The Cake Boutique

Baby Blocks.

2011-06-06T17:20:00.000-04:00

This cake was so much fun to make! Detailed, and a lot of work, but fun! These are 5x5 cake squares - I made 3 sheet cakes and cut and stacked them to the right height. This cake was how the family revealed the name of the little one to their shower guests, so I was honored to be a part of that as well!

Couples Shower Cupcakes.

2011-05-27T09:25:00.000-04:00

I made these for a couples shower - these are the bride and groom's initials and their wedding colors, coral and Carolina blue.

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes.

2011-05-27T09:22:00.001-04:00

These were super easy to make - I did have a hard time getting the ears to stay standing since there was nothing really to support them. I would make sure to have the small fondant circles really dry and put them on at the very last minute (if possible) next time! Super cute idea, though!

William and Kate.

2011-05-26T16:42:00.000-04:00

You guys all, no doubt, heard there was a Royal Wedding a few weeks ago...right? I actually had friends who were angry over all of the publicity. I thought it was fun! As did a customer of mine who threw an awesome "viewing party" of the wedding. I can only imagine how much fun it was! She had me put together some wedding cake petit fours as parting gifts for her guests. This was my first time using a dipped icing - it turned out nicely, I thought. A simple rosette sits on top of each. (In this pic they look like seashells. Ha!)

Pretty petit fours all in a row. (Drying stage.)

All packaged up!

The Cake Boutique Price List.

2011-05-16T12:23:00.002-04:00

Hi, friends! I had taken somewhat of a break from cake making for a while, but I'm back in action. Below is an updated price list along with several of the cakes I have made over the past few months. Please feel free to e-mail me if you're interested in a cake. Thanks!

Base Price List:

8”-9” round cake:                                  $25 - $30*

Novelty Cake Pan                                  $30-$35*

9x13” square pan                                  $30*

13x16” square pan                                $35*
          2 for $50

24 cupcakes                                           $30-35*

$5.00 additional charge for cakes with fondant.

$5.00 delivery charge.

*All cake prices are subject to change based on degree of difficulty.

Pink and Green!

2011-05-16T12:16:00.001-04:00

Farm and Friends.

2011-05-16T12:14:00.000-04:00

I made this cake and cupcakes for my son's first birthday. He is a huge fan of cows and dogs and loves visitng his PawPaw's farm, so it only made sense to have a cake like this!

Minnie Mouse.

2011-05-16T12:08:00.000-04:00

Train Baby Shower.

2011-05-16T12:07:00.000-04:00

Curious George!

2011-05-16T12:03:00.000-04:00

Some of my favorite customers (twins) asked for "Monkey George" cupcakes for their birthday. Here you go, boys!

Simple Wedding Cake.

2011-05-16T12:01:00.000-04:00

This couple had a small ceremony with close family and friends, and asked that I create something simple and elegant. In this case, less was definitely more.

Georgia!

2011-05-16T11:59:00.000-04:00

For all the Bulldog fans out there!

Candy Cane Swirls

2011-05-16T11:56:00.000-04:00

Pink Daisy Wedding Cake

2010-11-07T11:19:00.000-05:00

I made this cake for a couple in July. They wanted a very simple design so that they could feature the pink daisies. The cake topper set it off!

Hot Pink & Zebra!

2010-11-07T11:15:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite cakes to date! The is a completely fondant birthday cake for a precious little girl who turned 2. Love it!

Dinosaur Mountain Cake.

2010-11-07T11:14:00.000-05:00

Bob the Builder.

2010-11-07T11:12:00.000-05:00

Martini for the Girls.

2010-11-07T11:10:00.000-05:00

Made for a Girls' Night Out Bachelorette Party. A little bit of fondant decorations on a buttercream cake.

Groom's cake.

2010-11-07T11:06:00.000-05:00

This was made as a groom's cake for an avid duck hunter. I was honored when the bride actually featured it at the wedding reception next to her cake rather than at the rehearsal dinner the night before. The duck was actually bought instead of made from fondant. I wanted it to be realistic, and that would be very difficult to achieve with fondant (at least for me!)

Rubber Ducky!

2010-11-07T11:03:00.000-05:00

Luau Cupcakes

2010-11-07T10:58:00.000-05:00

Fondant pineapples on a simple blue-iced cupcake.

Putting green.

2010-03-13T17:13:00.000-05:00

I made this cake for my cousin who just made the middle school golf team. It's supposed to show him eye-balling his putt. :)

Choo Choo!

2010-03-13T16:40:00.000-05:00

Buttercream cake with fondant train! (The top picture shows the colors better, but didn't show the writing on the side.)

Butterflies!

2010-03-13T16:31:00.000-05:00

This is a two-tiered buttercream cake made with fondant butterflies, flowers etc. Again, for a one year old so there is a matching "smash cake."

Wedding Cake!

2010-01-05T16:18:00.001-05:00

Detail while in progress.

Ta Da!

