must. eat. cake.

rainbow cake, originally uploaded by tashistation.

Delicious vanilla cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, decorated with edible bunnies, butterflies, flowers and mushrooms. Topped with a gumpaste rainbow. A big hit with the kids!

jungle themed 1st birthday cake, originally uploaded by tashistation.

A fun first birthday cake with a jungle theme. The cake topper is made of chocolate fondant mixed with gum paste to help it hold up in the humidity. Luckily Saturday wasn’t a particularly hot and humid day, but lately you never know!

The animal and plant silhouettes on the bottom tier were inspired by Alexander Henry’s zoo fabric. A classic!

Yellow cake layers with chocolate frosting, chocolate fondant (bottom tier) and vanilla fondant (top tier).

This would also make a very cute baby shower cake.

baby blocks cakes, originally uploaded by tashistation.

3 different flavors: chocolate cake with vanilla frosting, yellow cake with chocolate frosting and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. each cake is a 3.75″ cube.

play-doh cake, originally uploaded by tashistation.

The birthday boy LOVES play-doh, hence this giant homage to the fun paste. The cake was 8 inches tall, consisted of 6 layers of cake and 5 layers of vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. the chocolate layers came from elisa strauss’ confetti cakes book. The play-doh lid was made out of gumpaste, the animals are fondant.

lovebirds cake for natalie — smooooch!, originally uploaded by tashistation.

This vegan chocolate cake with vegan “buttercream” icing stands at a diminutive 5 inches across and three inches tall (not counting the birds). It’s the perfect cake for a small gathering, feeding 6-8 people. Design from Kate Sullivan’s amazing cake book.

This is Hana’s first birthday cake. It’s yellow cake with chocolate buttercream. Marshmallow fondant on the top, chocolate fondant on the bottom tier.

I started out by making the little decorations a week in advance… the mushrooms, fiddleheads, ferns, acorns and oak leaves.  I made a tree in advance but it was way too tall for the bottom tier and had to be scrapped.

The day before the party I baked the cake layers and crumb-coated them.  The night before the party I stacked the tiers covered everything in fondant, then started finding a home for each little decoration.  Finishing touches applied day of event.  It was a very fun cake to make

The cake topper is a vintage Japanese porcelain figurine found on eBay.

bridal shower cake, originally uploaded by tashistation.

Inspired by Kate Sullivans dogwoods and butterflies cakes.