Cakes by Ellen

Mocha Rum Cake

2011-05-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

I did this cake for Mother's Day last weekend. The client ordered 4 layers of chocolate rum cake with mocha buttercream and sliced bananas in between. I added a few white morning glories for decoration. I hope her mom enjoyed it! Wish I could have been home to make my mom a Mother's Day cake...

Star Cake

2011-04-28T13:32:00.001-07:00

This cake is actually a rainbow inside. Has 5 layers : red, orange, yellow, green & blue, so when you cut a piece you get a full rainbow of color.

Nasser's Farewell Cake

2011-04-28T13:19:00.000-07:00

Vanilla Walnut Cake with Honey Swiss Buttercream, Toasted Walnuts and Fondant Decor.

Tom's Birthday Cake (27 again?)

2010-10-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

Rectangle/Geometric Shape:

Banana Liquor Cake with Brown Sugar & Myers Rum Buttercream, Milk Chocolate Ganache

New Updates

2010-08-06T15:46:00.001-07:00

To see updates on my portfolio blog, go to

www.ellenspastrypics.blogspot.com

Super Chicken!

2010-01-30T17:32:00.000-08:00

Rae's birthday cake. A chicken cake for the Chicken. Oh yeah, he fights crime.

Pink Present Cake

2010-01-14T17:25:00.000-08:00

I did this cake at Sugar Butter Flour. The smaller red one is one of their displays. You can see this cake on the bakery website as well. Geez... I'm way out of practice on fondant square cakes. Corners Corners Corners!

Toy Story Cake

2010-01-09T18:53:00.000-08:00

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head... This was a wedding cake for my friend's mom. A little unconventional, but very cool.

Confetti Cake

2009-11-22T15:19:00.000-08:00

This one I did at work for our Human Resources manager. Turns out she usually gets a candle stuck in a pumpkin pie for her birthday since it is so close to Thanksgiving! I think everyone deserves their own cake, especially Lisa since she is so nice!

Huge Cupcake!

2009-11-20T18:26:00.000-08:00

Attack of the killer cupcake! Once again, a cake produced by me at Sugar Butter Flour. This is one of their specialty cakes. You can see it on their website in other colors as well.

Fancy Pink Cake

2009-11-07T05:46:00.000-08:00

Again, design and materials by Sugar Butter Flour. Have you checked out their website yet? http://www.sugarbutterflour.com/

The ribbon still had to dry, so try to imagine it without the pieces of rolled paper or balls of plastic wrap.

White & Orange Flowers

2009-11-07T05:42:00.001-08:00

This was another cake I was able to do while visiting Sugar Butter Flour. Design and materials by Sugar Butter Flour.

Blue Seashell

2009-10-02T18:52:00.001-07:00

Concept and design by Sugar Butter Flour. This cake was made on site at this bakery. Thanks to Irit and Matt for inviting me to spend a day doing what I love. If you'd like to learn more about the bakery or order one of their cakes, please see http://www.sugarbutterflour.com/ .

Tom's Birthday Cake

2009-10-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

Small two-tier fondant cake with Banana-Frangelico cake and Italian Buttercream.

"A Sunny Day in Ellenland"

2009-09-22T17:05:00.000-07:00

Title by my husband Charlie.

November Wedding at Wadsworth Mansion

2008-08-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

Brandy Spice Cake, Sauteed Apple Filling, Spiced Buttercream

Chocolate Chocolate

2008-08-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake, Mocha Buttercream, Buttercream Roses, Dark Chocolate Piping

Ellen & Charlie's Cake

2008-08-25T07:31:00.000-07:00

September 12, 2008
Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown, CT
http://www.wadsworthmansion.com/

Three tiers of Ellen's Pink Raspberry Chambord Cake iced and decorated with Mocha Buttercream. Pink and white poka-dot ribbon and fresh flowers (placed by Charlie) on a mirror cake board (crafted by my father). Thanks to Mom for allowing us to take over her new kitchen for 3 days.

If you'd like to see my husband's pastry blog, please go to http://www.pastriesbycharlie.blogspot.com/

My Sister's Cake

2007-10-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

Kate & Nik's Wedding

Sept 5, 2004

Cake Construction:

Lemon Pound Cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream. Champagne colored base with white buttercream border. Fresh Flowers.

Pretty in Pink (continued)

2007-10-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

Pretty in Pink

2007-10-11T08:41:00.001-07:00

This cake was not for a wedding. It's actually not even a cake! Three tiers of thick styro-foam covered in fondant and decorated in Chef Ricci's Advanced Wedding Cake course at the Harborside campus of Johnson & Wales University.

Airbrushed Sugarpaste Flowers: Roses, star flowers, Cala Lily, trumpet flowers, forget-me-nots, carnations, and matching buds for all (additional coloring with Petal Dust)

Cake Construction: 1st tier uses fondant swag technique and swiss dots, 2nd tier uses ribbon-insertion and brushed embroidery, 3rd tier is same as 1st, pale pink fondant on 1st and 3rd tier, white-white on 2nd.

Tiffany Blue (continued)

2007-10-11T08:33:00.001-07:00

Tiffany Blue

2007-10-11T08:14:00.000-07:00

Jackie & Joey's Cake

July 7. 2007

Sugar Paste Flowers: Hydrangea, Hybiscus, star flower (colored with Petal Dust)

Cake Construction: 3 Tiers lemon cake with lemon curd filling and white buttercream, 1 tier white almond cake with white buttercream. White-white rolled fondant, Tiffany box top theme, Tiffany blue accent color, sugar paste pearl border, piped lace drape on 3rd tier, Quilt-impression on 2nd tier, Swiss Dot on 1st tier. Fondant ribbon on top

Cascading Orchids (continued)

2007-10-11T08:10:00.001-07:00

Cascading Orchids

2007-10-11T08:02:00.000-07:00

Jon & Sarah's Wedding Cake

October 6, 2007

Airbrushed Sugar Paste Flowers: orchids, star flowers, forget-me-nots & matching buds

Cake Construction: 2 layer white cake with white American buttercream, vanilla white-white rolled fondant, sugar paste pearl boarder, buttercream embellishment on sides.

Introduction to Blogging

2007-10-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

As I have never 'blogged' before, and am not exactly sure what a 'blog' is, I have titled this first attemp as an Intro. This way, if I am a bad first-time blogger, I can blame it on inexperience. Good plan, right? Anyway, this project was created to display wedding cakes in my portfolio. I am a pastry chef with a large hotel company. This keeps me very busy. However, I look forward to wedding season on the off chance I might get a few on-the-side wedding cake jobs. This is my passion, and I hope one day to be able to do it on a more frequent basis. But, for now, it remains a very rewarding and challenging hobby.