Pirate Themed cookies and cake

A friend of mine asked me to make some pirate cookies and a cake for her son's birthday. 

I've never made that many cookies before, but I am so happy that she trusted me. 

I got the decorating idea of the cookies from SWEET SUGAR BELLE. 

I am new to cookie decorating and I found many helpful ideas from this website :) 

For the cake, my friend requested a mousse cake with purple potato. In order to match the cake with the cookies, I used Fat Daddio's hemisphere cake pan. After the mousse was set, I then removed the cake and decorated it with whipped cream. 

Hello Kitty Fondant Cake

Growing up, my ultimate favorite character was Hello Kitty so this cake was really lots of fun for me to make.

This cake is moist and delicious! It's the best chocolate cake I've ever made. Since my friend like it with alcohol, I replaced the vanilla extract with Starbucks coffee liquor. I also replaced butter with vegetable oil, which I believe it give the cake "sponge" texture, yet firm enough to be covered by fondant.  I also add coffee liquor to the buttercream, and it tastes so good! Hope my friend and her family will like it.

The decoration is very simple, so I made a hello kitty happy birthday banner to go with it.

Bumble Bee Cake

A friend of mine asked me to make a bumble bee fondant cake with a crown on top. As I've never made that before, I would love to take this opportunity to make it. I baked the cake using 2 6" round cake pans and 2 hemisphere cake pans using my favorite green tea cream cheese cake. Then, I cut out the shape and iced the cake with green tea Italian meringue buttercream.

I pipped some buttercream on the cake board as "grass", and I've also made some little bees, putting them around the Queen bee. 

Here's the crown.

Maybe you would ask "Where are the wings?"

I did made the wings, but when I took the pictures, the wings were not dry enough to hold their shape yet :)

My daughter really like it! She asked me to make one for her on her birthday :)

Last but not least, I would like to thank my friend, she gave me the opportunity and trust to try a different fondant cake. I really appreciate that.

Strawberries are always in season

In the cold winter when not many fruits are in season, strawberry flavored desserts seem like the most popular choice. Plus, the color of strawberries makes me feel delightful, elegant, and sensational. The color red reminds me of love and passion. It brightens my mood in this cold cold winter :)

Purple yam mousse cake

Purple is the color of romance and passion. I believe purple cakes will awaken the romantic spirit. The purple color can be achieved by adding food color, but I prefer not to, and purple yam serves this purpose very well. It's tasty, natural, and healthy!! I've read a post which advises people to choose purple color among so many varieties of sweet potatoes, since it has more nutrition compare to other varieties. 

I just fell in love with this beautiful color :)