Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tokidoki Cake

I had free reign to make a Tokidoki cake as long as Adios was incorporated in there somewhere. I thought I'll add in Ciao Ciao as well since she's his girlfriend. I was vaguely familiar with Tokidoki but I still had to do a little research on the characters.  I wasn't really sure how to describe them but the two characters are the signature couple from Tokidoki's 'Til Death Do Us Part' line...I had to look that up btw! They're kinda creepy but in a cute way.


Like usual, I started by making the fondant figures a few days in advance. Tip: I always make just the basic shapes first to let it harden before adding details as it'll be a lot easier to work with that way.


I covered a cake in white fondant and added a bunch of different sized black stars and border.


Finished Adios & Ciao Ciao. Everything was fondant except for their noses, Ciao's eyelashes and her scar which were done with edible marker.


Added a skull for the big star.


And finished it off with the toppers. Here's a back view to show more of the design.


And a side view...I went a bit star-happy here haha.


Monday, April 9, 2012

Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle Pop Favors

I've been doing chocolate hazelnut truffle pops for awhile now although I don't think I really talked about it on here.  I thought nothing could beat the chocolate-y sweetness of the regular chocolate truffle pops but the hazelnut version is my all time favorite. I let one of my friends try it and she and her husband loved them so much that she asked me to make 120 of them as favors for her daughter's reception after her baptism.


I hope you don't mind me sharing some pictures of Lucia - or affectionately called Lulu by many - as I am hopelessly in love with her.

Look at her adorable chubby cheeks during the ceremony.


It was seriously a very special moment.


Happy daddy, mommy and baby during the reception.


And I'll leave you with a super cute picture of her that'll probably make you smile.