If the Cake Fits

No monkey business...

2011-01-09T17:46:00.000-08:00

This monkey shaped cake was a big hit at a boy's first birthday. The frosting on his face showed his pleasure!

Mint Chocolate cake

2011-01-09T17:40:00.000-08:00

This cake is a four layered white mint flavoured cake with crushed cookie crumbs baked into the cake. The frosting is a whipped topping mixed with chocolate pudding and topped with crushed cookies and mint chocolates. Yum!

Christmas Chocolate cake

2011-01-09T17:38:00.000-08:00

What Christmas wouldn't be complete without a chocolate cake?

Wanna buy a boot?

2011-01-09T17:33:00.000-08:00

This boot cake was made for a Christmas party. Boot comes complete with chocolate covered pretzel D-rings and gummy candy attachments for the D-rings and laces.

Summer Wedding cake

2011-01-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

This wedding cake was baked by the bride's aunt and decorated by Carolyn. Simple buttercream frosting with fresh flowers right out of the garden at the wedding location.

Wedding Cake

2010-09-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

Carolyn was asked by friends to make their wedding cake and this was the finished product. Black ribbon, black feathers and fresh green orchids added to this beautiful cake!

Double Strawberry Delight

2010-09-21T16:38:00.000-07:00

A double birthday calls for double the cakes!

Wedding Cake

2010-09-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

Carolyn was honoured when her brother and his fiance asked her to make their wedding cake. This cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting on the top and bottom layers and marble cake with buttercream frosting in the middle. The bride's mother made the beautiful beaded strands for the decoration around each layer and fresh flowers were added to finish this cake off. It was enjoyed by all!

Butterfly Birthday cake

2010-09-21T15:49:00.000-07:00

BlackBerry cake

2010-04-24T19:48:00.001-07:00

Lex was asked to make a cake in the shape of a BlackBerry for someone at work who was celebrating 4 years with the company. This is a comparison shot to the real deal.

Calliou

2010-04-24T19:47:00.001-07:00

Carolyn made this Calliou cake and apparently the boy who got this one was SO thrilled about the cake that he even poked his eyes out.

Diva Mode!

2010-04-19T19:32:00.001-07:00

We were asked to make a “girly” themed birthday cake with a handbag & shoes. These cakes are always so much fun because we get to tap into our “diva” mode!

This was a 2 tiered marble cake, accented with lipstick, nailpolish, a black handbag & gumpaste shoes.

Wedding Cake

2010-04-19T19:30:00.001-07:00

Carolyn made this beautiful wedding cake for a relative. They wanted a 2 tiered cake frosted with buttercream, topped with roses.

Beautiful!

Rock Climbing!

2010-04-11T14:33:00.001-07:00

Alexis was asked to make a large cupcake-cake for a special little girls’ 7th birthday. The party was held at a local indoor rock climbing facility called Ground Zero so of course the theme of the cake had to match!

The cake was a marble fudge cake with buttercream frosting.

Baby Shower

2010-04-11T12:39:00.001-07:00

Carolyn was asked to make a cake for a baby shower for one of her friends. The baby has already arrived so the message on the cake was one to welcome him to the world.

It was a white cake frosted with real buttercream (so delicious!!).

P-p-p-poker cake

2010-04-04T18:16:00.001-07:00

Poker is a favorite past time of our brother in law so we decided to make a poker cake for his 19th birthday.

He had no idea that we were doing a custom cake for him. In fact, he just wanted “a cake with chocolate chips.” We couldn’t just leave it at that of course, so we definitely whipped something more fun together. He was so surprised and the words, “that is a sexy cake,” may have been said.

Homemade ice cream cake!!

2010-04-04T18:10:00.001-07:00

For Carolyn’s husband’s birthday party she decided to go a new route and made a homemade ice cream cake! So many people thought it was a Dairy Queen cake – it was that similar!

Instead of the Oreo base, she used a brownie topped with Skor bar.

This was definitely a hit and sure to be a repeat at many birthdays to come!

There’s an app for that…

2010-04-04T18:06:00.001-07:00

At one of the latest birthdays a few of the boys had the age old debate: BlackBerry vs iPhone. Carolyn’s brother has an iPhone and loves it so it was the inspiration for his birthday cake.

The cake was frosted with black buttercream and the apps were made out of gumpaste.

Birthday cake

2010-04-04T18:03:00.001-07:00

Carolyn made this birthday cake for her husband. Blue is his favorite color and to spruce things up, edible stars were tossed on top. The kids loved this cake!

Mmm Carrot Cake

2010-04-04T17:59:00.001-07:00

Who doesn’t like a yummy carrot cake with rich cream cheese frosting?

This was tastefully decorated with beautiful gumpaste lilies.

Tinkerbell

2010-02-28T12:48:00.001-08:00

Alexis was very excited when one of her friends asked her to make a Tinkerbell cake for his daughter who was turning 7. (Finally – a “girly” cake hehe! – and who DOESN’T love Tinkerbell!??)

This was a two tiered Marble cake with chocolate frosting.

The Tinkerbell topper wasn’t hand made – it was a candle purchased from Michaels.

Alexis says: “It was a lot of fun making this cake. I didn’t get to see the birthday girl’s reaction when she saw it but I hope she loved it!!”

Chocolate Valentine’s Heart

2010-02-24T16:28:00.001-08:00

Carolyn made this heart shaped chocolate tart topped with berries for her lucky husband.

It was definitely a happy Valentine’s Day!

Elegant Wedding Cake

2010-02-24T16:25:00.001-08:00

Here is an elegant wedding cake that Carolyn made for one of her friends. They wanted simple yet exquisite which is definitely what they got!

