February 5, 2017
in Featured

Recently, I took some time to make a cake that has been on my baking to-do list. Using a couple of things that I learned when I took Mike McCarey’s Advanced Cake Sculpting class on Craftsy, I decided to make a Zelda themed cake that would require an inner structure.  Being a total beginner at creating a cake skeleton, I made the Mailbox from LOZ: The Wind Wakerbecause I thought it would be easy. Ha!

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Wind Walker Mailbox Cake

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Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Mailbox Cake
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5 layer Vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and coated in dark chocolate ganache. Detailed with marshmallow fondant & candy clay.
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Main Box: Cake
Bottom Post: RKT
Top: RKT
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Recipes Used:
Cake: @yolanda_gampp’s vanilla cake
Fondant/Candy Clay: @jessicaharriscakedesign’s
Buttercream: @MidtownSweets
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The cake stand structure was created based on what I learned in @mikemccarey’s Bobbleheads class
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Fondant letters inspired by GalleyArts Komali Letter on @deviantart
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#legendofzelda #loz #windwaker #baking #zeldacake #windwakercake #cake #fondant #buttercream #candyclay #zelda #mailbox #dragonroostisland #midtownsweets #thewindwaker #youvegotmail #sculptedcake

June 29, 2014
in Blog, Sweet Projects

I did it! I finally got some time to make and decorate a cake that has been on my To-Do list for the longest time. With two little ones running my schedule full-time, my creative baking has been few and far between. So this past week I blocked out bits of time to finally get it done.

Inspired by these super cute leggings on Etsy, I decided to make a cake based on the design. I baked a Chocolate Butter cake and filled/crumb coated it with Nutella Buttercream. I then covered it in Dark Chocolate ganache and decorated it with modeling chocolate using the techniques I learned in the Craftsy Clean & Simple Cake Design class taught by Jessica Harris of Jessicakes.

I am absolutely over the moon happy with how well the cake turned out! The seams still need a little work but this cake has me grinning from ear to ear. 🙂

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Black and White Striped Cake with Red Heart

February 22, 2013
in Blog

I finally took a moment to make a cake pop themed around one of my favorite gaming series, Legend of Zelda. A Zelda themed pop has been on my to-do list for about 2 years and I decided to make one today with an extra cupcake from the latest bake up. I was actually planning on making a Link (Wind Wanker) Cake Pop but all the heart displays from Valentine’s actually gave me the idea to try a heart shaped Majora’s Mask Cake Pop. It was a tricky, tricky pop.

The pop is chocolate cake molded into a heart shape and then dipped in a blend of dark blue and pink chocolate. Tinted rolling fondant was used for the eyes and horns.

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October 5, 2012
in Blog, Featured, Portfolio

With Halloween 2012 approaching, I decided to create another “Featured” Pop to celebrate the holiday. Last year, the Robot Chicken Cake Pop became fairly popular so I decided to pull another character idea out of the realm of Comic Con.

Midtown Sweets’ Halloween 2012 Featured Cake Pop is Hellboy from Dark Horse Comics. This pop was sculpted from chocolate cake and dipped in red candy melt. The goatee, hair, and eyes are colored candy melts. The cigar is made from marshmallow fondant.

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Hellboy Cake Pops

November 11, 2011
in Blog

I recently (like 2 days ago) had the pleasure of creating an order of Chocolate Bear Cake Pops for a customer in Atlanta.  Included in the order was a single Polar Bear Cake Pop that was a nod to where the customer works. The pop came out really cute and the customer loved it.

Since I’m a stickler for detail, I created the pop again and see how much detail I could get into it.

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October 10, 2011
in Featured, Portfolio

These cake pops were created from a few leftover French Vanilla pops from a recent order.  If the Midtown Sweets schedule permits, every so often I will create some random cake pops just for the fun of creating.  Most will be based on a favorite character, games, TV show, etc.

These pops are based on a humorous line from a popular comedy TV show.  Can you guess what TV show?

Bears Cake Pops

What kind of Bear is Best? False. Black Bear.

Beets Cake Pops

Bears Eat Beets.

Battlestar Galactica Cake Pops

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Bears Beets Battlestar Galactica Cake Pops

 

September 14, 2011
in Featured, Portfolio

Sometimes after a big order, I’ll take the left overs and practice designs or create something different. This week I took inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons and decided to see if I could create a few RPG dice (Role Playing Game).

These 4, 6, 8, and 12 sided Cake Pops are Chocolate Cake dipped in Chocolate Candy Melt and brushed with gold luster.  The numbers were added with a food color pen.

RPG Dice Cake Pops

RPG Dice Cake Pops