HOSPICE OF THE VALLEYS INSPIRATION GALA

This awesome cake was Specially created and designed for the Hospice of the Valleys Inspiration Gala Event hosted at Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula, California. I designed this cake along side Hospice of the Valleys Director of Development, Gina O'Bryant and Developmental Assistant Sarah Gerow. This Cake represented some Incredible concepts. First Honoring Shawn Nelson, the former city manager and founder of Jacobs House, Then Highlighting the Hospice of the Valleys Logo [Edible] and Finally Displaying and Supporting the Jacob's House Organization with their Hand crafted Logo on the top of the cake that I created! Gina and Sarah Absolutely LOVED the cake and We were all practically ecstatic at the final results of our Design. This cake also features one of my *New* Wedding Cake Stands that I am now available to offer for My Upcoming and Future Weddings! It seemed to create an even larger presence for the cake and gave me a million reasons to be proud this day. Thank you so much again Gina and Sarah for Choosing me to Create such a Memorable and Honorable Cake for your Gala Event! I look forward to working with you on many more events to come!

Director of Development-Gina O'Bryant & Developmental Assistant-Sarah Gerow

SILLY LITTLE PENGUINS

This Cake was so much fun to make! I found myself cracking up almost every other second while watching the individual personalities of my penguins come alive. This cake was ordered by my cousin Kyle Jensen and his Girlfriend Ashley for their Penguin Obsessed Roommate Vanessa. They expressed her love for Aqua Blue and Lime Green Colors and allowed me to use them as inspiration for which ever design I chose to do. While keeping the actual cake design simple, I found that Funny little Penguins that were full of life and sliding on little ice caps were the ticket to an adorable cake! With the touch of a few Snow Ball piles and Edible glitter it came out perfect! I hope you enjoyed your cake Vanessa!

Red Velvet Cake w/ Oreo Cookie & Cream Filling

LITTLE BOYS-BRING SO MUCH JOY

This Adorable Baby Shower Elephant Themed Cake is the Second cake that I have had to Opportunity to create for two close friends for now both of their baby showers! (The First Cake being "Boy Oh Boy" in 2011) This cake was specifically done for someone who had so happen to be sitting at one of my tables at The Lazy Dog Cafe in Temecula. She had been browsing through pictures of cakes during lunch! I had immediately expressed to her, my love and ability to create cakes! Within a month I had created a Shower cake for her Close friend and I was now able to create her own Baby Shower Cake on this day! I absolutely loved the color combinations of Aqua blue, Grey and Yellow. They each brought a specific vibrance to the cake that seemed to light up the room. This cake design is also a combination of designs of some of my previous cake orders! The top was a replica of my "Riley and Zoe are 3" Cakes, as well as my Handcrafted Mommy and Baby Elephants from my "Elephants for Eden" Cake, along with many other cakes as inspiration. However with a lot less pink from those two specific cakes and the touch of a more Masculine Elephant, this cake turned out to be exactly the way I had hoped it to be.

French Vanilla w/ Fresh Squeeze Lemon Sugar Filling

& Red Velvet Cake w/ Classic Cream Cheese Filling :)

BRYAN & APRIL'S WEDDING

This Absolutely Beautiful display happens to be yet another one of My Favorite orders! It is also a perfect presentation of my first Cake/ Cupcake Tower Display! This Order was done for an Old family friend of mine, April Bryne, for her highly anticipated wedding today in La Jolla, California. I completely melted over her wedding color choices of Dark Grey and Shades of Pink. I had a million ideas running through my head the minute those colors came to life in my mind. However her desire for my Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream and Whipped Chocolate Cocoa Fillings for her Cupcakes involved incorporating Warm Brown tones into her color palate. She was nervous at first, but with my reassurance and confidence in these tones, The Cupcakes completely took my breath away! All of the Colors and personalities of each of my cupcake designs blended perfectly together and practically lit up in the room. Aside from My Handcrafted Edible Peony Flowers and her requested Diamond "Bling" Band around the bottom of her Cake, the Cupcakes completely made me smile. With so many colors, designs, and added detail work to this Order, I have to admit that I am soooo incredibly Proud of myself for making it work! Thank you so much again April for Choosing me for your Wedding! I was so honored. Congratulations!

CAKE

Triple Chocolate Cake w/ Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Filling

CUPCAKES

Red Velvet w/ Classic Cream Cheese 

Triple Chocolate w/ Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream

French Vanilla w/ Whipped Chocolate Cocoa

Hi Melissa! I cannot even express how much I LOVED the cake and cupcake display!!! Bryan and I shared an amazing moment cutting the cake so thank you so much for doing such an amazing job! I had so many guests tell me how much they enjoyed all the flavors and your gorgeous flower creations. Bryan and I both had a chance to sit down and share a little bit of each cupcake at the end of the night and they were all equally delicious and beautiful. Thank you for all the hard work!! 

