Leigh Henderson 10/8/16 Leigh Henderson 10/8/16

Cars Pit Crew Cake

My little friend Isaac really likes the pit crews from Cars. Fortunately, if there is one thing I’m good at, it’s making anthropomorphic vehicles out of gum paste.

Leigh Henderson 6/25/16 Leigh Henderson 6/25/16

Love Makes the World Go Round Cake

My friend’s granddaughter’s birthday party theme was Love Makes the World Go Round. So I came up with this cake, which is meant to suggest the earth traveling around the sun on an outer space cake board.

Leigh Henderson 3/18/16 Leigh Henderson 3/18/16

Terraria Celestial Event Cake

Alex, for her 10th birthday, requested a Terraria celestial event cake, with a four-sided pillar, each side of which corresponds to a phase of the celestial event – Nebula, Stardust, Vortex, and Solar – and includes the appropriate monsters.

Leigh Henderson 1/15/16 Leigh Henderson 1/15/16

Terraria Blood Moon Cake

For Sam’s 7th birthday, he wanted a Terraria blood moon cake. Apparently, when there is a blood moon, a lot more zombies come out and there are some kinds of zombies that only appear in the blood moon. So we settled on a design where the moon changed from blue (regular moon) to red (blood moon) and a bunch more zombies rose up out of the ground.

Leigh Henderson 1/10/14 Leigh Henderson 1/10/14

Emperor Palpatine Whoopie Cushion Cake

My niece and nephew and I play a game called “Emperor Palpatine Whoopie Cushion.” Essentially, the kids put imaginary whoopee cushions on a chair and then I, as Emperor Palpatine, sit on the chair, make a farting noise, and chase them around the room shouting about how I’m going to destroy them. So, for his fifth birthday, Sam requested an Emperor Palpatine whoopie cushion cake. Here is what I came up with.

Leigh Henderson 1/13/12 Leigh Henderson 1/13/12

Zebra Cupcakes

When I asked my nephew Sam what he wanted for his third birthday cake, he immediately responded, “Zebra cupcake!" I have no idea where he got this idea, or what exactly he thinks a zebra cupcake looks like.

Leigh Henderson 3/8/10 Leigh Henderson 3/8/10

Zoom! Boom! Bully Cake

For my niece’s fourth birthday, I made a cake based on Zoom! Boom! Bully from John Scieszka’s Trucktown.

Leigh Henderson 10/13/07 Leigh Henderson 10/13/07

Poo-Flinging Monkey Cake

I made this creepy poo-flinging monkey cake for our little friend Isaac's first birthday party. This was a special request by Isaac's mother, who was also the recipient of the dancing yeti wedding cake.

Leigh Henderson 5/15/04 Leigh Henderson 5/15/04

Seasons of Love Cake

Two of our dearest friends were getting married and we got to make the cake! Being the incredibly brave and trusting souls that they are, they gave us a free hand. They didn't have any idea what the cake was going to look like until they showed up for the wedding! If that's not trust, I don't know what is!