Lemon Cupcakes

Red flower cupcakes for a friend's bridal shower:

Passion Fruit Curd and Blackberry Butter Cream Cake

The passion fruit curd turned out AMAZING. The black berry butter cream did not have as strong a flavor as I remembered. Better luck next time.

Big news!

Happy International Pi Day! The Harry Potter birthday cake I made in 2010 is featured on the blog GeekCrafts.com, along with some other oh-so-nerdy sweets. Check it out! Sweet Cakes DC is honored to be in such company as NYC's Pink Cake Box, and WETV's Amazing Wedding Cakes' Christopher Garrens, two bakeries I very much admire. A good day for Sweet Cakes DC!


I realize I haven't been posting much lately. That's because I haven't made a cake since December! I have been doing a lot of cupcakes and have experimented with many new recipes. Here are pictures of some of the cupcakes I've made recently.

Thanksgiving Cupcakes (L to R): Apple pecan spice cake with a brown butter frosting, chocolate peppermint, and pumpkin cinnamon cream cheese.

Holiday Party Cupcakes (L to R): chocolate orange, vanila almond, and gingerbread.

Valentine's Day Cupcakes (L to R): s'mores, chocolate raspberry, and red velvet.

Rest assured, I will be doing some cakes in the near future. I have not given up on them, cupackes have been a great departure to tinker with some new recipes. This weekend, I'll be making a copycat of my wedding cake (in flavor only). Fluffy Thoughts bakery in McLean, Virginia, made my 2011 wedding cake. They introduced my husband and I to a mindblowing flavor combination that we've been craving ever since: My Passion - white cake with passion fruit curd filling and blackberry butter cream. It is to die for, and I hope my version turns at least somewhat as amazing as theirs.

More to come!

Swimming Pool Birthday Cake

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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake

Dora Birthday Cake with Boots and Swiper

Dora and Boots are trying to make it to the party tent! But Swiper is up to no good.... 

This cake was for a friend with two twins who needed their very own cakes:

Avengers Cupcakes

These were quite fun to make, I must say.

 

 

Dinosaur Cupcakes

Dino army attack!

 

 

Lion Cake

My last cake of the summer. Pretty cute, for a very cute kid. Signing off until September/October.

3D Train Cake

One of the tougher cakes I've pulled off. A fully suspended, 3D train cake.

Cupcakes for work

For staff appreciation week at work.

Dr. Who Wedding Cake(TARDIS)

Wedding cake for my friends who are fans of Dr. Who. This doohickey is apparently called a TARDIS.

Green M&M Cake

As green would say, "Look at me... fabulous!"

And the sketch the cake was based on. Had to change how green was positioned for some practical reasons, but otherwise, it cam out exactly as I though it would!

Batman Birthday Cake (Round 2)

Second Batman Cake!

Dora the Explorer Cake

Zombie Hello Kitty

Yes, it's the much anticipated zombie Hello Kitty!

Yankees cake

Now accepting orders for Red Sox cakes.

Nesting baby shower cake

This was hands down one of my favorites to to make. I love the way it turned out!

The sketch that started it all... some slight adjustments have been made for practicality's sake.

The birds and the tree house coordinate with the baby shower decor!

Hello Kitty Baby Shower Cake

Monsters, Inc. birthday cake

Batman Birthday Cake

Purple Flower Cake

For a friend's intimate wedding ceremony.

Anti-corporate birthday cake

Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, celebrated his birthday this year. How would you honor a consumer advocate's birthday in cake form? Hrmm...

Yep... that's how.