Breast Cancer Awareness Cake

for Breast Cancer Awareness Walk 2010

The ladies walk for a cause, not for exercise, okay? However many calories they burned, they gained right back with this little gem. I was asked to make a Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon cake and somehow incorporate "boobies." This is what happened.

Cake: Fresh strawberry cake & chocolate chunk chocolate cake.

Details: Vanilla frosting, pink piping frosting.

Funfetti FOF Cake

(Fof is on the right.)

For Bryan Francis

Bryan Francis' birthday fell on the same day we were having a party at my apartment. So he so generously celebrated his birthday the night before, so he can attend our party, as well as all our friends. So I made him this cake. It's a somewhat impressionist drawing of his girlfriend, Stefanie Garcia, or "Fof" as we call her. She's awesome and stunningly beautiful. So making this cake version of her was a treat!

Cake: Funfetti cake with vanilla frosting and a layer of multi-colored chocolate chips inside.

Details: Black, red and yellow piping icing.

Everything Ashley Loves Cake

For Ashley Casparie

It was my best friend Ashley's birthday and even though I've been her friend for longer than 5 years, I have never been able to make her a cake. We were either apart, in school or abroad when it was her birthday. So, to make up for it, I made her a cake of EVERYTHING she has ever loved.

Including, but no limited to:

HER BED

Cigars

Toast

Tiny Pies

Candy Corn

Her Adidas Tracksuit

Mushrooms

Babies (she wants a boy)

Michael Buble tickets (she had requested as a present)

Sour Cream

Big Gulps

Cake: Chocolate chocolate chunk raspberry cake. White chocolate vanilla frosting. With a layer of fresh raspberries inside. White fondant blanket.

Details:

2 giant white chocolate bars. 4 vanilla cookie straws.

Candy Corn

Baby, mushroom, tickets, tracksuit: multi-colored fondant.

Toast: fondant, one yellow Starburst

Big Gulp: Rice Krispy Treats, fondant, sugar candy letters, vanilla cookie straw.

Sour Cream: Chocolate chip muffin, fondant, black piping icing.

1 bubble-gum cigar

1 tiny pumpkin pie

Bounce House Cake

For Chaz Petruzzi

Chaz, my nephew, had his 5th birthday party at a place called Bounce U. It was a UNIVERSITY of bounce houses. And pizza. Pretty much the coolest birthday party ever. My sister RoseLyn asked for a bounce house cake with a slide. I had a lot of trouble with this one, I even bought another cake to replace it because I thought there was no way it was going to work. However, when I brought it to the party, Chaz was just so happy I made him a cake. And that made me happy. But no more pudding!

Cake: Chocolate cake, vanilla pudding. Multi-colored fondant.

Details: Red, green, blue, black and purple icing. Blue, green and white Airheads. Multi-colored gumdrops. Teddy Graham crackers, candy corn, chocolate wafer cookies. Fruit roll-ups, marshmallows, chocolate bars.

Vintage Sewing Machine Cake

For Joe Vitrano

Joe Vitrano took over his family's tailoring company over fifty years ago. I was hired to make him a replica of the sewing machine he used long ago for his surprise 80th birthday party (everyone was okay).

Cake: Chocolate & vanilla marble cake, choclate chip cannoli cream filling, vanilla buttercream icing, dark & light brown fondant.

Sewing Machine: Chocolate cake, chocolate icing, rice krispy treats, black fondant, silver food coloring. One black & white cooke and Smarties candies.

Details: Necco candies, Smarties candies, melted chocolate, Rip & Pull Twizzlers, pearl sprinkles, red, green, peach & white fondant, red & glitter blue piping icing.

"Happy Girthday" Penis Cake

For Lauren Cicitto

A friend, Kelly Hawkins called me up and requested I make her friend a big chocolate penis for her birthday. I couldn't attend the party but I hear good things. I hear good, crazy things.

Cake: White chocolate chip devil's food cake and fudge brownie. Dark chocolate ganache frosting.

Design: Chocolate, vanilla and cherry Tootsie Rolls. Chocolate sprinkles.

Going Away Cake

For Joe Matoske and Sasha VanHoven Going-Away Party

Joe & Sasha were moving out west to Denver, Colorado from Port Chester, NY. This cake documents their travels.

Cake: Chocolate chip vanilla cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Red piping icing.

Design: The wagon consists of, vanilla poundcake. Black and white fondant. Four glazed donuts. Two chocolate covered pretzel sticks. Two plastic horses and two uncanny plastic characters.