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Ombre Ruffled Buttercream Cake

May 22, 2013 by Ashlee · Leave a Comment

Making all the smash cakes this last year have been SO much fun! This one is no exception. It’s tighter ruffles than the previous cakes, with a slight ombre effect. I love that the ombre is stronger at the bottom rather than perfectly even up the sides.

I made this cake for Lyndsey Fagerlund (and she took all the pictures, I just made the cake) for her own baby’s first birthday! And the really fun part? Lyndsey was on Good Things Utah talking about capturing children’s birthday parties, and this cake was featured! You can see the video here.
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Non-peril & fondant waves cake – pool party

April 17, 2013 by Ashlee · 12 Comments

Ever since I made my sprinkles cake I’ve been DYING to try non-perils (the small round ones). When Computer boy decided on a pool party I decided to go with blue waves for decorating and it translated easily over to the cake!
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Large Ruffle Buttercream Cake Smash

April 10, 2013 by Ashlee · 2 Comments

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I have really been enjoying the buttercream cakes I’ve been doing for these fun Smash Cake sessions. I’m enjoying making these for Chelsea Peterson Photography’s one year cake smash photoshoots. I need a few more one year olds to book with her so I can make a few more!
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Superhero Birthday Cake

April 4, 2013 by Ashlee · 14 Comments

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I love making birthday cakes for little boys, they always pick such fun themes. Lego’s, Avengers, Superheros. But I will say I had a hard time mixing Marvel and DC comic book characters for this cake. But what can you do, little boys are always right…
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Filed Under: Cakes, Party cakes · Tagged With: buttercream, fondant