The Holiday Gingerbread Village

I can finally post these great shots of my Gingerbread Village now that I am back from my Christmas vacation. It was great to take a week off and this big project was delivered just a few hours before we got on our redeye to Boston.
The fabulous Janae Shields of Janae Shields Photography came along with me to take these shots and I think you'll be able to see the insane detail that goes into a Gingerbread world. I hope you enjoy the photos!







I'm making some powdered sugar snow!

Birthday Cakes

Here are a few fun cakes I worked on this week....


This is a Justin Bua inspired cake. The birthday boy is a huge fan so I combined a couple of Bua's ideas to create this cake. I loved the city block scenes Bua paints so I used that as inspiration for the cutout pattern on the sides. I thought I had a chance at mimicing the "Mic Check" series for the drawing on the top. His paintings are super stylized and detailed - I highly recommend that you check out his website to learn more because his work is pretty fresh.




For this cake, the little guy just loves the Lion King and actually drew out the cake design he wanted. Too cute.




I thought this one came out pretty cool too...my interpretation of a sun.

SF Station turns 12

I'm pretty sure that all the cool kids in the Bay use SF Station as their resource guide to what is happening in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a great website and ever since I was asked to make their 12th birthday cake, I've been hooked. They specialize in the arts and cultural happenings around the Bay Area, so the design elements on the cake reflected this. I made theater tickets, movie tickets, a VIP pass, an artist's palette and a little plate, fork and knife set that exeplifies their extensive restaurant guide. Of course the cake wouldn't be complete without the Sutro Tower featured on thier logo.
Thanks to Eduardo Ribeiro for the photograph. Hopefully more pics will be up on the SF Station site soon.

Sculpture Cakes

December is not the big month for weddings, but I get a bunch of fun birthday and theme cakes. Here are a few favs from this week.