Strawberry Shortcake

First cake with filling............DISASTER!!!!!!!!! I was DEVASTATED.

The filling on the strawberry house leaked out and the buttercream started coming off. I wish I had a picture of the carnage.

Before the great flood the cake was BEAUTIFUL!

Arrrrrr get away from my booty

Open Treasure Chest....SURE!

Couple fun things with this cake. Obviously the load of candy oozing out the front but also the treasure chest is a 1/4 sheet cake cut in half. I used half Chocolate and half Yellow cake. I had NEVER made 2 different cakes in one pan like that. I was super impressed with myself.

I covered the outside in brown fondant and while it looked 'good' I wasn't 100% convinced it was done. So my favorite element of this cake was the 'wood grain' I added to give the chest a realistic look.

As a compliment to the cake, Pirates on cupcakes :o)

It's La la Loopsy :o)

Loopsy is fun! Loopsy is BRIGHT and has little details. I love all the cakes I make and love doing them for everyone but this one was EXTRA special. This little girl has been very sick this last year, she has fought an uphill battle with all her might. Even with everything she has gone through, she is bright and cheery and loving but most of all appreciative!!!

This project also marked a first for me. Everything to date has gone very smoothly. I made cakes, cupcakes and themed cakepops. I was LOVING myself and my work, I couldn't wait to see the smile on her face. I package it all up and head to bed, ready for my delivery the next day.......

I get up, I walk into the kitchen and there it sits.....ALL MY POPS WERE LOST!!! The temperature in the house rose to close to 80 overnight and all the chocolate softened and melted. GONE, ALL GONE. Days worth of hard work. I WAS DEVASTATED. My client was so kind and so understanding but I was mad at myself. I had a lot of take away from this and learned things about chocolate that I never knew.

Here are pictures of the cakes and what the pops should have been.