My little buddy! FluffPup the peanut butter frosting dog! The party inspiration. Dogs playing poker poster. I made dog masks out of felt for my hubby and I! The ever-adorable birthday girl Amy, and Coco Cake Boss as a jaunty JAZZ DOG A slice o’ fun! Hangin’ with Amy’s cat Dooblevay! One of my best […]
Boo-yah!! Happy Halloween Cupcakes!
An adorable and fun last minute order from Andrea, ordered for her “moms and tots” Halloween bash. So cute. Andrea was hoping for a modern take on a Halloweeny-type cupcake… so we went with some jackolanterns and a clean, modern, white and ghosty look: white fondant “BOO” engraved cupcakes! The cupcakes were the ever-popular Brown […]
Cryin’ Over You: Baby Shower Mini Cupcakes with Custom Crybaby Flags
These little custom made baby-faced cupcake toppers I made crack me up with their different expressions! These toppers are what makes the difference between regular little mini cupcakes and an extra special array of mini cupcakes! Nicole ordered these for her cousin’s baby shower… vanilla mini cupcakes in silver liners with vanilla cream cheese frosting […]
My Favourite Cake Lately: Laura’s Forest Themed Birthday Cake!
This Coco Cake specialty cake has a real party-time Canadiana sunny Fall day vibe. I think that’s what I was feeling when I made this cake… the sun was streaming in the windows and I was wishing I could be outside to enjoy the lovely crisp Fall sun… ! Ian and Jeanie requested a forest-themed […]
Buttercream Rose Cupcakes + More Crazy Cakes
Another one of them cake round-ups! Sorry I have been so busy, but I haven’t forgotten you, my dear blog! A whole bunch of crazytown cakes, including pretty buttercream roses, Fluffy The Puffy cake for Marc-Andre, Totoro cupcakes for Py, Mermaid and Turtwig matching cakes for Olivia and Duncan, and Despicable Me themed cake and […]
Leftover Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream!
Hello fellow ice cream crazy people! I went to Crazy Town today with an idea. Last week was Canadian Thanksgiving here in good old Vancouver, BC Canada and to celebrate, I made two pies from scratch: pumpkin pie with a ginger snap crust and maple syrup whipped cream, and classic lemon meringue pie with a […]
Science Themed Birthday: Einstein Cupcakes!
Did anyone else have to dissect a cow eyeball in grade 8? I remember our crotchety old Science teacher bringing out the batch of eyeballs bobbing around in that unmistakable pickled stench of formaldehyde. Pretty disturbing stuff… yet fascinating of course. Do kids still do that in high school? Or is it all digital dissection […]
Disco Cupcakes!
After making sweet little cupcakes for her little cutie Juma’s birthday, Sarah contacted me to make cupcakes for her son Kai’s disco themed birthday! This was a bit of a conceptual challenge. How to create cupcakes for a disco-themed party? My initial idea was to try and make a sparkly frosting dome on each cupcake […]
Animal Cuteness Cake + Cupcakes
Another great order from a cool campaign — getting people to see the light of credit unions. My older sis Shelley has always been the most financially forward-thinking of my sisters — putting away money all the time, saving, investing, etc… for years she badgered me to switch to a credit union from our soul-sucking […]
Doggone It: Dog Cupcakes Tower
What a fun order… oodles of cupcakes for the celebration opening of Jet Pet Resort, a new… yes… luxury pet hotel located in Richmond, BC! When you walk into this place it’s quite surreal… the front lobby is like a boutique hotel. Sparkling chandeliers, Juicy Couture pet-wear for sale and a plush setting. Then you […]
Pretty Palette Wedding Cupcakes
Kate was a very astute bride in her sense of design and colour! I loved working with her pretty colour palette of white, grey, green and lavender. A slew of rainy days bookended Chris and Kate’s sunny late September wedding — pretty amazing and flukey to have a small block of sun amidst days and […]
A Sweet Woodland Themed Wedding Cake
Good morning Fall. Here in Vancouver, Fall can hit rather abruptly. One minute you’re wearing sunglasses, a summer dress and flip flops walking outside enjoying the sunshine. The next day you’re cuddled up in a wool blanket and socks on the couch while the sky is grey and pittling with cold rain. Such is the […]
Baby Tanner’s 100 Day Dinner & Tiger Cupcakes!
Wowzers. My sweet and super cute new nephew Baby Tanner, also known as TanMan, or Tan Tan, or Tanner Banner, celebrated his very special 100 Day dinner here in Vancouver. Yes, he’s just a little 4 month old chubalub! He has the lightest ginger brown hair, pale alabaster skin and one double eyelid and one […]
Rugelach & Honey Cake
Nothing odd about rugelach or honey cake, but they are certainly delightful items… For Rosh Hoshanah (yes, I am Chinese) this year, we went to our dear pal Shira’s for a warm Fall dinner… I made rugelach and a moist, flavourful honey cake… the honey cake called for strong coffee (or you could use strong […]
A Few Days In The Life: Cakes + Sweetness
Pretty Pictures: Recent Cakey Times
Pretty mini pink rosette topped cupcakes. Lovely for a bridal or baby shower, or a shabby chic birthday. Hydraenga cupcake. Shadows! Lettering: “today just got better!” (still never found out why). Flags, flags, everywhere there’s flags. Mini regal and ruffly raspberry topped Berry Good cupcakes. Happy Birthday Juma! Despicable Me and 1-Up cupcake toppers, and […]
