This Week's Style Stars

I do love the challenge of making edible cake and cupcake toppers to match your invitations, color inspsiration boards, and party themes. 

Recent stylings include...

Jake and the Neverland Pirate Cake Toppers

Disney will be releasing a Jake and the Neverland Pirate DVD September 27th, but this mom wanted to stay ahead of the game and make a Jake and the Neverland Pirate cake topper set for her son's Birthday in August.  These edible fondant toppers will top a pirate ship shaped cake, and include Jake, Skully, Jake's sword, a treasure map, barrel...and a treasure chest full of treasure.



Elephant and Giraffe Baby Shower

This baby shower theme is all about elephants and giraffes...teal and orange elephants and giraffes to be exact.  These toppers stand 5" tall and are completely edible!

Sweet Safari Theme

The challenge, make 5 safari animals to match the following...

and here they are...

Tiffany Rose

Tiffany blue that is!  This elegant design is perfect for weddings, anniversaries, a "Breakfast at Tiffanys" party, or to accompany any gift from the ever famous Tiffany & Co...

Silly Bears

Sometimes you just need something silly to make you smile.  These Silly Bears are just the thing...

Minnie Mouse Cake Topper Set

All I can say is Minnie continues to reign = ) This is a custom set of toppers made for a sheet cake.

Time to get back to making style stars and not just talking about them = )  If you have a special event coming up and would like a creation to stylishly dress your cake and/or cupcakes, contact me.  I would be happy to work with you to make your event FABULOUS!

Style Stars...

I am having such a great time making cupcake and cake creations for all of you very creative party planners!  It seems daily, I am contacted about whether I can do this or that.  I absolutely LOVE the challenges that you are sending my way, and enjoying making these little works of art.

So what am I working on?

SURF MONKEY...

The cake topper is to fit an 8" cake that will top a cupcake tower.  The tower will hold 24 cupcakes with monkey and surfboard toppers.

This styling holds a lot of options for the decorator -- the cake could be iced with a gel mixed icing in shades of blue, then topped with graham cracker crumbs to resemble a sand, with the monkey, surfboard and palm tree enjoying this little island in the sun.  How would you use these pieces to decorate your own surf monkey cake?

BLUE GIRAFFES...

These little giraffes cake toppers were created to match a baby shower invitation.  They stand 3 and 3-1/2 inches tall.

KRISTHEN...

I love the retro feel of these TYPEWRITER KEY toppers, spelling out the name "Kristhen".  Add some polka dots to match and you have a simple style that is sure to delight!

MICKEY MOUSE and MINNIE MOUSE...

I grew up about 20 miles away from Disneyland, so Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were a big part of my childhood.  I LOVE that children everyone still love Mickey and Minnie!

Well, that is all for now.  Check back again soon for more style stars from the Cupcake Stylist!

How to dress cupcakes in a hurry...

I recently was out of town and needed to put together some "pretty" cupcakes in a hurry.  Luckily I had a dozen Ribbon Rose Cake and Cupcake Toppers with me, so I knew just what to do...

Step 1:  I went to a local bakery and pleaded for 12 unfrosted cupcakes (they were very nice about it and gave me 13 for the price of 12 = ).
Step 2: I stopped at the local grocery store and bought two "cans" of ready made frosting.
Step 3: I stirred 1-1/2 cans of the frosting and scooped it into a plastic Ziploc baggie, zipped it up and clipped a small triangle from one of the corners of the bag.
Step 4: I swirled some frosting onto each cupcake
Step 5:  I added a little green food coloring to the remaining frosting and scooped it into another Ziploc baggie, zipped it up and this time I cut a very small corner of the bag off and then made a very small cut perpendicular to the first and piped what were supposed to be leaves onto the top of each cupcake.
Step 6:  I added the Ribbon Rose Cupcake Toppers and wah-lah...decorated cupcakes that were super easy and looked great!

The finished product...

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Some projects are just enjoyable from the very beginning...

Allison contacted me last week about a rush order needed for an upcoming party.  She had some of the flat and disk type designs in mind, which don't take as long to dry, so they were the perfect choice for a short lead time. 

Allison provided an inspiration board for her "April Showers Bring May Flowers" themed party, which was a great help for understanding her vision for the party...

Before I go on I just have to say, "I LOVE inspiration boards!"

After Allison and I finalized the toppers needed for her cake and cupcakes, I got to work.  Allison wanted the toppers to match the orange, yellow, green and pink of her inspiration board fabrics.  She wanted 24 flower disks and 24 umbrella disks for the cupcakes, and 36 cutout flowers for the cake.  The project was great fun to execute and based on Allison's inspiration, the following toppers were created...

The photos were taken in a rush in my kitchen, so the colors appear a little off, but you get the idea.

Thank you Allison for the opportunity to work with you to style your April Showers bring May Flowers event -- may it be a GREAT success!

Life on the Farm

I love driving around the Central Coast because you are sure to see cows, horses, sheep and other animals about.

These edible fondant farm animal cake and cupcake toppers are available in my Etsy Store located at http://www.cupcakestylist.etsy.com/.  Each measures between 2 and 2-1/2" and you can enjoy them...without the barnyard smell = )

Horse Head

Pig face

Sheep 

Cow

Pig



Happy Birthday Emerald

Emerald is a known as "the gal who walks around with a bird on her shoulder."  Well, Emerald's Birthday was Wednesday and I was asked to make some "Birthday" cupcakes for her.  These are my Birthday tribute cupcakes for Emerald

And I couldn't forget the bird...

How to dress a naked cake...

Decorating a cake can be overwhelming at times.  There are Soooooooooooo many ideas out there and the possibilities are only limited by our time and abilities. 

My goal as the CUPCAKE STYLIST is to help you stylishly dress your cakes and cupcakes with made-to-order toppers that you can apply to your own cakes and cupcakes, to make desserts that you can present to your friends, hear them ooh and aah, and then tell them you made it yourself!

This cake is one idea for using my fondant rosebuds available at http://www.cupcakestylist.etsy.com/

To make this cake:

1. Bake a 2 layer round cake.
2. Cover your cake board with fondant (optional).
3. Stack the cake layers and fill with your favorite filling and crumb coat with your favorite frosting.
4. Cover the crumb coated cake with white fondant.
5. Next color some fondant to match the rosebud leaves, and another color to match or complement the color of the rosebuds.
6. Roll some of the colored fondant and cut into strips, cutting the complementary color strips approximately 1-1/2” wide and the leaf color strips approximately 1” wide – cut the strips long enough to reach from the bottom of your cake to the top of the stacked layers, plus 1”.
7. Apply your fondant strips to your cake by brushing the back of the each strip with a little water, then “sticking” the strip to the cake.  (The number of strips applied will depend on the number of rosebuds you have.  In my example, I used 24 rosebuds)
8. Apply the rosebuds and leaves to the top of each stripe (again by brushing the base with just a little water)
9. Roll the remaining fondant into various size “balls” and apply around the base of your cake (please note: “balls” can be ordered also, to match your rosebuds).
10. Waa-lah!  You have a beautifully styled cake that will impress your friends and family!

Happy Styling!