My very first wedding cake :) I am so happy to add this to my portfolio - and also to announce that I am now accepting wedding cake orders! This is a 3-tier square red velvet cake with buttercream icing and a cream cheese filling. The bow was made by special request from the bride to make the cake look more like Christmas presents since her wedding was a Christmas theme. It turned out lovely!

Christmas Lights & Mini-Trees.

2009-12-19T22:25:00.000-05:00

Christmas lights cupcakes. Made of cupcakes, icing, graham crackers, pretzels, gumdrops, twizzlers, sprinkles...the list goes on! Perfect for any Christmas party.

The lighting is bad on this - but these are mini-cupcakes with Christmas trees piped on top. Powdered sugar for a snowy effect!

AutoBell Cake.

2009-12-10T11:23:00.003-05:00

Someone very close to me works for AutoBell Car Wash in the Charlotte area - and I was asked to make a cake for their in-house Christmas party. (The petit fours below were for them, too.) I asked if I could do a logo cake for them along with their order, and well - I'd say it turned out pretty good! This was all piped by hand after transferring the logo with piping gel. Pretty cool!

Detail on the logo.

Christmas Petit Fours.

2009-12-10T11:23:00.000-05:00

This was our (me and mom) first attempt at making petit fours. Boy, was it a lot harder than you would expect! Making sure to have all 5 surfaces smooth and presentable proved to be difficult with buttercream, but overall they were worth it! Trying something new and learning the tricks of the trade is what it's all about!

My Little Pony.

2009-11-21T17:53:00.000-05:00

LOVE this cake! With the exception of the clouds (which are buttercream,) the entire cake is fondant. I was so happy with how this turned out. I met with this customer and we just worked out exactly how she wanted it by putting a couple of ideas together from different cakes. The cupcakes were adorable - I purchased a new piping tip (the 1M) and that is how I did the swirly design on the cake. This is my new favorite toy! I'd make this cake again in a heartbeat!

Super Mario "Toadstool" Cupcakes.

2009-11-21T17:41:00.000-05:00

These are Mario "Toadstool" cupcakes made for a 9 year old birthday party. After trial and error we (Me, My Mom and Sister) had to cover the entire cupcake in fondant to give it the right effect and to let the base be white enough. They turned out good, but were a lot harder than I would've expected!

Pink and Brown Polka Dots.

2009-11-21T17:31:00.000-05:00

This is a buttercream two-tiered cake with fondant circles - the smaller of the two being a smash cake. Cute for any little girl's birthday!

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes.

2009-11-21T17:26:00.001-05:00

I made these for a preschool class, and while I'm sure the parents liked them...they likely hated me too because these are nothing but sugar! Buttercream icing dipped in orange sugar crystals with an Airhead as the vine and a Rainbow Twizzler as the stem! Perfect for Halloween!

Monkey Cupcakes.

2009-11-12T21:43:00.000-05:00

Darling cupcakes made for some adorable twins' birthday party! The faces are made of fondant. So cute!

Sports Cake.

2009-11-12T21:40:00.000-05:00

I made this cake for a one year old birthday party. The cakes are entirely buttercream, including the different sports balls that are on the sheet cake - which were all piped by hand. Blogger is not my friend today and keeps rotating my pictures! but the football cake was for the 1 year old to tear into!

Tennis Cupcakes.

2009-11-12T21:32:00.000-05:00

These cupcakes were super cute! Unfortunately, my camera has decided to stop taking quality pictures and is somewhat grainy (so, I'm in the market for a camera!) I made these for an end of the season tennis party for a high school tennis team. The pink and blue accents are all fondant. In hind sight I would have done more of the cupcakes with the grass, racquet and pink ball - they ended up being my favorite.

Safari!

2009-10-16T21:57:00.005-04:00

These cakes were made for a one year old birthday party. I. Love. These. Cakes. The sheet cake is fondant - everything is edible! and the bottom is a fondant monkey with buttercream icing so it will be messy for the baby to tear into!!

Fall Birthday Cake

2009-10-16T21:54:00.004-04:00

Fall Flowers. Basket weave. Can't go wrong! This design could be used for any occasion!

Corset Cake.

2009-09-12T19:52:00.003-04:00

My first corset cake! I think it speaks for itself! So cute!

Yankees Baby Cake.

2009-08-20T19:04:00.003-04:00

A friend of mine chose not to find out the sex of her baby, and thus her biggest baby shower was held after he was born. The family decided to go with a Yankees theme since that's his Daddy's favorite team and this is what they came up with! So cute! I'm sure all of the Yankees fans loved it! Sox fans probably wouldn't touch the stuff! :)

Raggedy Ann & Andy

2009-08-02T21:13:00.007-04:00

Raggedy Ann

and her friend, Andy

These cakes were made for a child's birthday party and they speak for themselves! So cute! Everything is edible. The hair is made of twizzlers pull-n-peel and the flowers on Raggedy Ann's shirt are skittles!

Polka Dots.

2009-07-31T20:00:00.003-04:00

This cake is for a bridal shower. (The brides colors are teal and brown). A little twist on the baby shower cake I made with the dots and stripes. This one is not fondant, only buttercream so it's not quite a smooth, but smells absolutely delicious!

