Joyce Gourmet

Upon returning from our 5 week holiday trip to Los Angeles and wedding in Tahiti/Mo'orea, I received an order to make an adorable baby animal wearing party hats for her son's first birthday cake. Theme: Baby Animals Cake: Marble Cake Filling: Vanilla Buttercream Icing: Fondant Design Specifics: *3 Baby Animals -Lion (party hat) -Giraffe (party hat) -Elephant (crown) *”CYRUS” name banner on yellow triangles hanging from red rope * “Happy 1st Birthday” in fondant on cake board *small birthday cake with 1 single blue candle, blue frosting *brown blanket *many green leaves *palm tree made of fondant *green fondant covering cake *green fondant covering cake board Happy 1st Birthday, Cyrus!  

Hello Kitty is still one of the most sought after characters especially by teen girls, but not to exclude anyone, especially myself.  I was excited to be asked to make a Hello Kitty & Luau themed birthday cake for a friend's daughter's birthday.  The requirements were: sweet yellow cake & super sweet frosting. Got it!  The many detailed fondant pieces took over a week to create, especially because my 3 year old daughter was excited to play with what she thought was "play dough" and I would help her blend colors to create her own masterpieces (not used for the Hello Kitty Luau cake).  Most of the pieces had to be made after my girls went down for the night.  As time allowed, I would add pieces to fill up the cake.  My favorite fondant decoration on the cake: Hello Kitty wearing a red bikini with a hibiscus flower on her head. Once the 6, 8, and 10 inch cake tiers were baked, cooled, filled, crumb coated, the top tier was covered in light blue ...