Ellie's Zebra Cake July 2011

Ellie knew just what she wanted for her birthday cake and came to Kayla to do the creating. Ellie wanted a tiered zebra cake...

Ellie's mom checked in afterwards: "It turned out great! It was a tough choice between the 2 boas. Ellie went with the blue, but I think the pink was a little more to scale with the cake, so I took pics both ways for Kayla. She really did such a great job -very professional:). It was a beautiful cake. She did a great job and Ellie loved it:)."

Turtle Cake March 2011

Kayla created this fun cake for her friend's birthday. The adorable 3-D turtle is made with fondant.

Brooks' Basketball Cake March 2011

Happy birthday Brooks!!!

Kayla was asked to create a basketball-themed quarter sheet cake for Brooks' birthday. The design was based on a combination of a cake Kayla had created previously as trim work from a cake the client had seen. Kayla baked two square cakes and created this basketball court.


Customer comments: We got so many compliments on the cake today. Everyone was excited to see the confetti cake!

Zebra Cake

April 2011

Pikachu Cake 0411

Kayla was asked to create a simple layered cake depicting Pikachu from Pokemon for Grady. Kayla iced the cake and then decorated it like a Pokeball complete with a 3-D Pikachu made with fondant. Using her creativity, she made lighteningrods, Pikachu's ability, to keep the plastic wrap off the cake for transport.

Baseball Birthday Cakes for Hope

CSA Flames star Hope wanted a couple of double-layer chocolate chip cookie cakes for her birthday, one featuring the back of her #1 jersey and the other featuring a baseball.

Her mom made an awesome display and said she really liked the cakes because they were "different...not traditional." She was also thrilled with how many people she could serve with just two cakes...two separate birthday celebrations! One with friends and one with family.

University of Richmond Seniors

The U of R womens' basketball game came back to Kayla for their favorite double layer chocolate chip cookie cakes...one for each of their graduating seniors.

According to our contact there: "(Kayla's) cakes are always a big hit and EVERYBODY likes them."

February 2011

Imagination Movers

One of our favorite families was preparing for Michael's 5th birthday and asked Kayla to create an "Imagination Movers" cake.

Customer comments: "Cake was a huge hit!"

Nolan's Baseball Birthday Cakes

Kayla was recommended to make cakes for a special 6 year old's baseball-themed birthday party. She was asked to make a double layer chocolate chip cookie cake and a 3-D funfetti baseball cake.

Happy birthday Nolan!

Client response: "OMG! The 15 kids at the party today loved the cakes! The boys all thought the baseball field was awesome. I loved, loved, loved the round baseball cake. It was so moist and the icing was delicious! I feel like the cool mom on the block since I offered up some amazing cakes."

December 2010

JR Tucker Girls Volleyball Cake December 2010

Kayla was commissioned to create a cake for the JR Tucker Girls Volleyball teams end-of-season celebration.


She baked this quarter-sheet half chocolate half yellow cake with Tucker orange & blue design and a 3-D volleyball cake.

The scroll work is all done by hand, no stencil or template.

Boy Scouts of America December 2010

One of our favorite customers returned with a request for her favorite chocolate chip double layer cookie cakes commemorating the birthday of Boys Scouts of America.

Kayla created two cookie cakes; one with chocolate fudge filling the other with vanilla. Her client requested the scout logo on one cake and suggested the world scouting logo on the other.

 

Client feedback: "yummy and looked great too!"

Eight Cake November 2010

Kayla was commissioned to make a "figure 8" cake for Mackenzie's 8th birthday using her favorite colors...pink and green. Kayla created this cake by baking two 14" round cakes and using coloring details to create the number 8.

Financial Peace Visa Card Cake

In August 2010, Kayla was commissioned to make a cake for a Financial Peace University class at a local church. The cake was to celebrate the completion of the 13-week class. Kayla created a sheet cake resembling a Visa credit card; the class members then ceremoniously cut the cake -- representing the act of cutting up credit cards / dumping debt.

The cake is French vanilla with buttercream frosting and was a huge hit!