I am still alive, I swear I am. The Holidays are always crazy busy for me. And blogging seems to be the first thing to go to the back burner. However I wanted to share a super duper cute cake I made for my niece. She wanted a ” Bugs and Butterflies” birthday party. So I was happy to make her a cake and cupcakes to fit the theme. I think my cake turned out ohhhhh so cute. It is a 10″ and 8″ yellow cake with strawberry filling and Buttercream frosting. I covered it in fondant and handmade ALL of the bugs, betterflies, flowers and letters in a mix of 50% fondant and 50% gumpaste. My favorite part of the cake…..the ladybug family climbing up the back of the cake!
Whoa! I didn't know you were this good. You may never see a cake of mine again. Hope all is well.
My table setting luncheon is on my blog again if you are interested.
SOO cute – awesome job! I also really love those little ladybugs!
This is awesome!! So Cute!
Beautiful! Love it.
It is super duper CUUUUUUTE!
You did a fantastic job!
~ingrid
leslie, this is incredible! although every single aspect is massively impressive, i'm just in love with the little line of ladybugs. standing ovation for you!
That cake is just too adorable. Anybody – kid or adult – would love having that to celebrate a birthday.
Oh Dear LORD… this cake belongs in a CAKE museum!!! Your amazing Les!!! I am so darned Proud of you!!! I just adore you and I am amazed at your Talent!!! Hugs Friend! You deserve all the Good things comin' your way 🙂
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This is a lovely garden cake!
oh those ladybugs are PERFECT. you have mad skills on this. I haven't tried much of this yet….yet being the key word.
girl what holidays are you chatting about? you on another planet or something? haaaaay!
That thing is freaking adorable!!
Looks like something that would come out of Charm City Cakes!
Awesome! I love the ladybugs, too! The whole thing is such talent–that I will never have! Grreat, Leslie!
Oh my gosh! So cute! I don't know how you do it
wow!!! That is so beautiful! I've never seen one of your fondant cakes and I'm very impressed! 🙂
-Mini Baker
The flowers are great but the bugs are ADORABLE!!! I am just starting to learn the art of cake decorating – you're an inspiration! 🙂
So cute!! It looks completely professional – gorgeous job!!
WOW! Forget HSN (or whatever)..go straight to Amazing Cakes!! That is sooo cute! Michael's (my Michael) birthday is in December so I'm starting to think up a theme!! 🙂 Be waiting for that phone call..
Wow that cake is absolutley beautiful! You did a really good job it's so detailed and you can tell you put a lot of thought and hard work into it.
What a cute and feminine cake!
Wow! I adore your cute little bugs crawling all over and around your adorable pink cake! What talent! I am so impressed with your abilities. Congratulations on a lovely cake! Your niece must have been in 7th heaven!
gorgeous! what a lucky girl! the ladybugs are super-cute and the cupcakes are great as well!
these are so cute! love the ladybugs and butterflies!!!
My kids need an Auntie like you : ) That is an absolutely adorable cake! Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Amazing work, Leslie! It looks so professionally done! I love all of the fondant decorations you added. You should be very happy with yourself.
GORGEOUS!!!! Seriously so amazing!
OMG your bugs and Butterflies are gorgeous and cute!
Holy Cow! My birthday is Thursday!!
Your cake beauuuuutiful!
oh my gosh -those are adorable!!!
Wow, that's pretty darn cute! I've never ever worked with fondant or gumpaste. I suppose taking a class would be a good idea!
I love it!!! So cute, Leslie. The ladybugs are my favorite part.
Leslie, you never fail to impress me. This is one of the most darling cakes I have seen in a long time. Truly adorable.
oh. my. gosh. i can hardly handle the cuteness! awesome job, it looks so professional!
What a beautiful, beautiful cake!
So beautiful and whimsical…love it!
Saw this on tastespotting… pretty darn adorable!
Many blessings-
Amanda
WOW! WOW! That is absolutely FANTASTIC! I love it! I would hire you in a heartbeat….
By the way, I have a Olive Oil giveaway going on if you want to check it out!!!
Once again, awesome job!!!
