The Jaded Spoon

Robert's Birthday Cake

Robert's first birthday cake was modelled after Mod Monkey images I found on the web.

this was a ten-inch double layer chocolate & vanilla marble cake with strawberry filling,

with chocolate and vanilla buttercream.

Baby's smash cake was a vanilla gluten-free cake with vanilla buttercream,

and a cute lil monkey made out of chocolate buttercream.

Cupcakes! and more Cupcakes!

A visual assortment of some basic cupcake flavors that are available:

jumbo vegan chocolate cupcakes with raspberry filling, vanilla no-buttercream, vegan sprinkles

jumbo chocolate cupcakes filled with raspberry jam and chocolate topped with vanilla buttercream

Vegan Medley:

vanilla cake with lemon filling and citrus no-buttercream

chocolate cake with raspberry filling and pink vanilla no-buttercream

chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and purple vanilla no-buttercream

jumbo chocolate cupcakes with chocolate mousse filling

and chocolate-vanilla swirled buttercream

lemon-filled vanilla cupcakes with orange buttercream

vanilla creme filled chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream

chocolate cupcakes filled with peanut butter mousse, topped with chocolate buttercream

Just for Fun

Periodically I like to make a cake that truly is just for fun.

With no set plan in mind, I gather whatever leftover frostings and fillings I have on hand, bake off a new-to-me cake recipe, and see what happens.

This is one of my favorites.

double-layer lemon cake with lemon curd filling

Madison's Birthday Cake

Madison's birthday cake was a Dairy-Free nine-inch double layer chocolate cake with dark chocolate mousse filling, and chocolate buttercream, accented with purple deco.

Eliana's Birthday Cake

I made another first birthday cake in April, for a sweet little princess named Eliana.

For her I made a Princess Castle Cake with Cupcake Flower Garden.

white cake cupcakes filled with lemon curd, topped with pink & purpled swirled vanilla buttercream.

The centerpiece was a ten-inch triple layer white cake with lemon curd filling.

The towers were made of rice krispies treats covered with fondant; the turrets were buttercream-covered ice cream cones rolled in pink sanding sugar, all finished with buttercream deco.

Princess Eliana's smash cake.

Jameson's Birthday Cake

This is a custom birthday cake I made in April, inspired by Eric Carle's book, "The Hungry Caterpillar."

It features two dozen filled cupcakes and a triple-layer leaf-shaped cake.

The leaf-shaped cake.

Alternating chocolate and vanilla cake layers with faux-Hostess cupcake filling.

The head of the caterpillar served as baby's smash cake.

This cake and cupcakes were for my mother-in-law's birthday party in February. She had never had a birthday party before (never! not even as a child!) and this was a surprise party, to boot. Both cake and surprise were a success!