CATBUS CAKE! Inspired by this awesome one! My cute new little nephew Tanner turned 1 month old! We Chinese like to celebrate as much as we possibly can so we had a special “Tanner Is 1 Month Old” dinner for him! Menu items included Gai Jow (gin infused super ginger spicey chicken broth soup with […]
Cookie Monster The Maniac
Piping away Cookie Monster’s furry face and sides. COOKIES! Happy Birthday Kingston! Fondant eyeball! Gimme gimme gimme a cookie after midnight Fondant cookie with real chocolate chips. Big old Cookie Monster Face cake by Coco Cake! I made this for baby Kingston’s 1st birthday party, as ordered by his mama Theda. Matching mini cupcakes with […]
Moustachio & Friends
Moustachio-themed cupcakes to announce the gender of Kellie’s upcoming baby! :) I couldn’t resist making this moustache into a face. Ain’t no party like a moustache party! Wait a second… this guy looks familiar! (Gerry Sung??) Sweet and pregnant Kellie ordered moustache themed Coco Cake cupcakes for a little party, to help along the announcement […]
Crazy Cake For My Pal Raf
Raffers a.k.a. Shogodog (er, real name Rafael) is the best buddy a girl could have. Raffers and I met in 2003 when I did a media technician internship at VIVO (a multi-media learning facility for nerds here in Vancouver). Raf was the head technician, I was the lowly intern with a handful of patchcords and […]
Taste Of Los Angeles
Sorry it’s been so long since I chomped it up. Actually I’ve continued to chomp it up all this time but just haven’t had time to snap pics and write about it… ! We went down to Los Angeles for my cousin’s wedding in June, and we had a total blast… we ate our way […]
Sharon & Cam: 10 Years ‘N Counting!
Yay!! Our beautiful friends Sharon and Cam celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary at Cambrian Hall here in Vancouver… what an evening of magic and good times… they are the loveliest couple, the kind of people who host amazing parties which you remember long after the last wine bottle has been emptied (or beer bong […]
Look At This Stuff… Isn’t It Neat?
Little Mermaid themed under the sea cupcakes! My version of the crab dude and the yellow and blue fish buddy (uh, Sebastian and Flounder, respectively) This guy! Back and still partying it up, casual times style! He really needs a pair of sunglasses I think. Seaweed blowin’ in the (sea) wind What? They have those […]
Totoro Cake!
Bob, one of the most literally awesome dudes in Vancouver, emailed me with an adorable request: to make a very special cake as a surprise for his wife, to celebrate their wedding anniversary! His request: a TOTORO themed cake! Hooray! I love Totoro! Totoro is the cute and crazy star of the Japanese animation film […]
Mickey Cake & Cupcakes For Baby Isaac!
Jacob contacted COCO CAKE with a request for his little cutie Isaac’s 1st birthday party: Mickey Mouse themed cake and matching Mickey and Minnie cupcakes in chocolate and vanilla. I think my Mickey cake turned out pretty cute– kind of Steamboat Willie era Mickey Mouse, vintage-look! I went with red and white stripey liners and […]
Unicorns Know How To Part-ay
Cute! Unicorn and pony themed cupcakes for cute little Megan’s farm-themed birthday! All part of last weekend’s descent into cake madness for busy as a beaver Coco Cake! Mom Winnie had wonderful things to say about the cupcakes: “The cupcakes were so cute! They were awesome! The kids all had a blast with eating the […]
WOMANKIND cupcakes
I sold cupcakes at my husband Rich’s band’s recent show here (he is above playing the bass in the background!) in Vancouver. Just for fun. They were special WOMANKIND cupcakes, earl grey cupcakes with earl grey buttercream… For years I used to play music and do some touring, lots of trips round North America — […]
Yay Baby Ajay! Baby Shower Cake & Cupcakes
For a lovely soiree for sweet Natallie and her adorable little 2 month old Ajay, Natallie ordered up a whole bunch of specialty cupcakes and a matching cake. She requested a theme of light blue and white for the cupcakes, and of course little baby faces and baby blocks and a matching Baby Face cake. […]
Animals Round-up!
Oh I love doing animal themed cupcakes and cakes. Love it, love it. Cracks me up every time. Here’s a selection of some recent animal themed Coco Cake cuteness. Remember these little bulldogger faces? Pre-cake pup drawings for cute Olivia’s birthday cake and cupcakes! Vanilla cupcakes with bulldog pup faces! Even old Sheep Dog is […]
Under The Sea! Cupcakes
The party crew! I love this little starfish dude. This guy’s straight from Clown Town. This guy is my favourite. CrabMan! Cool as a cucumber. Michelle requested a “friendly shark!” Here’s Mark, underwater! Glub glub Kawaii little sea turtle! Really into this guy too! I made this fish up. Yellow and blue? Sure!!! There’s gotta […]
Pineapple Surprise
Okay. Bill Cosby was right. Kids say the DARNDEST things and I learn this every time I work with kids teaching them art. Kids are hilarious and they truly make me happy!! Weekends are extremely busy times over at old Coco Cake HQ, and sometimes I can’t always accommodate requests due to time constraints… over […]
Nemo Cupcakes for Ava!
You know what’s amazing? When you deliver a birthday cupcake order and the mom hugs you because she is so happy. Trish ordered Nemo themed cupcakes for her little girl Ava’s birthday, and I got to meet Ava at the last Blim market… so making cupcakes for her was even more special. I love seeing […]
