Happy birthday Jen!

My cousin's fiance turned 40 today, and he asked me to make a cake with some of her favorite things.  He asked for daisies and a "big, fat, cartoonish bumblebee."  He also asked for chocolate and raspberry flavors.  I made my favorite chocolate cake recipe with chocolate buttercream, and a fresh raspberry sauce filling.  I was very happy with how it turned out and she loved it.  It really is amazing how many flaws decorations can cover.

Here are some cake pops I made to try them out with a more dense cake batter and rolling them in sprinkles and nonpariels.  I didn't want to waste the chocolate, so I also made some chocolate-dipped marshmallows, and a big giant milk chocolate non-pariel.

A Few More Cakes

Here are two more cakes I've made, as well as my first try at cake pops. I definitely need to use a thicker cake batter and thinner chocolate for the pops.

This cake is chocolate ganache, chocolate cake, a thin layer of buttercream, and a peanut butter filling.

This candle was made for my neighbor. His daughter and 3 grandchildren come to visit every June, so they celebrate birthdays of the 2 kids who were born in August. This was for their birthday celebration with their grandfather tonight.  Their favorite colors are bright orange and bright green.  The top and bottom tiers are vanilla and the middle is chocolate. They thought it was adorable!