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Hi Vancouver cupcake fans! As the blue scallop says, "come on down to cupcake town and say helllooo" to me and my cupcake friends! This Sunday! Other awesome vendors can be found here!

Also, stay tuned to Coco Cake Cupcakes blog as new stuff is comin' up like spring flowers all week...!

Woof Woof, The Pup Cake

I miss our old dog Woody. He was a very sleek and adorable boxer dog with the most hilarious and sweet personality. When Woody's back legs stopped working for him, I did some research online and found a doggie wheelchair online called the "canine cart", so my parents ordered one for him, which gave him new life again! He was so excited to go for walks again! So when Jessica emailed me to order a cake for her boyfriend's birthday featuring their pup Tyson, I couldn't help but think of good old Woodrow "Woody" Sung...!

Jessica ordered a dark chocolate, chocolate ganache filled, peppermint buttercream frosted and fondant covered cake for her boyfriend Chris's birthday. She sent a pic of their ridiculously cute french bulldog Tyson. So here is the bday cake I created for Chris! "French bulldog, masculine but still cute design!" requested Jessica!

I molded Tyson the French bulldog from fondant. For his face, I used edible marker, two large white non-pareil sprinkles for the eyeballs (which I colored black but left white highlights!), a round chocolate sprinkle for the nose and half of a heart shaped sprinkle for the tongue! Kawaii!

The Hungry Caterpillar Cupcake Party Train!

I loved doing this so much! I get such joy when I receive a phone call or email from someone with a great request. The Hungry Caterpillar for a 1st birthday bash? You betcha!! Just for the fun of it I decided to document the "making of" the caterpillar, so here it is!

I first made a ridiculously cute and small round vanilla layer cake with vanilla buttercream, covered in red fondant to create the adorable face of my little caterpillar buddy. Fondant eyes and nose, and two antennae, plus little bootie feet for the caterpillar were also made! I did vanilla cupcakes, and vanilla buttercream in a "psychedelic swirl" effect, blending two shades of green to try and mimic Eric Carle's beautiful watercolors. Little chocolate sprinkles plunked one by one into the buttercream created the furry bits of the caterpillar. To finish, I made a baby friendly "berry patch"-- low sugar banana cupcakes with mint leaves and fresh berries. The key to the puzzle was securing each cupcake down with my good pal Royal Icing. This stuff hardens like glue, so the cupcakes would remain secure on their polka dot cake board while traveling. Additional grass green frosted cupcakes with pretty flowers, roses and leaves also accompanied Caterpillar on his journey to 1st Birthday Land.

Eeks this made me so happy... and here's to a very Happy 1st Birthday to cute little Jamie!

Hello Kitty, Hello Thirty Cake!

When my sisters and I were kids, we were SUPER OBSESSED with SANRIO! Do you know Sanrio? It's the home of Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, Tuxedo Sam (my fave) and My Melody. Basically super kawaii before-kawaii-existed characters. Hello Kitty plastic dishes, spoons, stuffed Hello Kitty, stickers galore, little mini purses, fruit scented Hello Kitty erasers... and my coolest Sanrio toy ever: my Tuxedo Sam bath plushie, which CHANGED COLOR in warm water!

A super fun request from Lenny for his wife Erin-- a Hello Kitty themed 30th birthday cake, with 30 accompanying cupcakes. This made Coco Cake sole proprietor L.K.Sung very happy-- crazy orders are so fun! The cake was dark chocolate, with raspberry filling and vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant, with fondant Hello Kitty and satin ribbon. The cake and cupcakes were met with rave reviews, yay!

Happy Happy "Hello Thirty" Birthday Erin!! Hope you have a tremendous year full of good times!

xo

Alien, Robot Slug, Piggy Giant Robot Cake

These little mini fondant cakes, they are getting rather popular over in old Coco Cake Land! Today I made two, so here is the first of two! For Shawn's birthday, I was asked to make a "Giant Robot" toy inspired mini cake, chocolate with vanilla buttercream filling covered with fondant. Upon studying some images on the internet, I decided to roll with a couple of made-up characters: Big Eyed Alien Flower Boy, The Grey Robot Slug Man, and Pink Piggy! I covered a circular cake board with some polka dot paper, adorned the cake with a polka dot ribbon and a happy birthday flag! I think my fave might be Grey Robot Slug Man. I think he's a cool dude.