Happy Birthday Lil'

I made this cake for a great friend of mine, who asked me to make her a birthday cake. I truly enjoyed making the cake, it was my first time making fondant roses, and I loved the way the roses looked at the top of the cake. I did struggle a bit with the fondant, but I think I made it work. My friend definetly enjoyed her white chocolate and strawberry filled cake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY, March 23, 2010

I made this cake for my loving husband Tony, I wanted to do something different, so I took a big risk, and attempted to replicate his 1950's Chevy Truck. Well as you can see it was a definite attempt!!! I now know my strength is not cars. (LOL) My husband enjoyed it, and thanked me for my efforts.

I made this cake for my FIL, he is from the jukebox era, and is a huge music lover. Loves All music, but especially jukebox 50's music. So what better way to honor his birthday and love for music. The best part was to hear my nieces say "I want the bubblegum". What bubblegum?? Lol, they thought the round button on the jukebox was bubblegum, very cute, and a great idea, I will use it on the next cake.

COCA-COLA Cake

I made this cake for my husbands aunt's birthday. Apparently she is a huge coca-cola fanatic and collector. She loved the cake, and I was really happy with the way it turned out.

Pink Elephant

So i did this cake for an old Friend, she was planning a pink elephant baby shower for her friend. I enjoyed making this cake! Something new to add to my portfolio!

March 20th, 2010- Purple Fabulosity

I made this cake for a good friend of mine, her only request was that it be purple and fabulous! Since she has such a great sense of style, I thought it was only fair that I accompany her cake with a stylish pregnant lady, with heels and a matching purse (the pictures don't show the heels very well, but I hope you can see the purse). She absolutely loved the cake, and it matched her baby shower theme perfectly. Another Happy Customer = Priceless!

Cake is White Chocolate, w/ Oreo Cheesecake Filling.

It's a Jungle Out There

My friend asked for a baby shower jungle themed cake and this is what I came up with. It's a mix of ideas, I found online, but overall I loved the way this cake turned out.

March 15th, 2010 -- Cortez Wedding Cake

What a crazy week I have had so many cake requests, so have been madly making cakes in my kitchen.

This past weekend I made a wedding cake, with over 100 handmade gumpaste flowers. My first time working with gumpaste, and i love it!

Here's a photo from my cake this weekend.

Past Cakes

Here is another wedding cake I did a while back. Over 60 handmade sugar roses, 100% Fondant Cake, Lemon cake, with Lemon Filling, very delicious cake!

San Diego Cake Show, 2010

So this weekend I entered the San Diego Cake Show, wow, what a week. I had a crazy week at work super busy, so I unfortunetly could not dedicate as much time as I wanted to for my cake entry, but with the time that I had, and the number of things I had to do this weekend, I was happy I was able to finish my cake.

I was amazed by all the cakes submitted for the show, every cake showed time and dedication, and exquisite attention to detail and innovative cake skills. AMAZING Cakes!!!

Here is a picture of my Cake Entry "Spring Time". Enjoy!

baby boy shower cake

I am adding more pictures of cakes I have done in the past.

Valentines Day Cupcakes!

I made Valentines Day Cupcakes for my co-workers. (Big surprise!!)

The surprise wasn't the cupcakes, it was the recipe I used for the cupcakes! I made Apple Spice Cupcakes, since I had left over apples, and I topped them off with a vanilla cinnamon frosting. They turned out great!

Other Past Cakes

Here are a few pictures of a few of my past cakes. All great cakes= All Happy Customers!

Sister's Birthday Cake

I made this cake back in January, the whole style of the cake was new to me, and quite risky. I wanted to make a cake for my sister's 30th birthday, and since she never had a dream birthday cake as a child, I wanted to make this one super special. So I knew it had to be Cinderella themed as it is her all time favorite Disney movie, and it had to be baby blue her favorite color.

This cake was a venture into the unknown for me, and it took several weeks of online researching, chatboards, and you-tube videos to come up with the master plan. I have never worked with a ball cake pan, or attempted to make a pillow cake and have never carved a cake for that matter, and it was my first time making a champagne cake with champagne filling and my first time making fondant sculpted characters (the mouse). This cake was a complete learning experience, and I plan to build upon it. The cake turned out great, and my sister's reaction to the cake, made the stress and weeks of preparation totally worth it.

Weekend of February 6-7, 2010

These were my cakes from this past weekend. I was very impressed with myself, new techniques, new fillings, and so much fun. Loved the final product, and loved the expressions on people's faces when I delivered the cakes. Happy Customers= Priceless!











Snowboarder Cake:
Cake Flavor: Champagne Cake
Cake Fillings: Champagne Custard
Dulce de Leche
Vanilla Filling

Converse Baby Boy Cake:
Cake Flavor: Blue Funfetti
Cake Fillings:
Vanilla
Strawberry

Linares Cakes

In July of 2009, I embarked on a new journey of meshing my two passions; my love for baking & my love for artistic crafty creations. With my sister's strong encouragement I began taking a few cake decorating classes, and have fallen in love with this art form. I am quite the new-be to the cake artistry world, but practice makes perfect, and with every cake I get better. Cake decorating is definetly a form of art and has become a passion of mine. Join me on my journey as I continue to expand my skills in cake artistry. Feel free to post comments & tips to improve my skills.