Happy Birthday, Dylan

This was my first customer who randomly found my blog off the Internet! Yeah! Whoo Hoo! Laura found my craigslist posting and really liked what she saw on my cake blog, so she sent me a quick email on Thursday night asking for a peanut-free cake for her son, Dylan. Dylan loves playing hockey and is having his 12th birthday party today. 

After many emails back and forth, Laura decided on a French Vanilla 9 x 13 cake with vanilla butter cream icing. Dylan's favourite NHL team is the Toronto Maple Leafs, so we decided this logo was very fitting for his birthday cake. 

It was the very first time I had made a cake for a stranger with no guarantee that they would show up to pay for the cake. Thankfully, Laura and her daughter stopped by right on time and picked up the cake!

This cake cost $30. 

Now, let me tell you about the many many cupcakes I had to make the night before...

My Favourite Cake

This is my favourite cake so far. I had just finished the Wilton Cake Decorating II class and my mother asked for a birthday cake for her party. Her birthday happens to be 5 days before Christmas, and she is adament that her birthday is NOT an extension of Christmas. So I thought this cake was as far from Christmas as possible.

This cake is an 8" chocolate marble cake with homemade buttercream icing (BC). The dark and light purple violets were made the week before in Royal Icing (RI).

Mmmmm....I love cakes.