Halloween 2009

My kids are not ready for really gory cakes. So here is a kid friendly Halloween Cake. Two layers of chocolate cake with cookies-and-cream filling.

Yu-gi-oh Cake

Slowly I am working my way through the games. After Pokemon and Viva Pinata we finally have a Yu-gi-oh Cake. The pyramid is made with alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake. The sign is made from chocolate.

Rubber Ducky Cake

I was asked to make a rubber ducky cake for a baby shower. For the first time I actually carved a cake and then covered it in marzipan. Thanks Janet for challenging me!

Summer Cupcakes

I love decorating cupcakes, because you can give each a different motive and still follow a theme. With the butterflies and the black- and raspberries I wanted to celebrate the end of summer. The berry cupcakes are already pumpkin, but the butterfly ones are the good old chocolate.

Big New Cake

It was Barbara and Randy's big End-of-Summer-Party and I was trying new recipes and working on a new frosting. So here it is: a hazelnut cake with an espresso mouse filling and my new "lighter" German butterbream. I think I have been able to reduce the calories by half without using anything artificial. It is all just butter and milk, but much less sugar.

Littlest PetShop Cake

One of my daughters classmates had a birthday and she is very much into Littlest Petshop right now. So I made a two-layer chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling. Her favorite puppy sits on top of an Oreo-style cookie.

Summer Babyshower

This week I made cupcakes for a baby shower. We have Vanilla cupcakes with flowers and butterflies and Carrot cupcakes with cute baby girl chocolates.