A Home Depot Christmas

2010-02-24T16:24:00.001-08:00

Carolyn had made this Home Depot Apron cake for her father’s Christmas Cake. Even the little Home Depot man was hand crafted by Carolyn using gumpaste.

Rubiks Cube Birthday!

2010-02-24T16:21:00.001-08:00

Alexis’s boyfriend is an avid Rubiks cuber so when Carolyn & Alexis were planning his birthday cake they knew it had to be a Rubik’s Cube!

Her boyfriend was especially happy to see that the “cake is even solvable” (meaning the tiles were strategically placed and the cake could be solved like a regular cube).

It was a hit!

XBOX 360

2010-02-24T16:19:00.001-08:00

One of Alexis’s coworkers asked for an XBOX 360 cake for her friends’ son and this is what transpired.

The buttercream frosting inside the cake was also XBOX green!

Spongebob

2010-02-24T16:17:00.001-08:00

This is a buttercream cake that Alexis and Carolyn made for one of Alexis’s coworkers who loves Spongebob Squarepants.

The big 3-0

2010-02-24T16:15:00.001-08:00

Here are a couple of cakes the girls did for each of their friends’ 30th birthday.

The first cake was for Carolyn’s friend who loves anything girly! We made sure to use funky colors and topped the cake with a shoe and a clutch. When Carolyn delivered the cake, the birthday girl was ecstatic about it. That kind of reaction is why we love making these cakes!

The next cake was for Alexis’s friends’ 30th birthday. Her husband loved the Mickey Mouse cake we did for their son so he asked Alexis to do his wife’s 30th birthday cake. She knew Alexis would be making it but had no idea what it would be and was pleasantly surprised with the theme since the birthday girl is very much a Sex in the City fan!

The cake topper was a Strawberry Champagne Jello shot in a martini glass. :)

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

2010-02-24T16:08:00.001-08:00

The son of one of Alexis’s friends was turning 2 so when she was asked to do his birthday cake she knew it had to be extra special!

Little Girls Love Cupcakes!

2010-02-24T15:59:00.001-08:00

In the last post we asked who didn’t love cupcakes – and we know for sure young girls DO love cupcakes! Especially cake sized cupcakes! Here are a few cake sized birthday cupcakes for a few lucky little ladies!

Pink & starry:

This was for our cousin’s daughter’s first birthday. It was a cake feast: Large cupcake cake, regular sized sprinkle cupcakes & cake balls!

Cupcakes!

2010-02-24T15:54:00.001-08:00

Who doesn’t love cupcakes? Cupcakes are what started the cake decorating trend for Alexis who had been decorating them before Carolyn had asked to do the cake decorating course.

Alexis figured the course could only help with the cupcake decorating and from there the rest was history!

These Christmas cupcakes are what started it all for Alexis:

Oreo Cupcakes:

Pink Buttercream Cupcake:

Carrot cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting.

Piano Cake

2010-02-24T15:50:00.001-08:00

This piano cake was maple flavored which Carolyn had created for her grandmother.

Boy oh Boy

2010-02-17T17:16:00.001-08:00

There seem to have been a lot of boys born in the past year. Below are a few of the baby shower cakes we’ve done – and they were all for boys!

Birthday Cakes

2010-02-17T17:13:00.001-08:00

Just a few of the birthday cakes made over the past year.

For the chocolate lovers

2010-02-17T17:07:00.001-08:00

For all of you chocolate lovers, here are a few cakes to get that sweet tooth working!

50th Birthday

2010-02-17T17:04:00.001-08:00

There was a surprise birthday planned for our mother in law’s 50th birthday. We decided to make an extravagant 3 tiered cake.

The top two layers were Carrot Cake frosted with cream cheese frosting. The center layer was chocolate cake frosted with chocolate cream cheese frosting.

It was definitely a hit!

Vroom!

2010-02-17T16:56:00.001-08:00

This cute car cake Carolyn made for her hubby since he is an avid car lover.

So cute!

Fishing Boat

2010-02-17T16:55:00.001-08:00

This was a unique cake made for someone who has spent a lot of time on Fishing boats. The cake was made using a bundt pan and the boat rested on the “dip” in the center.

Alexis hand crafted the fishing boat while Carolyn made several crabs, fish and shells to accent the cake with.

Brown sugar was used to create a “sand” effect around the edge.

The gift of cake

2010-02-17T16:52:00.001-08:00

This was a beautiful present cake Carolyn made that her friends got to enjoy. What is better than the gift of delicious cake?

Spring Cakes

2010-02-17T16:48:00.001-08:00

These were a few of the cakes the ladies made to celebrate the changing season.

Dreaming of the Beach

2010-02-17T16:46:00.001-08:00

Alexis made this beach scene cake inspired by the upcoming trip she was taking to Dominican Republic.

It was a great way to pass the time only to get closer to the upcoming trip!

Basketweave

2010-02-17T16:39:00.001-08:00

We learned the technique of Basketweaving in one of our classes. It looks quite intricate but it was actually quite easy to do.

Both of us were pleased with our end results.

Carolyn’s Cake:

Alexis’ Cherry Blossom Cake:

Valentines Day

2010-02-17T16:35:00.001-08:00

The first cake we had to make in our cake decorating class conveniently landed just before Valentine’s Day.

Here is a cute heart shaped cake Carolyn made with a wonderful burst of colors. Her hubby definitely enjoyed it!

Welcome

2010-02-17T16:14:00.001-08:00

Welcome to If the Cake Fits! This is a blog to showcase the many cakes that Carolyn & Alexis have created.

When Carolyn approached Alexis with the suggestion to take a cake decorating course together they never knew it would begin the wonderful journey together. It ended up being a great bonding experience and the rest is history!

We hope you enjoy this blog!