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Our big, extended family Mom’s Day celebration gave me the perfect reason to make this cake:

I’m not the best at placing flowers on a cake, so I got a little help from a friend : ) 

The top layer is dense, chocolate cake with cherry pie filling and a thick ribbon of Dutch chocolate icing to keep said filling from squishing out.

The bottom is lemon cake with vanilla mousse filling. The pink fondant was made using my favorite marshmallow fondant recipe. 

Kudos to my uncle Jeff for giving me a lesson on how to use my camera- I love this photo!

I’ve seen cupcakes in teacups before, and think it looks so very dainty!. I found an inexpensive cup and saucer at Ross, and placed a vanilla cupcake inside. Then I started to experiment with different fruit garnishes… 

Next I tried some fresh hydrangeas… and then some fake hydrangeas

I love mini tiered cakes. Perhaps the thought of eating an ENTIRE cake myself is what makes them so appealing…

This little vanilla-bean cake is dipped in chocolate ganache, and wrapped in chocolate fondant…

This one is a chocolate cake with vanilla meringue frosting and fresh blueberries.

These would also be perfect for a shower or even a formal occasion. 

I made this cake while vacationing at my sister’s in L.A. Her friend asked me if I’d do one for a casual get-together—and even suggested a fun store called Surfas where I could get the supplies. Nice. Now all I needed was a great idea for a cake. My sis suggested I try the delicious combination of lemon cake with fresh strawberries:

Good idea!

Princess cakes—especially the Disney kind are popular these days. Instead of a standard sheet-cake, I thought I’d try a tiered cake with a chocolate transfer sheet wrapped around one of the tiers. I found the perfect pattern at the Fancy Flours website. 

I should have photographed the process of getting the sheet ready to apply to the cake. It was a bit scary, and difficult to work with—definitely in the more advanced arena of decorating. I love the look of it though- and will probably try it again some time.