Cookie Dough Overload

Today is one of my husband's best friends' birthday. His girlfriend also happens to be one of my dear friends. When I asked her what kind if cake he wanted for his birthday, his answer was that he likes cookies more than cake. I had just the answer... Cookie dough cake!!

I've traditionally done my "Dough!" Recipe as cupcakes. But I have been wanting to try it as an over the top cookie dough overload cake. 

I have to say it was a success!!

The top and bottom layers were a traditional yellow cake while the middle layer was eggless cookie dough. The cake was then frosted with a cookie dough flavored frosting and garnished with cookie strips and mini chocolate chips to form the "29."

The cake was almost 5 inches tall and every bit as decadent as it sounds. The top and bottom layers were the same height to begin with. you can tell how heavy the cake was by looking at how much smaller the bottom layer is now!

There is no better way to consume massive amounts of cookie dough than with cake and frosting to go with.

Stay Sweet!

Under the Sea!

My niece, Lucy, recently turned 5.  My sister had been planning the party for months with a mermaid "under the sea" theme. She wanted something that gave the essence of the mermaid without being too Disney and in your face. 

We both spent a long time on Pinterest trying to find the perfect cake, and ended up merging a couple of ideas together. I had found a few nautical waves cakes I thought would pair perfect with the scales my sister wanted for the bottom tier. 

The pictures didn't capture the subtleties of the cake. The waves, which were a 50/50 modeling chocolate-fondant mix, were rubbed with shortening to give a wet look. 

The scales were also dusted with gold luster dust to give the fishy sheen. 

The sand castle was just cake made in a sand castle mold. It was then covered in piping gel and the edible sand applied. The sand was made with golden Oreos, graham crackers, and a little brown sugar. It smelled incredible!!

The sea shells and sea horses in the sand were simply made with candy molds and Wilton candy melts. Everything was edible!!!!

And Lucy seemed to enjoy... 

Stay Sweet!!

He's cute, he's sweet, and so much fun, the little sweetheart is turning one!

Birthdays are in the air! My old friend Erin contacted me about doing her son's first birthday cake and smash cake. I was so excited when she told me it was a sweetheart theme because Jackson was a little Valentine baby. 

She sent me this invite and wanted to stick to a teal chevron and red heart theme. 

She also wanted a red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting. That complicated the idea of fondant because while cream cheese frosting must be refrigerated, fondant cannot be. 

So I stuck with a clean frosted cake and used a 50/50 mix of marshmallow fondant and modeling chocolate just as the decorations. 

The cake turned out stunning, don't you think?! 

I also made a matching smash cake with chevron sides using the petal method. 

I think someone enjoyed it...