Birthday parties for grown-ups

I don't do many birthday cakes for adult birthday parties, so when I do I really enjoy doing them!

 

The next 5 pictures were for an 80th birthday party for an avid boater.  I was given pictures of past boats and logos for past and present boat/yacht clubs.  The bottom tier has the 4 boats an dthe top tier has the club logos.  The flag on top contained a special message from the guest of honor's grandchildren.

 

 

 This was for a combination 36th birthday and college graduation:

This was was probably my most challenging cake to date.  The topper is the sign language sign for "OK".  I made the hand out of rice krispy treats and covered it in modeling chocolate.

 

 

 

  

For 3 birthdays that happened in the winter:

 

Yikes-I knew it had been a while since I updated this blog, but I didn't realize just how long it had been! Cakes below are ones I have done since last fall. In no particular order.....


Graduation cake for a Sam Houston State University graduate:


Rocket ship cake. This one was quite a challenge to transport. I learned a lot from this one!




Cake for a baby shower with a "Once Upon A Time" theme:

First Birthday Cake:

Minnie Mouse Cake:

Cake for a 50th Birthday. The bow and ribbon are gumpaste painted with a shimmery red food coloring. The scrolls were piped with royal icing and then painted with gold luster dust:

Cake for my next door neighbor's 7th Birthday. The party was at a pottery painting place. The palette and brush are made out of gumpaste

Baby Shower Cake:

This Mickey Mouse cake was the last one I did before cake maternity leave:

Birthday cake for a friend's birthday. The stripes around the sides are an edible image sheet:

Hello Kitty cake for a 4th birthday party. This was my first cake back after cake maternity leave!

Cake for a 1st birthday party:

Cake for a 30th birthday. This is my favorite cake to date. I so rarely get to do "grown up" cakes! The cigars are rice krispie treats wrapped in chocolate fondant. The wood grain was painted onto white fondant.

Smash cake for a 1st birthday. It went along with the cupcakes in the next picture.

Cake for a wedding shower:

Brownie pops and rice krispie alligators for a first birthday party:

Cupcakes for a wedding shower.

Zoo/jungle themed cake for a baby shower. This is my favorite zoo/jungle cake so far:

Cake for a 50th birthday:

Thanks for looking!!