Baby Tanner's 100 Day Dinner & Tiger Cupcakes!

Wowzers. My sweet and super cute new nephew Baby Tanner, also known as TanMan, or Tan Tan, or Tanner Banner, celebrated his very special 100 Day dinner here in Vancouver. Yes, he's just a little 4 month old chubalub! He has the lightest ginger brown hair, pale alabaster skin and one double eyelid and one single eyelid... plus a little adorable Chinese face! And he actually has an all-natural mohawk...! Poh-poh and Gonge-gonge (Grandma and Gramps in Chinese -- well actually, grandparents on your mother's side -- and the spelling of P&G varies from family to family) threw this 100 Day Chinese banquet at our fave family hot spot, Golden Ocean.

I love the names of Chinese restaurants. They can really do it up mythical styles! Golden Ocean, Pink Pearl, Flamingo, Shanghai Wonderful... like a magical, mystical world of bamboo forests, hazy sparkling skies and cool breezes. Imagine! Swimming through an ocean of GOLD? The MINDS of these people! ;)

Lobster, Peking duck, roast chicken, oodles of noodles... TanMan got a party worthy of a little Prince! If RT and I ever have kids, there will be definitely be a designated vegetarian's table! Tanner was born in the Year Of The Tiger, so Auntie Lyndsay (also known as: ME, also known as Auntie Coco Cake) made special little tiger topped cupcakes for him and the kids, and classic swirl with rainbow sprinkles cupcakes for everyone else! The party was a total blast... and big brother Brody is a budding photographer. He's 2.5 years old...! The photos he snapped were seriously cool!

The last two pics are of the family! Party Man Dan (that's what I call my bro-in-law, or Party Man Dad) and my sis Leanne a.k.a Awesome Mommy of TanMan and Brody! :)

Welcome to the world, little TanMan! Can't wait to see what kind of crazy little nutbar you will turn out to be...

Love, Auntie Lyndsay

A Few Days In The Life

Recent Coco Cakeing!

pretty mini pink rosette topped cupcakes

lovely for a bridal or baby shower, or a shabby chic birthday

hydraenga cupcake

shadows!

lettering: "today just got better!" (still never found out why)

flags, flags, everywhere there's flags

mini regal and ruffly raspberry topped Berry Good cupcakes

Happy Birthday Juma!

Despicable Me and 1-Up cupcake toppers, and drawing!

Ordered by Erika for her BF (and my cousin!) Dave, a.k.a DLM

Hockey themed cake for Motoko, ordered by Lance!

Storm Trooper Cake ordered by Golnar for her nephew! :)

Michelle & Timothy's Pretty Pastel Coloured Wedding Cakes

It's like a blind date sometimes, having my little Coco Cake cake business.... ! Who are these mysterious characters who send me emails and leave me voicemails, inquiring about cupcakes for this party, a cake for this event...?

Michelle emailed me about half a year ago to order cupcakes and a cutting cake for her August wedding out at Swan E Set deep in the gorgeous, mountainous farmland (yep!) of Pitt Meadows here in British Columbia, Canada. Yes, you really can go from farm to ocean to mountain (to mega-mall!) all in one day here!

Many email exchanges later, Michelle decided what she wanted, and was very specific with colours, cupcake liners and the look and feel of the whole order. So when I finally met Michelle, and saw how delighted she was with her tower of lovingly rendered cupcakes and mini cutting cake with matching fancy ribbon, it was a little joy in Coco Cake's heart!

Extra thanks to top Coco Cake assistant G.L.Sung and his sidekick U.Russell for helping me deliver and set up! :)

Congratulations Michelle and Timothy! So happy you had a gorgeous day for your wedding.

Bun Bun Fun Fun

Bunny cake! Bunny cake! Bunny cake! A 9 inch round vanilla cake with dark chocolate ganache filling for Abby's birthday, ordered by her husband Lorne. Next time I will include a little carrot somwhere. On his face? On the side? Hmmm...