auction for Bayside Community Church in Bradenton, Florida.  We also had a blast creating this one.  The cake is a gift box decorated in zebra print, blue tissue paper made out of fondant and hand sculpted a Giraffe head, Elephant head and a Monkey Head peeking out of the gift box.

This cake flavor was peanut butter cake with crushed Reeses Peanut Butter cups, and a vanilla buttercream.  The cake was a 6 inch cake.

We wish them the best in  raising money for the Africa Mission.  Thank you Dena Ogle.

Zebra Jungle Cake

This was one of the cakes the was donated to the Africa Gala Benefit Auction for Bayside Community Church.  We enjoyed creating these cakes for their benefit auction.

This cake was a Sweet Sweet's Turtle Cake
chocolate cake
caramel & pecan praline
vanilla electric green buttercream
sculpted zebra with grass around bottom of cake
tropical foilage
butterflies and dragonfly sculpted  

Mod Monkey Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Noe!


This was a Mod Monkey Birthday Sheetcake and a smash cake for Noe who turned One.  The cake was funfetti cake flavor with a banana mousse filling and vanilla buttercream.  The Mod Monkey Head on top of the sheet cake was also the same flavor of cake and filling.  On the smash cake was a Sculpted Monkey holding the Number One birhtday candle.  Teal and Yellow Circles.

Sweet Sweets Turtle Ice Cream Sandwich

Amber created  Turtle Ice Cream Sandwiches tonight.   She will you this creation as one of her pkwak specials at work this month at Berns Steak House.   Yummy!

She will also create a Raspberry Limeade Cake as her second pkwak special this month.

Cakes for April 24 & 25th

 Mod Monkey Head  Cake on top of a Sheetcake  for a 1 year old with a smash cake that will have a #1 candle with a sculpted monkey holding the candle.  Funfetti Cake  with Banana Mousse Filling

Two cakes for Africa Gala for Bayside Community Church Mission Auction in jungle theme.
Sweet Sweets Turtle Cake & Peanut Butter Cake


A First Communion Cake with a Cross and  some Daisy Flowers. Scrumptious Strawberry Cake

We have been enjoying creating all the animals that will go on these cakes.  We will post the cake photos this weekend.

Welcome

We have posted some of our past cakes and will continue to post cakes in the future.  We hope you will enjoy looking at our gallery as much as we have enjoyed making them.