Happy Valentine's Day!

6"-8"

I made this Valentine's Day cake for my family a little early since I will not be going to visit them on February 14th. The top tier is carrot cake with cream cheese filling. The bottom tier is chocolate cake with a caramel buttercream filling.

Wanda's Burlesque Cake

6"

I made this cake for my co-worker, Wanda. We share a passion for high heels! =) I usually bring Wanda my cake tops after I bake and level my cakes, or "Dusty's top cake" as she calls it. Haha! Her favorite is my chocolate cake so that is what she got. Happy Birthday Wanda! xoxo

Gumpaste Stiletto Heel

 Hey guys! I made this shoe yesterday to be a topper for a birthday cake that I am working on. I will post pics of the cake this week. The salt shaker is just to give you an idea of the size of the shoe. The heel is made with gumpaste. You can't tell from this pic, but the buckle has sparkly silver hologram glitter on it that has flecks of hot pink in it so it's really pretty in person! I apologize for the quality of this pic...I took it with my cell phone last night so I will take better pics of it with my dslr camera this week. I'm a big fan of spike heels and stilettos and I wear shoes like this one to work EVERY day. So when I wanted to make a gumpaste heel, I started looking for tutorials and all that I found were shoes that I wouldn't personally wear myself. Some of them didn't look like real shoes either..kinda flat and stubby. So I figured that I would just have to try making one of my own. In October of 2010, I made a little 6" shoe box cake and I wanted a sexy heel to be the topper for it. I knew that it had to be high and look like something that I would like to wear! This is the shoe that I came up with...

I wanted it to have more straps but I was still new to caking at the time and I had no idea how to bring my idea to life. That was the first and only high heel that I had made until yesterday. I had been researching stiletto gumpaste heels again and I found some sexy ones that I got excited about but I couldn't find any tutorials to go with them. So I just kept looking and I came across one that I loved! And guess what? There was a tutorial with it on how she made it! =) Her name is Roxanne and she is amazingly talented! She came up with a neat little contraption to form the sole of the heel after she cut it out. Very creative! And her shoes are so lifelike!! When I made my purple heel in 2010, I had cut out 2 soles but I have no idea what I used to form them (it was too long ago so I can't remember). =/  Luckily, I kept the 2nd sole, already formed and hardened so I just used that to drape my freshly cut out gumpaste sole on for the new shoe. I will show you guys Roxanne's awesome tutorial that I found! Well first, check out her Valentine inspired shoe that I got my inspiration from here. And here is her tutorial of another amazing shoe that she created! I love her version of the spike for the heel! Go check out her awesomeness! She's on facebook too! She is The Cake Engineer. When you guys visit her site, tell her that Cakes by Dusty sent you!

Congratulations Pebbles!

6"-8"-10"

This was my first time stenciling on a cake. I practiced on a dummy cake first and it came out perfectly. So I was excited about that, obviously! Then when I did it on the actual cake, it did not come out perfect and that was not a happy moment for me. =/ I think that my royal icing was a little too runny for the stencil but I didn't come to that realization until after I had stenciled on both of the tiers! Grrrrr! Next time I will make sure that my royal icing is thicker and hopefully that will give me better results! The top tier is strawberry cake, middle tier is chocolate and the bottom tier is white almond sour cream cake. I was excited to make those cute little baby girl shoes again. =)

Happy Birthday Jovanda & Crystal!

6"-8"

So when I got the order for this cake, I assumed that Jovanda & Crystal were twins! As it turns out, they are just friends (both turning 25) and this cake was a surprise for them ordered by their good friend, Lauren! What a sweet friend! =) Both tiers are white almond sour cream cake with buttercream filling.

Matthew's Happy Feet Cake

 

6"-8"-10"

This cake was boxed up and ready to go before it was brought to my attention that the main little "Happy Feet" penguin did not have his yellow bow tie on! You can't forget the bow tie! So I added it and I took a quick pic of it with my phone. I haven't uploaded the pic yet but I'll add it to this post as soon as I do! All three tiers are white almond sour cream cake with strawberry cream cheese filling.

Happy 35th Brenda!

