My Favourite Cake Lately: Laura's Forest Themed Birthday Cake!

This Coco Cake specialty cake has a real party-time Canadiana sunny Fall day vibe. I think that's what I was feeling when I made this cake... the sun was streaming in the windows and I was wishing I could be outside to enjoy the lovely crisp Fall sun... ! Ian and Jeanie requested a forest-themed cake for Ian's forest-working sis Laura. They also hoped for the addition of a bear and a moose... forest-y type animals... so I made them wearing toques and scarves and human clothing.

I had just made a salted caramel vanilla cake the week prior and I suggested it to Ian as a flavour, which he responded enthusiastically to! So inside this crazy colorful forest cake: layers of vanilla cake with a salted caramel filling and caramel buttercream!

I seriously think this cake is so cute and I was sad to think about it getting cut up and eaten! Haha. Oh well. Someone just needs to order another cake of this style... with animals wearing human clothing, that is!

Thanks J & I for the great order! Happy Birthday to Laura!

^_^

Recent Cakey Times At Coco Cake!

Another one of them cake round-ups! Sorry I have been so busy, but I haven't forgotten you, my dear blog! A whole bunch of crazytown cakes, including pretty buttercream roses, Fluffy The Puffy cake for Marc-Andre, Totoro cupcakes for Py, Mermaid and Turtwig matching cakes for Olivia and Duncan, and Despicable Me themed cake and cupcakes for Stephanie, ordered by her sweet sis Trixie!

Zing!!!

See you soon with lots more, Coco Cakers.

xo Lyndsay

Roar! Cute Lion Cake For Lucas's 1st Birthday

A cute yellow and orange coloured "lion" vanilla cake for Lucas's first birthday, and dark chocolate buttercream topped mini vanilla cupcakes.

He's a sweet, soft and timid lion... "mini roar"!

Science Themed Birthday: Einstein Cupcakes!

Did anyone else have to dissect a cow eyeball in grade 8? I remember our crotchety old Science teacher bringing out the batch of eyeballs bobbing around in that unmistakable pickled stench of formaldehyde. Pretty disturbing stuff... yet fascinating of course. Do kids still do that in high school? Or is it all digital dissection and hovercrafts now?? ;)

I loved this order. Lani contacted me with a request: her son Adrian wanted a "science" themed birthday. How CUTE is that?? I remember getting a microscope for Christmas when I was in grade 6. Best present ever!!! Woodbugs, fingernails, hair pulled from my head, earthworms... everything got the microscopic treatment. Great present, mom and dad!! I wish I still had it.

Anyhoo, Lani wanted me to do some sort of Einstein-y cupcakes -- Albert Einstein that is. Thank goodness Einstein has such a specific caricature - although I guess he really did have crazy wiry puffy grey hair, bushy eyebrows and a big old moustache! I really loved how the fondant topper Einsteins turned out, and 2 out of 3 friends I showed them too immediately said "Einstein!!" (there's always the fear that people won't know who it is). The cupcakes were vanilla with dark chocolate buttercream, in red and white striped liners (because Adrian's fave colour is red).

Too cute! Happy Birthday Adrian!

Pretty Wedding Amongst The Woods

Alex and Steve had a lovely wedding amongst the woodsy background of Simon Fraser University. Coco Cake made some pretty cupcakes for the occasion! Raspberry topped Berry Good cupcakes, dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and Lemon Frill (lemon cupcakes with lemon creamcheese frosting).

I couldn't help but snap some pics of the decor. Beer and hockey seemed to be the shared love for the newlyweds!! Very Canadian! I also just love the trend of having wedding photos of the bride and groom's parents' weddings. So cute and special, evoking nostalgia but also the many many years ahead, creating a lifetime of memories and growing old together.

Many congratulations to you both, Alex and Steve!