Got a bug in your bonnet?

No, not a bee... A bug! A grasshopper, to be exact.

Exactly one year ago, I made this ladybug picnic cake / cake pop combo for the lovely Harper, who was turning 4. Well, little Harper really loves her bugs, because this year for her birthday, she requested a grasshopper cake! And, not only does she love bugs, but she has fantastic taste. Her request was not your standard chocolate cake with white frosting. Nope. She wanted a spice cake! I admire her sophistication at such a young age.

Busy, busy, busy!!!

We've been busy over here at Caketacular. I'm in Charleston this week for CupcakeCamp Charleston, which is sure to be a spectacular, caketacular time! 2 hours of unlimited cupcakes at a fancy hotel in gorgeous Charleston? Why not!?

We're also gearing up for the holiday season. Halloween is behind us - pictures of Halloween cake pops to come soon. Next, it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving. Turkey cake pops, anyone? What about pilgrim hats?

Then, the wedding for my lovely friends Jenny & Brett in December. This is going to be a big one, folks.

Thank you for your continued support, and please contact us if there is anything we can do for you in this upcoming holiday season!

Happy Birthday, America!

This was a ridiculously fun project, as well. This was my first time working with flow icing, and I think I will do it again, when appropriate. It was much easier to do the stars with flow icing than it would have been with the melted candy coating.

A wedding for... 285!

This was the biggest event I have done to date, which is very exciting. A friend from high school got married recently, and was looking for a beautiful arrangement for their rather formal and large wedding reception. We decided on a tiramisu cutting cake, with an arrangement of 270 cupcakes. The cupcakes followed the wedding colors, and were arranged in a gradient from very pale lavender to a darker purple color. I also incorporated their theme of origami paper cranes into the cake and cupcake display.



Also, for the "groom's cake," we did cupcakes modeled after the aliens from Toy Story, the groom's favorite movie.

A wedding celebration

A former colleague of mine contacted me recently, as her father was getting re-married, and wanted a casual but delicious cake arrangement for the wedding celebration. We decided on a cupcake tier with a 2-layer cutting cake. The flavors were vanilla, lemon, and almond, with an almond cutting cake.

It's a bird... it's a plane... no, it's Super Dad!

For all the wonderful dads out there, I made Super Dad cake pops!

More ladybugs!

A good friend of mine had a friend coming to visit her this spring who loves ladybugs, so she requested an order of ladybug cake pops as a welcome gift!