4"-6"

I was given a photo of a cake to replicate so this isn't my own design. The original cake was flawless and beautiful but I have no idea who to give the credit to since I do not know who made it. Both tiers are white almond sour cream cake with strawberry cream cheese filling. =)

Kady's Rapunzel Cake

8"

It's always tough to photograph a cake that is incomplete without a topper. Thankfully, Kady's mom was nice enough to send a picture of the cake with the topper and candles. Yay! =) Chocolate cake with buttercream filling.  

Happy Birthday Courtney!

6"

Courtney's mom drew me a picture of the cake that she wanted, so I just brought her drawing to life. =) The cake is white almond sour cream cake with buttercream filling.

Ava's Princess Cake

 4"-6"

This cake is a pretty pink version of a cake that I had made for my sister, Charity. Only her cake was turquoise instead of the pink. You can never go wrong with pink in my opinion! =) Both tiers are strawberry cake with cream cheese filling.

Sohie's 5th Birthday

8"-10"

This is Sohpie's Tinkerbell cake. Her mom bought the topper and I didn't have it for the cake's photoshoot (haha), so that's why there isn't a topper. Both tiers are marble cake with vanilla filling. Sophie's mom brought the topper with her when she picked up the cake, so I took a quick picture of it with the topper on...

Aniya's Birthday Cake

4"-6"

This cake is pretty much a replica of one that I had made before, only it has lime green added and the little crown on top. Both tiers are white cake with buttercream filling.

Krystal's 9th Birthday

8"-10"

This cake was based on a design from a picture that Krystal's mom sent me. The specifications were that it had to have pink, purple and silver. So this is what I came up with! Both tiers are white almond sour cream cake. All accents are fondant. =)

Dylan's Cat in the Hat Cake

6"-8"

I was a little nervous at first about making this cake because it was something new for me! I was hoping and praying that it would at least appear to be a Cat in the Hat cake when it was all done. lol I am happy with the end result and very relieved! =) The top tier is strawberry and the bottom tier is chocolate. 

Happy Birthday Anika!

6"

My first Hello Kitty cake, yay! =) Chocolate cake with buttercream filling.  

Welcome Baby Madelyn

4"-6"

This cake was made for when baby Madelyn came home from the hospital. =) Her mom wanted it to be similar to the baby shower cake, with a few changes. This was my first time making the girly baby shoes and they are now my favorite! So adorable and so easy to make! =) The top tier is chocolate cake and the bottom tier is strawberry. Both tiers have a strawberry cream cheese filling. =)

Happy Birthday Loren!

4"-6"

This cake is for my sister-in-law. It was a last minute cake and I had been wanting to make a yellow and pink cake so I decided to use those colors for Loren's cake and then HOPE that she liked it! So when I showed the cake to my mom, she said that Loren would love it because two of her favorite colors are yellow and pink! Yay! I was so excited! Both tiers are white almond sour cream cake with buttercream filling. Happy Birthday Loren! =)

Happy Birthday to my Dad! =)

6"-8"

Happy Birthday to my Dad! Both tiers are carrot cake with cream cheese filling (his favorite). =) The top tier is covered in chocolate fondant and the little footballs are made from the chocolate fondant as well. It tastes like a tootsie roll...yumm! I love you Dad!

Lyndra & Andrea's Birthday Cake

4"-6"-8"

All 3 tiers are chocolate cake with buttercream filling. All of the decorations are fondant. I added a little tylose powder to the fondant that I used for the guitar so that it would dry hard and be able to stand up on it's own. =)

Kristiana's 1st Birthday

6"-8"

Kristiana's mom sent me a pic of the cake that she wanted so I did my best to duplicate it for her. I've seen a few Moose & Zee cakes just like this one so I'm not sure who to give credit to for the design. The top tier is white cake and the bottom tier is chocolate cake. Moose was made from modeling chocolate and the rest of the decorations were made with fondant. =)

Baby MacKenzie

6"-8"-10"

All white almond sour cream cake with buttercream filling. All of the decorations are fondant. I used real ribbon on the ballet shoes and edible glitter on the name plaques. =)

God Bless Se'Rasia

4"-6"

This cake is white almond sour cream with buttercream filling. The bow and cross are made of fondant and I used edible glitter on the cross. =)