- April Anderson (Byrne) (March 26th, 2012)

WARM MINT & LOVE

 This Cake was a complete last minute order that I took on during my Own Birthday. However, How could I not spend my own birthday making someone else's day absolutely amazing?! After a 12 Hour School Day, I came straight home and Whipped up this Absolutely Beautiful Design that I had imagined and created on my drive home :) I had originally planned to create a Pastel Green cake with Black and White Accented Swirls, But the second I thought of a Warm Toned Brown Fondant paired with a Mint Green, I fell in love! I am so excited to hear how Terri Liked her Cake, and Thank you so much again Kaylee for Choosing me for your Cake Order!

French Vanilla & Triple Chocolate Swirl Cake w/ Sweet Vanilla Buttercream

GAMBLING DESIGNS

This Vibrant cake was ordered by a ton of Co-workers of mine for their Girlfriend, Elyse's 21st Birthday! This particular cake design is literally the result of 3 of my past cake orders, squished into one! And the Best Part is, that as Usual, Everything is Edible! Including my Fun Marshmallow Playing Cards and Dice at the bottom of the Cake :) With such a Crazy Design to Start, Luckily I found a unique way of incorporating Elyse's name into the bottom tier Demask design! It looked so incredibly beautiful for a last minute decision! Everyone loved it and I was more than excited to add yet another Exhilarating cake to my Portfolio!

CIGAR WORTHY

This Super Fun Cake was done for my Father-In-Law, Bob Bowman for his 54th Birthday on March 12th.  Lets just say that He LOVES Cigars and His Favorite Kind happen to be the Factory Value Brand :) So in order to Spice up his birthday a little bit, I couldn't think of a Better way than to give him an Edible Sweet Cigar Instead! I created little Smoke Puffs with Black Wire, Tabacco with Kit Kat Bars and Hand painted the Factory Value logo for fun :) This is defiantly one of my Goofy Cakes but Bob absolutely Loved it :)

Triple Chocolate Cake with Chunky Butterfinger Buttercream Filling

COPS LOVE THEIR DONUTS

I LOVED Creating this Cake that completely Allowed me to Bring So Many Fun Colors to Life! Its Vibrance was Exhilarating and its Meaning was more than Hilarious! This cake was done for a Long Time Friend of Mine, Amanda Clingingsmith and her Fiance Zach for his Police Academy Graduation. I Must say that My 13 Hours of Dedication and Attention to detail on this Cake completely paid off! I Carefully Re-created Zach's Gun, Hand Cuffs and Official Flashlight out of Rice Crispy Treats & Marshmallow Fondant. I Also Hand painted, Hand crafted and completely Re-created his Very Complex Arcadia Police Department Patch! It was my Pride and Joy once it was finished! To top it off, the Typical "Homer Simpson" Donut Design reflected the Ridiculous Stereotypes of a Cop and made me laugh every time I looked at it. Amanda Thank you so much for planning such a fun cake design with me and trusting me with Zach's Cake! I look forward to creating Your Wedding Cake this June!

Everyone loved the cake!!! They loved how it looked and tasted!!! Zack said it's the best cake he's ever eaten!!! :) Thank you so much!

- Amanda Clingingsmith (March 10th, 2012)

SAINT PATTYS' IN THE MOOD FOR BUNCO

These Fun Cupcakes were done for a Non-Profit Organization called, Hospice of the Valley, located in Murrieta, Ca. These Specific Cupcakes were created for their St. Patrick's Day Themed Bunco Night! For These cupcakes, I wanted to keep them simple by adding a little touch of St. Patrick's Inspiration. I hand crafted what I called, Little Leprican Bow Ties, Green Swirls, Four Leaf Clovers and some Fun Balls to go on Top! I Created my Homemade Buttercream Recipe from Scratch as well as added some Hershey Bar Chunks and Chocolate Syrup in the Middle of them! I Loved how Adorable they turned out to be and I cannot wait to hear how much they Enjoyed them :)

ELEPHANTS FOR EDEN

This Very Special Cake was done for one of My Best Friends of 12 years now, Nicole Miller and her Soon-To-Be sweet baby, Eden Grace. As soon as Nicole showed me Eden's Absolutely Adorable Pink and Brown Elephant Bedding, I knew Exactly what I was going to do! Simple, Sweet & Elephants! I Did a Ridiculous amount of "Stitch" Looking work throughout the entire cake giving it a Soft Baby Blanket feel. Nicole had also Personally requested my *Famous* Hand Crafted 3D Edible Sneakers for the Top of the Cake, while I paired them with a Sweet Mommy & Baby Elephant at the bottom of the Cake. Nicole and Her Family LOVED The Cake as well as LOVED the inside of the Cake! With a French Vanilla & Triple Chocolate Swirl Cake Flavor, Whipped Chocolate Cocoa Filling and Chocolate Chip Chunks, I don't think you can go wrong!

