Big Time Bake
I’m back on the Food Network! You can watch me in the “Fantasy” episode of Big Time Bake.
Grapefruit Sandwich Cake
This very delicious cake is from The Great British Baking Show: The Big Book of Amazing Cakes.
Tribute Cake
The recipe for this cake is from Alice Medrich’s Bittersweet. It’s chocolate cake with whipped chocolate ganache filling, chocolate glaze, and chocolate decor. My nephew and I made it together.
Ana Northstar Cake
My niece has made up a marvelous imagined universe that centers around the mythical heroine Ana Northstar. For her birthday, she asked for a cake featuring Ana Northstar’s wings.
Raspberry Mousse Cake
I was inspired to make a mousse cake for Valentine's Day, mostly because I've been watching too much of Zumbo's Just Desserts and I want to make fancy things like he makes.
Spike Roller Cake
This very pink monster is a mini-boss from Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. It’s chocolate cake with milk chocolate ganache icing. The spike roller itself is a tube of dark chocolate with white chocolate chip spikes and milk chocolate mousse inside.
Isaac Caboom Cake
Based on Duke Caboom from Toy Story 4, the figure on top of my Isaac Caboom cake was supposed to do a daredevil jump off the end of the cake. Like many of my cake mechanisms, it sort of worked eventually, but not as well as I had hoped.
4th of July Entremet
Here's a little entremet I made for a 4th of July party. It's vanilla cake layered with cherry mousse and a cherry jam glaze on top.
Ancient Red Dragon Cake
Our love of Dungeons and Dragons continues! For her birthday this year, my niece requested an Ancient Red Dragon, guarding a d20, sitting on rocks that spell out “Roll for initiative.” At this point, I’m becoming something of a dragon specialist (see my Frost Dragon Cake and my Norbert(a) Cake), so this seemed well within my skill set.
Pusheen Cupcakes
If you haven’t figured it out already from the Rainbow Pusheen Cake, my nephew loves Pusheen. For Christmas, he got a Pusheen calendar that indicates that February 18 is Pusheen’s birthday. So naturally we had to have a party.
Rainbow Unicorn Pusheen Cake
What’s cuter than Pusheen? That’s right – Rainbow Unicorn Pusheen! Cute cakes aren’t generally my forte, so I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out.
Mr. Men / Little Miss Cake
I am not personally a fan of the Mr. Men / Little Miss franchise but my friend Isaac is. The cake itself is layers of thin sponge and lemon mousse.
Frost Dragon Cake
My creative brief for this cake was a frost dragon from Dungeons and Dragons. Because no dragon is complete without a miasma of ominous fog, there is a dry ice fogger hooked up underneath the cake board.
Guardian Skywatcher Cake
For his 9th birthday, my nephew asked for Guardian Skywatcher from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It was almost, but not quite, a total disaster.
Miss Fritter Cake
Look – it’s another Cars-based cake! And one of my best, if I do say so myself.
Bluebird Cake
For her granddaughter’s birthday, my friend asked for a cake that somehow combined the themes of bluebirds and the universe. I came up with this cake that’s sort of a cosmic bluebird in a space nest with planetary eggs in it.