My first Bridal Shower Cupcake Tower!!!

I had a blast designing this order. Only my third attempt at covering a cake with fondant. It turned out well. I see imperfections that I will continue to work on, but overall this order went smoothly. The purses and shoes were a hit! The purses were made first by cutting out a bunch of diamond shapes and I made them from there. I made 12 different kinds of purses for each cupcake.

Hannah Montana Cupcake / Cake Tower

Happy Birthday Gracie! What's not fun about Hannah Montana? My first time making guitars. Practice will make perfect.

Horse Theme Cupcake / Cake Tower

This was for a little girl who LOVES horses. This cake was a big hit. It was fun creating this cake. Originally I thought I woudl completely cover the cake in fondant since the party was an outdoor pool party. But I thought to simply drape the fondant over the cake and make it look like a bandana. It turned out well I think. The horse on top I hand cut out of fondant and used a clay gun with the special tips to make the hair. Same as the rope border around the bottom edge. It was made with the clay gun with the special tip. Then I simply braided the fondant. Looking back now, I would have added more of the bandana fabric piping design on the cake. I was just exhaustedat this point though!

Nascar Cupcake / Cake Tower

Vroom, vroom! Another fun one! Oreo cookie crumbs on top for race track. It ended up looking more like a dirt track instead of a Nascar race track, but I'll keep working on that design. With a 8" cake though, there's not a lot of room.

Sports Theme Cupcake Tower

This was for a little boy named Max who turned 2! His Mom said he loves all sports. So much fun! A LOT of time and work went in to it, but the end product was well worth it! I will keep working on the soccer cupcake design. That was a tough one!

Dinosaur Theme Cupcake Tower

This was my first little boy's party. A young man by the name of Nicholas was turning 3 and of course the party theme was dinosaurs. The party was held at the Natural Science Center here in Greensboro. I had so much fun with this tower. There was chocolate and butter/yellow cupcakes and buttercream icing. The Mom supplied the dinosaurs for the toppers of the cakes. The number 3 was made from fondant I colored as well as the leaves I cut from the fondant. LOTS of FUN!!

Hannah Montana Cupcake Tower

This was a small order, only 1 dozen cupcakes with matching cake. This was fun. I did learn, however, that my cakes are too moist. Is that possible you say? Yes, because the small stars on top were supposed to be on wires and shooting out the top. I had five total made to put up there. Because my cake was too moist, it wouldn't hold them in. I had to cut the wire off and just stick them in the cake itself. When I did this with my fondant cake, it was fine because the fondant is more firm and held it in with no problems. It's all a learning process!!