“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night – and God bless us, everyone!” When we were kids we watched the George C Scott version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol every year on a rickety scratched up old Beta tape, taped off the TV, with brutal 80s commercials and all! We finally […]
Throw Me A Bone, Guys: Dalmation Dog Cake
Gad I LOVE this guy! He’s so cute! I made this cake for Rachel for her sweet little cool guy Fox’s 3rd birthday. Yeah, Fox! I love that name. I made Fox’s 1st birthday cake in 2011 and it’s always so nice to make cakes for previous clients – especially the super nice and cool […]
Mountains + Moon Snowy Cake For Poppytalk: Holiday Cuteness!
I’m in love with this super sweet cake topper DIY I made for Poppytalk – I want to face-plant into that white, billowy whipped cream and make, like, fifteen snow angels. Click here to see the full mountains and moon cake topper DIY. You can find Coco Cake Land (me!) elsewhere this week over at ye […]
My Dad’s 70th Birthday + Pineapple Wearing Sunglasses Cake!
I don’t think you’d expect anything less than a pineapple wearing sunglasses cake. For my dad’s Hawaiian themed 70th birthday party bash, of course! I started off with this guy. Coconut cake with creamcheese frosting. Casual, cool as a cucumber Mr. Pineapple Head cake face duder. Sunglasses were really the only choice. It had to […]
Holiday Party Idea: Pink + Green Cupcakes
Make cupcakes for your holiday party this year! Update the classic Christmas colours with a party blaster of light pink, a fresh raspberry for contrast and green cupcake liners. Totally cute, totally party time and a nice modern feel. Find me elsewhere this week: Check out my post I wrote for Craftsy on how a […]
Melted Snowman Cake DIY
This guy! I love this melted snowman face. I was pretty much chuckling away while I was making this. I’ve seen this idea on sugar cookies before but hadn’t yet seen it on a cake. Poor dude. Get the full tutorial for this DIY melted snowman cake over at Handmade Charlotte. I would be so […]
DIY ABC Stencil Cake + More Cakey Times
Loving this super cute, bright and cheery ABC stencil cake I made over at Handmade Charlotte! Perfect for a kiddo’s birthday party – make ’em learn while they’re eating their cake, right? This is a fun post I wrote for Craftsy on how to use social media for your cake business! I hope you find […]
Peppermint Party – Silver Fringe Letter Garland DIY
Today’s post is sponsored by Minted.com Happiness and joy – I finally made something fringe! I admire my pal Kelly over at Studio DIY‘s magical wicked awesome fringed wonders all the time – I pin them and drool over them and say, oh yeah. I’ll make that – but never get around to it! My […]
Hair Gets In Your Eyes: Sheepdog Cake
Gad I love this guy’s face. I just want to cuddle him and pet him and feed him multi-colored milk bones and be his dog mom forever more. Sadly, he’s going to be feeding himself to a bunch of super cute kids. Yes, Shyloh’s 4th birthday cake – and to top it off, this sheepdog […]
Coco Cake Land Lately
Follow Coco Cake Land on Instagram! Plenty of behind the scenes cakey times and little snippets of Coco Cake Land life. The top photo features these crazy cute cake toppers by Little Cat Design Co for Sweet and Saucy Shop! My fancy photos were all ruined due to some glitchy computer irritation (I dunno what […]
Pretty Pink Ruffle Mini Cupcakes
Here in Vancouver, the days are getting colder, the air crisp and the sidewalks slippery with a layer of icy frost. Can you believe December is on its way? Still, my winter pansies are blooming and the oven’s on full blast practically every day. Baking, photographing, writing and then chomping away at my cake props. […]
DIY Mini Rosette Cake Toppers
Sharing a super cute and simple mini rosette cake topper DIY over on Poppytalk. Click here for the full tutorial! My post on modern cake toppers on Craftsy. My cute and easy DIY Raindrop & Cloud Cupcake Toppers for Handmade Charlotte. My post on Owl Themed Cakes on Craftsy. Plus, a couple of cat-cake-head worthy […]
Raindrop and Cloud Cupcake Toppers
File under: easy town. I am in love with the idea of funny, original and possibly silly birthday party themes – how about a weather themed party? Raindrop and cloud garland, a pinata made to look like a big ball of sun, cloud cookies and these simple raindrop and cloud cupcake toppers. Find the whole […]
Drawing Is Fun: Handmade Custom Cake Toppers
I’ve been really loving working on hand drawn cake toppers lately for my cakes – I like it because it’s something no one else can recreate, making them original and fun- and boy, colouring really provides me with some stress-relieving joy! I should invest in some colouring books… This adorable set of yellow umbrella and […]
Rainbow Cat Birthday Cake!
Happy birthday to meeee! Yes, today is my birthday! To celebrate, I wanted a rainbow cake, but I also wanted an animal cake – so thanks to some of my Coco Cake Land Facebook fans, I had the idea to combine the two into my dream birthday cake. So here ya go: RAINBOW CAT CAKE! It maybe […]
Raspberry Glacé Rosewater Cupcake Icing
I’m in love with this simple and pretty combination… vanilla cupcakes baked in silver cupcake liners with raspberry rosewater glacé style icing. Classy times, guys.
