Aloha!

This was a labor of love. I made it for a luau we had to celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. My favorite parts were the octopus and the surf boards with their names on them...well, I really like the starfish, too.

The bottom layer was butter rum with butter rum icing and filling. It's a favorite.

The middle layer was pina colada with buttercream icing and a pineapple cream cheese filling. It was so moist and flavorful.

The top was chocolate kahlua with chocolate buttercream icing and a chocolate kahlua mousse filling. Need I say more?

Let's just say it went over very well. Oh, and I can't forget to mention that my 10 year old daughter made her cake decorating debut by helping with the fondant decorations. She made the sea turtle that's in the ocean on the back. Atta girl!

King Kaliente

We had a small party for my son's 9th birthday. He opted for a Super Mario party this year. I decided to do a cake like one of his favorite worlds on Super Mario Galaxy.

This was my first attempt at making figures. I used all fondant. The cake is iced in buttercream. For flavors we went with a basic butter cake with raspberry mousse filling.

Here is my little Mario man.


King Kaliente. He's one bad dude.

Here is the final cake. I'd like to say that Mario won the battle but sadly he was decapitated. My little guy kept his head.

Just so you know I'm not crazy...well, actually I am a little crazy, but that I'm not making it up, here are some pictures from the game.