A cool thing about having a baby is meeting other ladies who have babies. You become mama pals. And your babies in turn become buddies! It’s a wild ride, this baby roller coaster. But having cool new mom pals to hang out with is pretty sweet. I hadn’t seen Yani in years, and happened to […]
Happy New Year – My Dad’s Birthday Cake and Well Wishes for 2013!
My dear dad celebrated his 69th birthday on December 17th… and it has become customary for me to make a DOG CAKE for him every year! Words could never describe how much my dad means to me, and how much his love and support of me has meant, especially over this past year. Dad, you […]
Pink Ruffles, Pink Flags … Love and Peace to all.
I think of all the wonderful cakes and cupcakes I’ve made for so many beautiful children. That excitement of your birthday party when you’re a kid… a special day that’s yours only, with treats and love and special words, hugs and kisses from family and friends and maybe even presents, too. The joy and innocence […]
Mauve Vanilla Buttercream Blackberry Topped Cupcakes!
Pretty pretty mauve vanilla buttercream frosted vanilla cupcakes with a blackberry on top~ !
Saturday Sundae
I had an ice cream sundae party for my 36th birthday! Yes, a party theme typically fit for children… maybe I’m in a children-centric mood these days, taking care of my little babe Teddy 24/7! Ahhh I love it though. I lugged Teddy out in the rain, polka dot umbrella and insulated grocery bag in […]
Cupcake Attack!
Birthday Cupcakes For River!
Some lovely, simple frosted dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and turquoise vanilla buttercream for River’s birthday… man I love taking pride in frosting a cupcake. Cake-nerdy but true… and I couldn’t help but plunk that vintage ballerina into a turquoise rosette buttercream quicksand for a photo! I LOVE that vase, bought it last year […]
Halloween Cake Tutorial! Hairy Green Witch Cat!
I know. I’m a weirdo. Hairy witch CAT cake? Well, I wanted to make a Halloween tutorial for my wonderful readers out there. But I really don’t like the typical Halloweeny type business – orange and black and gory yucky bloody stuff. Why not keep Halloween kind of cute? Kind of hairy? I thought of […]
Piper’s Little Birdie 1st Birthday!
These photographs are much too lovely to blabber over – Piper’s 1st birthday back in July – I made the pink ruffly cake and cupcakes, with a little birdie flag. My amazing sister did all of the party design including signage, loot bags, colouring pages! And she has three little ones still 4 years old […]
Milk Tea Ice Cream
Milk Tea Ice Cream Recipe I’ve been a little preoccupied with life lately, so I apologize for being a total no-show the last ten months… This past year I’ve experienced some real downs… but followed by a truly wonderful up: the birth of my baby boy, Teddy! He is just over 6 weeks old now. […]
Petunia the Pup cake
Petunia the pup cake is a cake I did a while back but hadn’t had a chance to post! Karen wanted a very special birthday cake for her little Lucia’s 1st birthday – and Lucia adores their puppy Petunia… ! Animal face cakes are clearly one of my favourite types of cakes to make for […]
PURRRPLE cupcakes for Kensie
My little 3 year old niece Kensie is what I call a wonderful nutbar – full of energy and sweetness. She likes playing fake lemonade stand, LOVES mermaids and princessy dress up but ALSO loves pretending she’s Linsanity (Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks) or Ryan Kesler (of the Vancouver Canucks). She’s super athletic […]
Bear With Me… Rilakkuma Bear Cake and a Teddy
Happy Fall everyone! Holy man it’s been a wild summer (and really, a wild roller coaster year) for me. But it comes down to this … I had a beautiful baby boy this summer, born on his due date, August 20th, here in Vancouver, BC! His name is Teddy! Becoming a mom has been… oh […]
Rufflepuff Buttercream Buddies
A few ruffly cute buttercream cakes with cake banners for you… A vanilla buttercream cake (I believe the inside layers were a pale lavender…) for little Hannah’s birthday with silvery cute cake bunting. Dark chocolate mocha cake for my beautiful friend Shira’s 30th birthday (way back in December!)… She is opening a modern vegetarian restaurant […]
Kermit Cake for my little Brody
How could my little monkey cutie nephew be 4 years old already? It feels like just yesterday I remember holding him for the first time, this teensy thing in a mini Canucks newborn toque. Now Brody is obsessed with cars and is sweet and sensitive and funny and full of questions and is just the […]
Coco Cake’s Favourite Cakes Of 2011!
2011 was a pretty whirlwind year of cake-mania in good old Coco Cake Land of Crazy Times and Cool Moments. It kind of blows my mind when I scroll through my zillions of photos of cakes – I think to myself, “I made all of those!? I’m an insane person.” Yes, I think it’s true! […]
