Martha's 30th Birthday Cake

Last weekend Jessica had her first client since getting back from our trip to China. One of our friends turned 30 and a couple of friends wanted to get a birthday cake for her. Here's what Jessica ended up making:

Each layer was a different flavor:

-Top tier = chocolate cake with chocolate ganache

-Middle tier = orange cake with chocolate ganache

-Bottom tier = lemon cake with rasberry whipped cream

The whole thing is covered in a buttercream and piped with colored royal icing.

Cheeto also took an interest in what Jessica had created:

Timmy's Birthday Cake

This is a birthday cake Jessica made for a coworker's son. He's 15 years old who loves Rubik's cubes, Jimi Hendrix, Guitar Hero, and skateboarding. This was also Jessica's first cake for a paying customer. Yay, business! The cake is vanilla cake with strawberry whipped cream filling. I got to sample some and it tastes like strawberry shortcake. Delicious.

That's a mock-up of Hendrix's guitar.

Notice the edge of the cake are the notes to Guitar Hero. You can get really creative with these notes. I'm a fan of the game. But some kids just spend way too much time playing. This 9 year-old is amazing.