Garden offerings. Green and yellow beans with a crunch and a snap, both fibrous and fresh. Aromatic basil and skinny-thin chives brighten any meal. Arugula and spinach salad with paper-thin cucumber, toasted pine nuts, local blueberries, garden chives and basil. Grilled grape tomato skewers with sea salt, balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil! Sour, […]
Coconut Milk Lime Raspberry Pops
Feeling a little bit hot and lazy, anyone? Sunshine summer just makes me want to jump in a cool green lake, dry off, put on my oversized sunglasses and an old hat, read some trashy magazines and eat snacks and drink a cool drink, get hot again then jump right back in. You can be […]
Hi! I’ved Missed You! Pink Ruffle Cake With Turtle Topper
Hi blog readers and buddies… ! Long time no write… but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about you. I took a nice, well-needed break from Cake Land for a while. I still made quite a few cakes here and there, and I will be back making even more cakes starting in September. So […]
Cute Wedding Cakes For A Cute Bride (and Groom!)
My dear pal Amy got married! And I was her Maid of Honour! Amy has always had a gorgeous sense of style. She is a bright, modern, super fashionable little cutie with a love of finely crafted things. Amy and Stephen got married at the Loden Hotel here in Vancouver – and I made four […]
Circus Party Cake!
Cute two tiered vanilla cake with CIRCUS theme! Blue elephants, red stripey and yellow stars… Happy Birthday Ryson!
Victory Fei Fei Ice Cream Pie
I’m not exactly sure how this victory fei fei ice cream pie idea got started but I do know the VANCOUVER CANUCKS are the reason behind it! Not only am I close to my dear sisters in my immediate family, but we are also close with all of our super duper cousins… and my cousins Mike, […]
Two Cakes – Modern Buttercream Cake + Good Earth Fairy Cake
I’m lucky. I have wonderful customers who like to bulk order and book in advance… cakes for all occasions! Bambs ordered a sweet little buttercream vintage-look cake for her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary… and also ordered a cute Good Earth fairy cake and matching cupcakes for the adorable little Thea. And I cannot […]
Tanner’s Hawaiian 1st Birthday Bash : Pineapple Head Cake!
Twins! Separated at birth! Just kidding Tanny!! Tanner’s cake table set-up! Cupcakes by Coco Cake! And my cute little nephew Brody chowing down! I made this banner… Tanner’s Banners! Aggghhh! Tanny, you crazy cutie! Tanner with his big bro, and my sis Leanne (she’s also pregs! Baby Factory!) and proud Papa Dan! My favourite of […]
Matcha Green Tea Cream Pops
Another fantastically easy/lazy-times recipe to follow: Matcha green tea frozen cream bars! Last summer I spent a long time googling the heck out of ice cream bar molds. There are crazy expensive ones out there, and at the same time there are excellent D.I.Y. ways to make em: how about pouring your treat recipe into […]
My Buddy The Purple Pup – Purple Dog Cake!
If you are a reader of this here cake factory blog, you are well aware of how much I LOVE ANIMAL CAKES! It’s hard for me to stop from just petting the daylights out of their cute little faces and sitting them on my lap on the couch. I made this furry purple vanilla cake […]
Baby Face Cupcakes – Baby Shower!
Baby shower cupcakes ordered by Fei! Lemon Frill cupcakes – lemon cupcakes with lemon creamcheese frosting, and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache! And… some fondant topper baby faces givin’ some attitude! Thanks Fei for the cute order!
Angry Birds Cake!
Too hilarious. I loved the little cutie who ordered this too. Showed up all styled out, in an Angry Birds tshirt! A bunch of friends ordering it for their friend’s 18th birthday… ahhhhdorable!! Dark chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, fondant decorations. Thanks Chino for the fun order! ^__^ And cahmannn, who else out there is […]
For The Love Of Mothers: Strawberry Ice Cream Cake!
I made this strawberry ice cream cake with pink vanilla cake layers for Mother’s Day… I have the most amazing mom. She has always been a strong role model for my sisters and I – a warm, generous, wise and wonderful MOM! Committed to helping others, always someone you can count on, a good friend […]
Ginormous Cupcake!
It’s a biggie. I wonder how many it would feed? I’m thinking 15 people. Or 1 super hungry maniac. Digging in with forks… oh man that’s a lot of cake and frosting! I made this for a little cutie baby named Kai – and for a “smash cake” photoshoot for his 1st birthday! I can’t […]
Strawberry Sour Cream Ice Cream & Cake!
Strawberry ice cream… Summery, right? Today was not so summery in Vancouver – pouring torrential rain mixed with hard cold granules of hail… all day! And the teensiest sun break in the clouds around dusk. Oh man, I cannot wait until it’s berry picking season here in British Columbia. Navigating prickly bushes on hot sunny […]
Cute Bon Voyage Cake
Bon voyage, mon amour! Je t’aime toujours! J’ai fabriqué cette gateau pour Norah. C’etait chocolat! My French kind of stinks these days. I hardly ever use it. But Canada is bilingual, everyone. Je suis bilingue!! We study French in school! I could order poutine in Montreal at least. And I was able to order breakfast […]
