Thursday, 31 January 2013

For a Princess

 
This cake my friend and I did in one night.  We had plate from the dollar store to use as our guide for this cake for a little princess.
 
The two tier cake was completely covered in a thin layer of fondant with different girly elements (all edible except for the crown) to decorate it.


Stay Sweet
Xo Robyn

Something simple...

 Let me tell you something first...  If at any point you need to colour fondant...  don't!  hahahahaha!  If the colour you need is available to buy... use it! But...  if you have to colour fondant...  USE GLOVES!!  This is what will happen if you don't!  And trust me...  it doesn't go away after just a wash or two...  My friend and I had a good laugh at this.

So this cake that we did was very simple.  A three tier round cake with stars all over and ribbon on each tier. 
 
Stay Sweet
Xo Robyn

A Vince Carter fan's Birthday!

This cake was a fun one to make. 
 
At the time neither my friend or I had the proper pans to make this cake in one go so we had to make four separate cakes and then create the shape of a jersey.
 
We covered it in fondant...  cut all the letters and shapes out freehand and put it together!
Voila!  The customer loved it! 
 

Monday, 28 January 2013

Not just cakes...

Here are a few of the many cupcakes I have made through out the year... 
Originally this was what I enjoyed to do the most.
 The cupcakes above are chocolate mint cupcakes.  The actual cupcake was mint with chocolate pieces and the frosting was dark chocolate buttercream. 
 
 These cupcakes are probably my absolute favourite ones to make.  Pina Coloda cupcakes with a cherry on top.  The cupcakes are light and fruity, infused with pineapple and coconut flavour and then the frosting is simply whipped coconut milk with a run flavouring.  one bite and you feel like your enjoying a drink on a hot beach.
 
 Nothing like a bright red cupcake to get you into the holiday spirit.  Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and edible berries and holly to make them a bit more festive.  I absolutely enjoyed making these cupcakes but also seeing the faces on my co-workers when they walked into the room and saw these.
 
I love these chocolate butterflies.  They honestly look so realistic and just make a cupcake look so much better.  Each wing is poured and made by hand and then built on each cupcakes with chocolate buttercream. 
 
These cupcakes were just too cute to pass up making.  Coke float cupcakes!!!  The cupcake itself has Coca Cola in the mix and one of the two layers of icing has it as well.  Top it off with a vanilla buttercream frosting, a cherry and a straw just to give it that right look.  I think they looked even better than the picture.
 
I have made more cupcakes but did not take any pictures.  I promise I will take more as I go.
 
Stay Sweet
Xo Robyn

Sunday, 20 January 2013

Welcome to XO Cakes!!!

Hey lovelies! 

I want to welcome each and everyone of you to my baking website/blog.  Here I will be posting the cakes, cupcakes and all around delicious treats that I make. 

I do also take orders for any goodies so if you would like anything you can email me at xocakes4u@gmail.com

Can't wait to show you my creations :-)

Until then...
Stay sweet.
Xo Robyn

Thursday, 17 January 2013

NBA2K11 craze!


My first cake I ever made.

This was for a nba2k11 fan.  It was all painted by hand.  The logo I printed from a picture on the internet and then hand painted it onto fondant.  After dry brushing the court with different browns I took a food colouring marker and added the little details on the court.

More pictures of cakes to follow.

Stay Sweet
Xo Robyn