Angry Birds Birthday Cake!!

The popularity of Angry Birds continues to amaze me. First launched on December 11, 2009 the game became Apple store’s biggest hit of 2010. Since then it has been downloaded on numerous platforms over 1 billion times. Who knew the world would become so enamored with the story of angry birds battling the greedy green pigs who had stolen their eggs.

Angry Birds Birthday Cake

Angry Birds Birthday Cake with slingshot and rubble on the pigs

Fast forward 2.5 years and I receive a call at my cake shop for an Angry Birds birthday cake. Let me tell you about it.

It was for a little boy and his father who are both obsessed with Angry Birds.  The mother bought in a picture she found online and I adpated it to make it my own. Incorporating the various colored birds from the game (green, red, white, blue, black, yellow), the slingshot, and the evil green King pig and his minions. The most challenging part for me was to try to capture the sunrise from the game.  I thought of using 2 layers of fondant to capture the color but ended up choosing to paint the cake instead for this. [Continue reading...]

Supreme Pizza birthday cake with all the toppings!!

I was excited a few weeks ago to get a call from a mom wanting a custom cake for her daughter’s 5th birthday. Her girl’s favorite thing was pizza so she wanted a cake that looked like pizza. Once again, I had never made a cake like this but was confident this supreme pizza birthday cake would turn out perfect!

Supreme Pizza birthday cake with all of the toppings

Supreme Pizza birthday cake with all of the toppings

How do you think it turned out? I took the time to actually shred the white fondant into a cheese grater to give the pizza that realistic look. The mushrooms, pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, black olives, and meatballs were carefully crafted to match the appearance of their real life counterpart. Thanks to Mia’s Italian Restaurant here locally I was able to get a pizza box that was generic and just said “From your Neighborhood Pizzeria”. (By the way, this Italian restaurant has amazing cheese sticks).

To achieve the desired appearance of a deep dish pizza crust, I added a light layer of graham cracker crumbs to the frosting around the edge to give the look of a garlic pizza crust. I wonder if the little girl was surprised when she took the first bite and realized it was a delicious tasting butter cake with vanilla buttercream frosting? Here is a close-up of the pizza cake below.

pepperonni mushrooms toppings pizza birthday cake

Close up of the supreme pizza birthday cake and crust

It was a fun cake, and a “pizza cake” to make :) Looking for other birthday cake ideas, check out my gallery!

1980s Themed Dream Birthday Cake!

80s birthday cake sketch with rainbow, polka dots, & hearts

I love it when a client knows exactly what they want, especially when it’s something that I’ve never done before!  But a mother bringing in a sketch of a cake, that her 12 year old daughter drew, for me to make a reality, now that’s a dream-come-true!  Especially if the cake is a totally rad [...]

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Cupcakes for your gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, and organic needs!

gluten free cupcakes

Good morning everyone!  I just have some exciting news to share with you.  Lolo’s Cakes & Sweets now offers gluten-free, dairy-free,  sugar-free, and organic varieties of cakes and cupcakes! I have several friends with gluten allergies that are following a Paleo lifestyle.  One friend in particular, Ms. Heather Green, was especially bummed that she could [...]

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Giraffe Baby Shower Cakes….Too Cute for Words! (But I’ll try!)

yellow blue and green jungle baby shower cake

So I love making baby shower cakes.  I can’t help it.  I mean I love babies, and I love anything cutesy!  I can’t help it I’m a girl!   Now add a giraffe to the mix, and I’m a big ol’ bowl of mush! I just thought I’d share a collection of baby shower cakes [...]

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Merry Christmas (Holiday) Cakes!Chocolate Christmas cupcakes

Snowflake Christmas cake

Merry Christmas!!!  I know, I know… I’m late and it’s been FOREVER since my last post.  As I’m sure you’ve all been experiencing too, life has been CRAZY lately, and blogging took a back seat to life! Even though I’m really late, I’m sending you all a belated Merry Christmas from my kitchen to yours! [...]

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Cake– totally a great source for Halloween costume ideas, right?!

Pirate birthday cake

Ok so it’s Halloween!!!  I’m on the road to Atlanta for a spooky Halloween getaway.  So in honor of this most festive time, I thought I’d show you some great custom Halloween cakes!………………………………………..  Um, well, the thing is I don’t have any!   I’ve been too busy making other custom cakes that Halloween ones just [...]

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Oh Captain Kool-aid, My Captain Kool-aid (AKA a CrossFit cake!)

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So about a year ago my husband joined a cult….er…. I mean a group of people who do this crazy thing called CrossFit. He would literally get up at 4:30 in the morning to go workout in some guys back yard and come home barely able to move, covered in dirt and grass, and grinning [...]

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Are You Ready for Some College Football Cakes!

Univ of Alabama birthday cake

So I guess college football season started a few weeks ago or something.    I know this because my FB news feed was bombarded with “Roll Tides” and “Go Gators” and “Noles!” and “Fly Peacocks!”  (I may have made up one or two of those   )  Any way,  my recent cake orders also illustrated [...]

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9/11….A mini tribute in cake :)

Firefighter cross birthday cake

Ten years ago today, I was sitting in a classroom at the University of West Florida’s FWB campus with a class full of military spouses, trying to grasp what exactly had just happened.  I wasn’t connected to the military in any way except that I live next to Eglin AFB.  I didn’t know anyone in [...]

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