Victoria's cake

I was hired by someone in Long Island to make Elmo cupcakes (see post below) and she also wanted a birthday cake featuring purple and butterflies. I had so much fun making this cake - the butterflies were my little pets for a couple of days - I was sad to see them go! The cake was a layer of chocolate and vanilla, with a whipped cream ganache filling, icing was vanilla buttercream. Doug took the photos.

One more about Gus and his birthday, I promise

Here's the cupcake I did for Gus - figured he needed one of his own to enjoy. Doug thought my frosting looked like a blue dog turd, but hey, Gussie loved it!

Gussie's cake

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I had big plans for the cake, but as it always goes, time ran out on me and went with the old standby - dots and bubble letters! It was good, even if it did turn everyone blue!

Inside the cake:

Gus turned 1!

delicious Gus
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This is Gus at his birthday party in late November. I thought a blue velvet cake would be a good idea, but I think I went overboard a bit. Gus LOVED the buttercream, but had blue poops for a couple of days after that. Hilarious!

Swirly cakes

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Also made these red/white swirly cupcakes at Melanie's, but we didn't get a pretty photo of them. Loved the way they turned out!