2009-07-21T20:54:00.004-04:00

This is a simple fondant cake I did for a friends' nephew's Christening. I was particularly pleased with how the flowers turned out on it.

Baby Blanket Cupcakes

2009-06-29T14:01:00.001-04:00

These are, obviously, for a baby shower. A friend at work found them online and asked that I recreate them, and I am SO pleased with how they turned out. The entire cupcake is edible (baby, blanket and pillow are fondant) and would be a hit at any baby shower!

Phineaus & Ferb

2009-06-25T20:09:00.005-04:00

This was a special order cake from my good friend Holli. Her twins were turning 4 and Phineaus and Ferb are their favorite cartoon. Being brand new to Disney Channel, they don't even sell Phineaus and Ferb toys, let alone a cake pan. This was done by tracing a picture of the characters in piping gel and then placing it down on the cake. I then piped in all of the lines and worked on the details by hand. I was pleased with how it turned out, and I hear the boys loved it!

Baby Blocks.

2009-06-08T20:36:00.003-04:00

Totally fondant cake! Obviously it matched the theme of the baby shower, but it is just so darn cute I'd love to make about 6 more of them! Good for a baby shower or it could be changed for a small child's birthday.

Strawberry Shortcake.

2009-06-08T20:30:00.005-04:00

This cake was made for a 2 year old's Strawberry Shortcake themed birthday party. "Happy 2nd Birthday" is written on the top of the strawberry. From what I hear, it was a hit at the party! This cake could be tweaked to be more adult (obviously nix the figurine on top).

Martini anyone?

2009-04-27T19:05:00.003-04:00

Simple cake - The icing is actually purple, but somehow the flash made it blue. This outter band has polka dots all over it.

Baby Buggy.

2009-04-26T19:27:00.000-04:00

Clearly for a baby shower. Can do any color scheme you want!

Old Red Barn.

2009-04-26T19:11:00.002-04:00

This cake was made for a 3 year old's birthday party. Everything on the cake is edible except for the little animals (which can also be made - I just didn't have time). The barn cake pan can be used to make a dollhouse, haunted house, gingerbread house - basically any kind of house. :) This is particular cake is great for a kids birthday!

Fondant Bow.

2009-04-26T19:02:00.003-04:00

My first fondant cake. Great for anything - birthday, baby shower, just for fun.

Easter Bunny!

2009-04-13T20:15:00.004-04:00

Of course, these are pretty seasonal treats. Good for Easter!

Easter Rose.

2009-04-04T10:55:00.003-04:00

A simple cupcake with a simple rose. They turned out beautiful. Would be great for just about anything.

Celebration.

2009-04-04T10:50:00.004-04:00

Before you panic - I did not help someone break up with their girlfriend via decorative cake! :) This guy wanted to help his girlfriend celebrate a last performance with a singing group. Apparently she was really happy for it to be over. I have a passion for music as well, so this cake was really fun to do. There are musical symbols all the way around the cake. It could work for a birthday or just for fun!

March Madness

2009-03-30T21:19:00.004-04:00

March Madness basketball court cake and basketball cupcakes.

The Court.

I did this cake for the March birthdays at work. It would be great for kids who love basketball. (The court was drawn to scale by my Daddy! - It was a family project.)

Mulit-flower cake

2009-03-24T22:01:00.003-04:00

This is a multi-flower cake (daisy, daffodils, pansy, roses, apple blossoms and more) with a basket weave technique on the sides. It would be great for an adult birthday or bridal shower.

Pink Roses.

2009-03-21T19:08:00.000-04:00

This is a cake I made for class. It was to teach us the rose technique. The design is really supposed to be two layers, but my mom and I shared the cake mix so we wouldn't waste it. It would look much better with two layers. Still nice though! Would be great for an adult birthday or bridal shower!

Simple Flowers.

2009-03-21T19:04:00.001-04:00

This cake was very simple. I did it for a friend of the family. They requested a particular (rather difficult) flower on the top, so we did the best we could and it turned out pretty elegant. This cake had a raspberry jam filling, and I hear it was delicious! :) Good for an adult birthday!

Spongebob Squarepants.

2009-03-21T19:00:00.000-04:00

This is my favorite cake so far! We used a cake pan, and he just turned out so handsome! This cake would be great for any party!

Rainbow!

2009-03-21T18:54:00.000-04:00

I made this cake for class. It would be great for a young kids birthday party. I just threw Nate's name on there because it was easy to write :)

Guitar.

2009-03-21T18:50:00.001-04:00

I made this cake for my 18 year old brother's birthday. It was the first cake my mom and I did on our own. This cake could really be used for any occasion. (Can also be decorated as an electric guitar.)

Hello, cake world!

2009-03-21T18:46:00.000-04:00

Since I am hoping to pursue this dream of cake making on the side, I thought it might be easier for my potential customers to be able to see my cakes with a little explanation at ease. I'll be sure to tag the posts so that you can sort by occasion.

Enjoy!