Dog cakes! So many pups to model in buttercream and so little time. If you’ve been following my blog for a while you might know I’m wild about make dog cakes. Something about those ridiculously cute little FACES that look so cartoonish and cute in buttercream or fondant! Maybe I’ve got dogs on the brain […]
Pink Buttercream Rosette Wedding Cake
I received a lovely email a few months ago from Sandra, a follower and fan of Coco Cake Land since she saw these moustache cupcakesย … she had recently moved to Vancouver from Portugal by way of the U.K. She wanted to know if I could make her very special wedding cake, for a “pocket sized” […]
Cookie Problems: Coconut Sugar Milk Chocolate Cookies
Welcome to another episode of COOKIE PROBLEMS! I have a cookie problem and it grows and grows. Thankfully I’ve been ripping it at the gym across the street from my house lately so I’ve been whittling away at the old post-partum baby weight. No biggie though!!! Eating delicious cookies is much more important, right? :) […]
Instacakes: Snippets of Our Summer So Far
I’ve had such a fun summer so far… how about you? Fun cake orders, super fun styled shoots for Poppytalk and You Are My Fave,ย ย freelance writing about cakes for Craftsy, and swimming and enjoying the sun with my little son Teddy as much as possible! Oooh Teddy turns 1 on August 20th… I can hardly […]
Typography Cake Tutorial- I Love You!
Gosh, I’ve always loved this piping style – good old mini drop star, just filling every inch of a cake creating such a cute and vintage textured look. This cake is a real cute way to send a special message to a special someone! “Say it with cake!” Find the whole tutorial over at my […]
Summer Ice Pop Recipes!
Summer! The perfect time for homemade popsicles! All you need is a handy dandy ice pop mold – you can find them at your local dollar store, or you can get this wicked awesome ice pop mold I was coveting on Amazon: Here are two easy as pie ice pop recipes, as seen above: 1. […]
DIY Wedding Cake + Monogram Cake Toppers
I had a lovely time creating this super cute Do It Yourself Wedding Cake for my awesome (and in real-life!) internet pal Jan Halverson of the amazing design blogย Poppytalk!ย Hand cut monogram initial and heart cake toppers, raspberry preserves-filled dark chocolate cake with vanilla dotty-piped pale green buttercream, and all topped with ruffly pretty pink […]
The Coolest Cake Stands, Like, Ever
Gosh, I am really pumped to share with you these cool photos I took of Imm Living’s amazeballs cake stands in celebration of their five year anniversary. They are a Canadian design company from Toronto creating “modern cultural artifacts” and their work is pretty, pretty sweet. I am in love with these animal head cake […]
Dreamy Instagram Cake Roundup!
Some recent cakes from Coco Cake Land, all instagrammed out!
A Prickly Situation: Cactus Cake
Whaddya mean, you’ve never seen a cactus CAKE with a MOUSTACHE? Ya from planet MARS or something?? Just kidding. I know I’m crazy. But Steve was just crazy enough to agree to this hare-brained cake idea to surprise his beautiful wife Marissa on her birthday! Cactus cake with moustache. Now THAT is true love forever. […]
Cakes
Happy summer, my beautiful Coco Cake Land friends! I just came back from two weeks on a tiny populated gulf island here in British Columbia. I managed to make one cake while I was there, a no sugar, no dairy banana spelt cake for my now 10 month old Teddy to try! Um, it was […]
Baby Face Cake Toppers!
My internet pal Melanie invited me to guest post once again over at her super sweet blog You Are My Fave. Log roll on over there for the full tutorial! It’s simple as pie. BABY FACE! BABY CRAZY! Happy Friday, everyone! xo Lyndsay
Just Rosey: Super Simple Sugar Rose
Hope you enjoyed this photo tutorial! Full instructions can be found over at my post on Craftsy. Aren’t those confetti dots the cutest? Such an easy way to add dotty party times to a blank wall. Simply punch out or cut out some circles in whichever colour scheme you’re jamming on and tape up to […]
Simple Black and White Party + Cake
I love a good black and white colour scheme for a party. It can look totally modern, or in this case: vintage modern! I used a black and white graphic vintage tablecloth from the 1970s (a hand-me-down from my mom) and for display, a cool metal letter E I got from The Land Of Nod. […]
Blueberry Cupcake
Happy Tuesday! xo Lyndsay
Cupcake Liner Garland + Mini Party = TGIF
The easiest mini party in the world. I baked a single layer cake in a round pan and frosted it using the classic 1M tip. Just fit your piping bag with the tip, fill it with buttercream frosting of your choice then swirl away on the top of your cake! A dash of colorful sprinkles […]
