Gotta love making people happy!!

So I managed to enjoy the March Break with my family - outings to the maple syrup farm, swimming and even Disney on Ice! I also read a book (The Secret Daughter - excellent by the way) and did numerous loads of laundry! So what does this have to do with Cake? I managed to squeeze in 2 custom cakes this week too! Some serious time management skills going on here!

I dropped the Toopy & Binoo cake off this morning to the Bielby family and was very happy to see the birthday boy's brother's expression! He loved it but wanted for it to be a surprise for his 3 yr old brother so we kept it a secret. Then he quickly mentioned that for his upcoming 5th birthday he would like a Super Mario cake! Another fave of mine! Can't wait Marshall! Thanks to the Bielby family for using BABY Cakes for every birthday during the last year (+).

Then off to deliver Harry Potter! A few notes about the creation of this cake - well, it was a labour of love for sure!! I was in the "zone" yesterday as I hand-painted 2 potions using an old style script I found on microsoft. I specifically picked the Shrinking Solution Potion b/c I wanted a mini Harry to sit on the edge of the Potions book! And then I chose the Polyjuice Potion, just because. Ironically, once I was finishing Harry's face (the last part as I created him from the legs up), it was apparent that Harry had also dipped into the Polyjuice Potion...his lips/mouth weren't working for me. But alas, I figured it was as good as this self-taught caker was going to get! I was quite pleased with the outcome in general. The wand is completely chocolate fondant with engravings to resemble Harry's real wand. The Golden Snitch is a combo of gumpaste/fondant and coloured with gold lustre dust.

This cake smelled amazing and I was working on it, it was hard not to salivate. The whole thing is chocolate - chocolate cake, chocolate ganache filling and covered in crusting chocolate buttercream!! I couldn't taste anything as I made it b/c I've given up chocolate (among other vices) for Lent...so my kids helped me out! "Mmmm, delicious Mommy" my 3 yr old proclaimed! The client requested minimal fondant as her bday boy is not a fan (though my homemade marshmallow fondant is pretty yummy) so I just topped the book with a fondant page in order to create the potions page. I used my airbrush (best Christmas present ever honey!!) to make the book edges as gold as I could.

So check out the pics and feel free to email me with any requests, questions or comments. Oh, and the delivery of the Harry Potter cake was my FAVOURITE to date. Kaden's mom Angel was in tears and said "Oh my God, Kaden is going to sh*t!!". She was so emotional and just kept imagining his expression when she presented the cake to him. I can't wait to hear about it!! Thanks so much Angel! Hope I get to make another one real soon for your family ;)

Happy Caking!!