Joyce Gourmet

I always look forward to Sweet Swap & trying everyone's creative sweet treats! This time, I made some mini cheesecakes with blueberry topping  :-) The best part is taking home pieces of everyone's creations and eating it over the next week (well, maybe more like a couple of days...I have a sweet tooth!).

I received a call from someone in Fredricksburg to order a cake for her cousin who lives in the area.  She informed me that her cousin was attending culinary school and she wanted to surprise her with a cake (so that she wouldn't have to make her own!).  I hope she liked her surprise birthday cake with her favorite colors! Theme: 21st Birthday Cake: Vanilla Gold Butter Cake Filling: Vanilla Buttercream I baked the Vanilla Gold Butter Cakes, filled with 3 layers of Vanilla Buttercream filling for each tier (there is a 6 inch and 8 inch cake).  Then I covered the 6 inch cake with gray fondant, then added a thick pink ribbon around and white pearl buttercream dots at the base of the cake. Next, I covered the 8 in cake with purple fondant, then added the diamond lattice for the purple cake, then added a thin pink fondant ribbon and white pearl buttercream dots around. I made a large pink ribbon using half fondant half gumpaste so that it hardens and holds it shape w

Received an adorable request to make an Elmo first birthday cake.  Elmo would be shaped using rice crispy treats then covered in fondant.  His eyes and nose would be cake pops.  The small 2-tier cake in front of Elmo would also be shaped using rice crispy treats then covered in fondant.  The rest of the cake decorations were made using fondant.  The cake board was also covered in light blue fondant, then letters were imprinted onto the fondant. Cake: Red Velvet Filling: Chocolate Buttercream Icing: Fondant Design specifics: *2 layer red velvet cake, covered in white fondant  *3D Elmo cake topper made of rice crispy treat, covered in fondant *Red velvet cake pop eyes and orange nose *2 tier small birthday cake made of rice crispy treat, covered in fondant with "1" on top of the cake *Name - Donovan shaped into crayons made of fondant, variety of colors *ABC 123 pressed into the light blue fondant that will cover the cake board *Happy 1st Birthday" messag

I received a request to create a Alice in Wonderland Baby Shower Cake.  She requested a taste testing to convince the other ladies helping to host the baby shower to order a professional cake.  Weeks went by without a response, so I figured they may have decided to make the cake themselves, as they were considering.  However, a week before the baby shower, I finally received a response that they wanted me to create the Topsy Turvy Alice in Wonderland Baby Shower Cake.  Had so much fun making this cake.  So here it is! Teapot: Fondant Watch: Fondant Table: Double Chocolate Bourbon Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream filling, covered in Chocolate Buttercream, then fondant Cheshire Cat: Vanilla Butter Cake with coconut custard buttercream filling, coconut flakes, covered in coconut custard buttercream, then fondant Flowers: fondant Painted with Bacardi Rum and edible Gold Dust