Specialty Cakes

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Children's Birthday Cake

2012-06-05T04:30:00.000-07:00

Mickey Mouse has been one of children's favorite comic character for generations. It comes at no surprise then that Mickey Mouse themed cakes are a very popular request for birthdays, even first birthday cakes.

Over the years Mickey might have changed a bit but is popularity is just the same. Nowadays, a Mickey Mouse themed cake will most likely be based on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme.

This cake is covered in fondant and most of the decorative items are created from fondant as well. Only Mickey standing on top is actually a candle.

See here for more I ages of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday cake.

Specialty First Birthday Cake

2012-05-29T00:50:00.000-07:00

A first birthday cake is something very special. It celebrates the first big milestone in your child's life and you will remember it and look at the pictures for many years to come.

For many parents the first birthday is often also the first occasion they let their little one eat some cake. Very often chocolate cake is chosen as flavor.

But this specific specialty first birthday cake was almond cake with apricot fruit filling and almond buttercream. A delight for the senses also for the parents.

If you are looking for design ideas, recipes or tutorial for your child's first birthday cake check out this specialty cake creations blog.

Teardrop Piping Tutorial

2012-03-05T01:53:00.000-08:00

Although my family really admires all the decorating possibilities with fondant cakes, they are not really fond of the taste ;)

When my sister's next birthday came around, I wanted to make a nicely decorated cake with just buttercream. So the idea to try out this teardrop piping pattern came.

As flavors I chose chocolate cake with mint chocolate buttercream filling. The outside piping was done in chocolate, mocha and mint chocolate flavored buttercream.

I used different sizes of round piping tips and a spatula to create this pattern. If you would like to find out more details on how to pipe this pattern see my post Mocha Mint Chocolate Cake with Teardrop Piping Tutorial

Farm Cake with Animal Cupcakes

2012-02-24T04:47:00.000-08:00

This is one of the most unique requests I received for a wedding cake.

The bridal couple lives on an acreage where they also held the wedding. For their wedding cake they requested a cupcake tower with decorations of animals and vegetables that can be found on their farm.

Part of the bridal party and guests were vegan, therefore half the cupcakes including decorations were created to suit a vegan lifestyle and diet.

To learn more about this cake and see more pictures check out the Farm Animals Wedding Cupcake Tower on my blog.

Grape Vines Wedding Cake with Ruffled Fondant

2012-01-23T23:04:00.000-08:00

This wedding cake was created for a very special couple. Coming from Calgary they celebrated their special day at a winery in Kelowna.

Fitting for the location they picked a grape vines theme for the cake. It was covered in ruffled ivory fondant.

Hop over to my website (Click Here!) for more pictures and info on the cake, like the amazing flavors that were chosen etc.

Purple Yam or Ube Halaya Specialty Cake

2011-10-19T12:52:00.000-07:00

Have you heard of ube or purple yam cake before? I haven't.

But if you are from the Philippines or of Filipino descent you probably have. Because this is where this cake specialty is coming from.

I received a request to make ube cake. Although I had never heard of it or made one before I was intrigued by it's colour.

I did a little bit of research and found some great recipes and this is the final product:

To read the full story behind this colorful specialty cake go here: Specialty Ube Halaya Cake and Cupcakes

Specialty Baby Shower Cake

2011-08-14T15:14:00.000-07:00

I was asked to create this baby shower cake resembling a baby bottom and legs.

It is a marble cake filled with chocolate buttercream, frosted in vanilla buttercream. Baby pink and baby blue fondant bows and dots are decorating the cake as they didn’t know the gender of the baby yet.

Royal Blue Lattice Wedding Cake

2011-05-05T23:09:00.001-07:00

This three-tiered wedding cake was adapted from a cake picture provided by the bride to incorporate their wedding colors.

Read the full post on my website http://specialtycakecreations.com/royal-blue-lattice-wedding-cake/

Specialty Golf Course Cake

2011-05-04T23:02:00.000-07:00

Would you like to learn how can make a golf bag cake topper like this for you next golf-themed cake?

I put together a tutorial with lots of pictures and detailed step-by-step instructions how you can make your own golf bag from gumpaste. The e-guide is available through Amazon's Kindle store:

Go here to get your copy.

Why Create Specialty Cakes?

2010-04-01T19:02:00.000-07:00

Specialty cakes can enhance all your celebrations - from birthdays to weddings, graduation parties or showers. Specialty cakes are a guaranteed eye-catcher and will with certainty fascinate your guests.

Specialty Cakes make for a stunning center piece during your party and serve as delicious dessert at the end – all in one.

No birthday is complete without a birthday cake and candles. But you don’t have to be satisfied with a boring sheet cake and just candles on top. Customized specialty cakes come in all shapes and colors. If you can think it the experienced baker or pastry chef can make it. Surprise the soccer fan with a soccer ball specialty cake. You think it will be a flat circle? With modern specialty cake pans even a three dimensional soccer ball specialty cake is possible.

Who said wedding cakes have to be all white? Your specialty wedding cake can be customized to match the color theme of the decorations at the locations of your wedding reception. The several cakes can be stacked on top of each other or displayed separately on a tiered stand. The newest wedding trend are groom’s cakes. Have a specialty cake customized to suit the groom’s interest and taste. How about a specialty cake sculptured as his favorite car?

Furthermore, the cakes of a great specialty cake artist don’t only look fantastic but will also enchant you and your guests with their terrific taste. Specialty cakes come in all kinds of flavors. Aside from the classic vanilla or chocolate cake - how about a mix of both in a marble cake? A recent popular choice is red velvet specialty cake. The vibrant color takes captive the eyes of your guests and its chocolate flavor their taste buds. Do you like carrot cake? A specialty cake can be designed even in this rich and fruity flavor.

Specialty cakes usually have a number of layers. In between all these layers are fillings. Specialty cakes can be filled with one or a variety of flavors, since there are a number of layers to fill. Buttercream fillings in its range of flavors are a classic, as are fruit preserve fillings. Specialty cakes can even be filled with your favorite fruit and whipped cream. And as a contemporary variation your specialty cake can be filled with light mousse fillings in flavors like chocolate or lemon-yogurt.

Cake artists use a variety of materials to create your customized specialty cake. Next to cake and filling in your favorite flavor they work with buttercream, fondant, gumpaste, marzipan, or modeling chocolate. You can use real flowers to decorate your specialty cake but cake artists know how to manipulate sugar dough to create edible sugar flowers that are hard to distinguish from real ones.

Are you convinced yet that your next party or celebration can be brought to a new level with a specialty cake?

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