Coffee Theme Bridal Shower

Here's a bridal shower I did this past weekend. This is was for my husband's co-worker's daughter who are practically like family. The theme of the bridal shower was coffee. It was held at Por Fin restaurant in Coral Gables. The upstairs part of the restaurant had a private section with a bar, tables, chairs and lounge area. The decor was absolutely perfect because it matched with the theme color: chocolate brown. The tables had adorable favors such as little coffee cups with matching saucers, little coffee pots or "Cafeteras" as Cubans would say, and little coffee scoops. The flower arrangements were beautiful as well with clear vases filled with coffee beans. My delicious decor was the perfect touch for the occasion. I used my white wooden stand with a chocolate brown ribbon trim. Each tier had a different delicious goody. It started from coffee cup cupcakes made of chocolate cake with a Kahlua mocha chip buttercream filling, and a marscapone buttercream swirl. I added a sprinkle of cocoa powder and a royal icing handle. The next tier had mexican wedding cookies aka almond cookies. They were packaged in clear boxes and wrapped with a thin chocolate brown ribbon. More cupcakes were added and the last tier had decorated sugar cookies. One side had coffee cups cookies and the other coffee pot (cafetera) cookies. All sugar cookies were decorated with fondant with royal icing details. Absolute perfection!

Gator Grooms Cake

Remember the engagement cupcakes I did for my really good friends, Carla and Scott? Well, here is the grooms cake. As much as I would have loved to have done the wedding cake (the wedding cake was part of their reception package), Carla wanted to have a surprise for Scott and asked me to do the grooms cake. Of course I couldn't say no. They both graduated from the University of Florida and they are extreme Gator Fans. She wanted something very simple but for it to be UF Gator theme. I thought the logo is the best idea and the colors I love because they aren't the true UF original colors. They are more pastel based and I think it went perfect for their May 30th wedding. They actually got married the day before my 6 year wedding anniversary. :) Enjoy!!!

Of course, the "real" photographer's pictures always come out best. Aren't the little bears with the gator gear just so cute???



This is the part I don't like. :( After the hours of mixing, baking, cooling filling, and decorating...they cut the cake. But then I guess eating the delicious cake makes it all worth it!

My First Wedding Cake

Ok so this is the long anticipated first wedding cake I did back in December of 2008. This was for my really good friend's cousin. She lives out of the country as well as her husband (now) because of their job. We had a cake tasting that was amazing and they couldn't decide between the cake flavors and fillings. The cake was 4 tiers along with 2 sheet cakes. All the cakes were vanilla covered in red vanilla fondant but each tier had a different filling. The fillings were dulce de leche, oreos cookies n cream, and strawberries. All Delicious!!!! Another cake decorator friend of mine, Kathy Munoz, helped me with the decorating of the cakes. I underestimated the amount of detail that went into piping the scrollwork design and then painting it in gold. In the end, it all came out perfect. The cake was just beautiful and complemented the season of Christmas.

Sara Carolina's Baptism

Here is another baptism cake for a baby girl. This was done for another friend from elementary and high school. Her daughter is just absolutely adorable and she came to me to do her daughter's baptism cake. We came across an idea to do a 2 tiered caked in form of a dress. The bottom has a little lace trim around the top border on the sides. Towards the front has several pearl nonpareils (decorative confection of tiny balls made with sugar and starch) and a flower. The bottom of the cake has an opening in the front with the inner layer in pink and the skirt is ruffled all around with the lace trim. As for the very top of the cake, the mother put a Precious Moment cake topper which added that special touch.

Ari's Baptism

Here is a cake I did for a friend of mine. It was her son's baptism and she used all white theme. As for the cake, she came across an idea to keep the cake very simple and white. She wanted the chocolate with a mocha chip filling covered in light buttercream with coconut flakes. I used a mirror cake plate instead of a cakeboard and it made it look more elegant.



She also wanted something special for the kiddies. The cupcakes were lambs for the Lamb of God and 1 of cupcakes was a lion for Ari, her son, which his name means Lion. I couldn't have been more pleased with the results. Thanks for looking.

Isabella's 1st Birthday Elmo Style

Here is a cake I did for a friend who's daughter turned 1. She loves Elmo but I had to think how could I make it girly? I used a round cake board covered in red fondant with the bottom cake in a square shape covered in a light lime green fondant with red and white polka dots. The top I decided to make it round covered in white fondant and add accents of yellow and aqua. As for Elmo, I made as if he was coming out the cake. Overall, I think I made the cake perfect for a little girl's 1st birthday Elmo style. Thanks for looking!!!

My Etsy Shop

Hey Everyone!

I'm pleased to announce the launch of my Etsy Shop. Etsy is a website that helps people make a living by making things (handmade) and reconnect makers with buyers. The stuff that you see on their website is so different. If you want to purchase a very unique item for yourself or for someone special, I totally recommend Etsy. I will be selling Fondant cupcake toppers, cookies and cake toppers. These items can shipped all over the U.S. I can't wait to share my handmade, one of a kind items to not just the people of South Florida but all over the nation. That's pretty amazing I have to say. Here are a few items that I have already listed in my shop. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

UCF Graduation Cake

WOW! This is the first time I post a picture of a cake in a long time. I'm going to have to start backwards to go forward. :) Well, here is a cake that I did for a really good friend's cousin. She just graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. I'm very familiar with this school. I use to travel alot in FL when I taught cheerleading camps held at different universities . UCF happened to be one that I visited quite often. It's a great school and the campus is beautiful. As for the cake, my friend said to make it black and gold. I decided to cover the cake in black vanilla fondant. I then made a template of the UCF Pegasus. I tinted white fondant yellow and then it cut it out using my template. I mixed a little bit of gold edible dust with vanilla extract. I basically painted the pegasus with the gold mixture and let it dry. I placed it on the cake and used a little VE (vanilla extract) to make sure it stuck to the cake. As for the sides and border, I just cut out little square/diamonds and the border was rolled black fondant balls with several alternating gold balls. I also rolled fondant into a diploma and put a black ribbon on top. The cake flavor is my signature: vanilla with dulce de leche filling. Yummy! Hope you enjoyed it.

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We are officially up!!!

I'm so happy to say that the blog is officially done. I have to thank Shalon Estrada for her extreme patience with me and her work is just absolutely amazing. I hope everyone enjoys it. We still have to tweak a few things (fix our featured items & the gallery). Enjoy!!!

Changes coming up...

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of redoing my blog. I'm working with a talented graphic designer and so far it looks great. I know I haven't posted in while but the blog will look amazing and be incredibly useful. I really can't wait for you guys to see it. In the meantime, I'm posting all pics and info to my facebook. I will also try to update my flickr. So many places to update but so little time. :) I still haven't decided whether or not to completely delete everything on the blog and start anew. I guess you will have to wait and see....

Ana