Mark's modern-vintage red and white birthday cakes!

Liz ordered this super cute red and white themed fondant cake for her husband Mark's 50th birthday, and 50 sweet and simple red and white themed vanilla cupcakes for staff to enjoy as well. Liz and Mark are two very amazing people who do truly remarkable things here in Vancouver. They are tireless and extremely hardworking advocates for the continual improvement of the lives of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside residents, through the founding and development of the almost-20 year old Portland Hotel Society. Read about it through the link!

Happy 50th Birthday Mark - I hope you had a super fantastic birthday, and all the best in your milestone birthday year!

Lyndsay :)

My Honeybun's Birthday, and Snow Days!

Ooooh, a lovely light green and pink mint buttercream chocolate-ganache filled cake! Is it an 11 year old girl in a frilly frock's fanciful children's birthday party?? No, not quite... it's my husband's 31st birthday cake!!! The request was for a mint buttercream chocolate cake. So my thinking was, a light green would be very minty, I'm going to make light green buttercream. Then I thought, ooooh pink would be a lovely contrast color considering green and red are complimentary colors on the color spectrum. Then I thought, ooooh I'm going to pipe flower stars on the top! Once I was finished I was like, "ooooh, it looks so pretty... but wait a minute... perhaps it's not the most masculine cake in the world??" Luckily for me my husband isn't concerned with cakes looking too gendered in either direction--- he loved it! And it turned out perfectly moist and delectable. Not a crumb was left at the end of our Oktoberfest-themed sausauge, beer and cheese birthday party. Happy Birthday Rich!!! You are the best and I love you tons!

Snow has sprinkled its little self onto Vancouver's world, quite a lovely sight to wake up to this morning. Many holiday cupcakes have been baked over the past week and I will post if I have some time. If I don't talk to ya before then, Happy Holidays from Coco Cake Land!!!