Kai & Xian's Toy Story & Sanrio Birthdays!

Corrine contacted me nice and early with a request for her two cuties' double birthday bash: A Toy Story themed cake and matching cupcakes for Kai, and Sanrio themed cupcakes for Xian! Coco Cake enjoys a creative challenge so of course I said "sure!!!" and... I adore Sanrio characters, as I've mentioned many times before on my blog... having grown up with all the old-school characters, such as Little Twin Stars, My Melody, Hello Kitty (of course!) and my personal fave, Tuxedo Sam (the penguin)!

Then, the kicker - I got the CUTEST card in the mail from Kai and Xian. It murdered me with its cuteness. So with each passing hour as I slaved away (heehee!) on the fondant cupcake toppers, I thought of that little card and got excited to make these kids the cutest cakes ever...

Thanks Corrine for the fun order, and great to meet Kai and Xian in person! :)

Coco Cake Cupcake Round-up! Yee-hawww

Birthday Hello Kitty buddy cupcakes...

Meow!!

Hee-larious monkey cake for Mike's birthday-- "call me" he says into the banana...

Dark chocolate with vanilla buttercream, purply blue tinted sugar fondant.

Before, above: and after, below!

Oh, and it's that little vixen Tinkerbell, made into a birthday cake for cute little Giselle! This cake reminds me of the days when I used to spend hours drawing fashion pictures when I was a kid...