ZACK & COURTNEY'S WEDDING

This Order was so much fun to do! I am Personally in LOVE with this Black and White Demask design and love doing it on anything. This order was done for a Co-Worker of mine Amanda Gilliland for her Brother's Beautiful Wedding. I Have to give a ton of Props to Amanda's mom Robin for creating such an Awesome and Stunning Display of Stands & Glass Demask Decor! I Was Completely Taken back upon Delivery and was so excited to be able to Cascade Their 100 Ordered Cupcakes and Cake All Over her Display! Thank you so much again Gilliland Family for Choosing Me! I was more than Ecstatic to create such a Beautiful Design for you! 

Melissa, It was perfect - thank you so much!

-Robin Gilliland (March 7th, 2012)

I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER

This Cake Happens to Be so Incredibly Special to Me that it Almost Leaves Me Speechless for ONCE in My Life. This Cake was Created for My Own Mom's 54th Birthday on February 25th, 2012. This is the One Person that has Stood by My Side My Entire Life and Has already Dedicated More Hours than I could have ever Imagined towards Helping me with My Cake Orders and Growing Business. I Love Her More than I Could Ever Express. And I Look Up to Her More than She Will Ever Know. She Builds Me Up when I am Down and Gives me Every Reason to Keep going. I Love How She Constantly Reminds me How Special I am. However, I Tend to Forget to Always Remind Her How Special and Amazing She is To Me. It Was Through this Cake, that Practically Exploded With Her Favorite Colors and Love for Birds that I could Express that to Her. With My Crazy Busy Schedule, The Fact that I Spent Her Entire Birthday with Her, was the Key to Her Happiness that Day. and With A Beautiful Cake To Top it off, I Know How Happy I Made Her :) I Love you So Much Mom! You are Everything To Me. Happy 54th Birthday, and Many More to Come.

Bonnie Lee

Red Velvet Cake w/ Vanilla ButterCream & Chunky Walnut & Chocolate Chip Filling

ZEBRA PRINT & GARLIC FEST!

I am Proud to Say that This is the 3rd Cake Order That I have Happily Received From the Cosio Family! As a Surprise Present, Trish Cosio asked me to Create an Adorable Zebra Cake with Green Accents as well as a Hand Crafted Fondant Garlic Clove for Julie's Cake! She explained that They have been hosting a "Garlic Fest" Event for the Past 15 Years and an Additional Fondant Garlic Clove Detail Added would Completely MAKE The Cake! They absolutely LOVED it and I was More than Happy with How My Design and My Creations Turned out. Thank You again Cosio Family to your Constant Business and Dedication to Me!

 French Vanilla Cake w/ Whipped Chocolate Cocoa Filling & Chocolate Chips

Julie with Her Cake!

Melissa, I can't even express how perfect the cake looked and how amazing it tasting as well!!  Julie was totally surprised and couldn't believe the design!!  The garlic topped it off completely!! ...The flavor of the cake was sooooo good, too!!  I know I always rave about the design, but the chocolate chips in the filling were delicious!! You are truly blessed with the gift of cake decorating and are an absolute artist, and we are truly blessed to have you in our lives! :)  Thank you again!!

- Trish Cosio (February 27th, 2012)

GLAMOUR & PEARLS

This Stunning Pearl Embedded & Inspired Cake is the Result of Yet Another Elegant Design that I have been dying to Create! My Mom and I Created this Cake for My Very Own Mother-In-Law, Cheryl Bowman for Her 59th Birthday. This Cake was Made with Over 100 Hand Rolled Multi-Sized Marshmallow Balls, individually Dusted with an Edible Pearl Shimmer Dust. The Shimmer Dust Enhanced the Cake giving it a Stunning Sparkle and a Bedazzled Abeyance. The Flowers were Hand Crafted My Self in a Matter Of Minutes and Delicately placed on the Cake. Cheryl Adored Her Cake and Fell In Love with My Design! I was more than Happy to Create This Cake For her as well as Enjoy The Inside of it with the Whole Family! I Love You Cheryl, Happy Birthday!

French Vanilla Cake w/ Mint Chocolate Chip Chunk Filling

TRAVEL CLASSY

With the Attempt to Create a New Design, I Absolutely Loved Creating This Cake! Kaylan Gollogly contacted Me through Email to Create a Unique Birthday Cake for Both Her Parents, John & Amber. She Expressed to Me how much they Love to Travel as well as her Mother's Love for the Color Red. To top it off she wanted an Elegant Design to Match the Theme of Their Birthday. As soon as the Idea of a Classy Leather Suit Case came to Mind with an Adorable Red Tag On Top, I ran with it! Kaylan LOVED the Cake and I Cannot Wait to here about how much Her Parents loved it as well :)

Triple Chocolate Cake w/ Fresh Citrus Orange & Cream Filling