Jaw… is… on… the… floor! That's incredible!
awwww so cute!!!
These are to die for cute!! Great job!!!
SO SO CUTE! Love all the different little bugs! Or as my little girl would call them "bees" (everything is a bee!).
Also..congrats on HSN! That's amazing!
That is literally the cutest cake ever. I love the lady bugs!
Oh wow! I bet she was totally delighted.
You are just dang amazing. Whatever.
All I can say is .. it's so damn gorgeous and the bugs and butterflies are so adorable! Love the trail of lady bugs going up the cake.
That is just darling. What a lucky niece.
Stay Cozy, Carrie
This is so adorable, you put me to shame! It's Gabey's birthday today and I haven't even taken two shakes to even THINK of making a cake, let alone something cute like this. So adorable. How many hours you must have worked to roll out each piece of fondant / gum paste!
Oh. My. Gosh. I LOVE that cake! It really is super duper DUPER cute!
Such a pretty cake! Your niece must have loved it.
Congrats on representing NordicWare! I love, love, love them. I have over 30 of their pans!
I think everyone must have said it was adorable, but really that the word that comes to mind! ADORABLE! You did awesome Lesnie, I also love the ladybug family!
Wow! Your daughter is so lucky! Just beautiful. You really have a natural talent for these things. I was oohing and aahing when I was looking at the little kritters. It warmed my heart. Happy 5th Birthday to your daughter!
How cute! I LOVE the ladybugs, they are my favorite!
That cake is precious!
Wow, that cake is wicked good. I have to send this link to my girlfriend, she'll love it.
Don't let the blog become stress, it's better when you're having fun. 😉
I found this post on Foodgawker, looking for inspiration for my daughter's b-day cake. Your cake is just beautiful and sweet.
I just browsed through your blog and see that congratulations are in order—Best of luck with your November apearance!
Wow, you did a really beautiful job! I wish I was that talented, I would make my niece's birthday cake!
Wow these cakes are the bomb!!!! I cant wait to get to you skill level!
what an adorable cake! and it looks uber professional: great job!
Great job!!
WHOA lady! Fantastic! That's beautiful!
That cake is too adorable! You are super talented, girl!
How did you ice the tops of those cupcakes?
***MULTI-TASKING MOMMY***
To make the pretty high swirls on the cupcakes, use a Wilton 1M tip. They sell them at Michaels or Joanns. Make one swirl on top of the cupcake. Then make another swirl around the cupcake building the height!
Just absolutely beautiful! Wow!
Oh my gosh! I am seriously so jealous of your creativity! I think I would be my child's hero if I could ever conquer something to that magnitude! YOU ROCK!!!
This is SUPER cute! Happy Birthday to your niece!
We've been so busy lately too – it's hard to blog w. so much going on! Anyways, this cake is too cute! So impressive!
What a captivating cake of goodness you have created, Leslie. Simply adorable…
Thanks for sharing…
Oh wow. My kid just turned 1, and I won't even tell you what her caked look like. We "hired" someone to make it, and from what I can taste, it was a box cake. And I paid for that mess.
So, dahhh-ling, your Beautiful!
Lovely! So are you taking orders:-)?
This is adorable! You really did a great job with it. 🙂 The little snail is my favorite.
This cake is just adorable! For saying you had'nt done much with fondant, this looks very professional!! Nice job~
SO SO SO cute. I love the details of the bugs. You ROCK!
Leslie- Your cake and cupcakes were so cute!! Not to mention the cake tasted soooo good! I like that you served the side of frosting w/the cake instead of eating the fondant! This prego girl was dreaming about it for a week:) Jackie
I love your cake, I'm a homebaker and hopefully I could make a fondant cake just as beautiful someday, I have only tried making a fondant-covered cake once, it was nice but definitely not as nice and pretty as this. Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
Such a pretty cake! Thanks for the great ideas… I have some left over flowers like these
http://www.sweetopia.net/2009/09/how-to-make-gum-paste-daisies/
which I'll try on my next cake instead of cupcakes. (new to cakes though; might have to email you for questions!) 😀
omg. where do you live? i need to hire you immediately!