Christmas Cakes

For the holidays, I made two cakes for the office party.  The first is one of my most popular cakes, a raspberry walnut torte with cream cheese frosting. The cream cheese makes the frosting thinner than regular buttercream so the poinsettias are softer.

Raspberry Walnut Torte with poinsettias

The second is a very moist chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I thought it didn't have quite enough chocolate so added the M&M design.

M&M Tree Christmas cake

Halloween Candy Bucket cakes

Perfect for large groups, I made these for two different Halloween parties. I use two pumpkin spice Bundt cakes, trimmed and stacked together, then covered with cream cheese frosting.  The pumpkin spice cake is also delicious unfrosted.

9-inch Bundt cakes

10-inch Bundt cakes

It's a Girl!

One of my coworkers was having a girl, so I made this for the baby shower.  Clearly it could be modified into a Pac-Man!

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

One of my coworkers requested a cheesecake for her birthday so I made a white chocolate raspberry version. 

Semi-naked cake

Last summer, my in-laws asked for a cake that didn't have too much frosting so I thought I would try a semi-naked cake.  The result was a white cake with less vanilla frosting than I would normally use, topped with strawberries and clear glaze.

Lemon Raspberry Bundts

During the summertime, I like to make cakes with fruit, and raspberries are one of my favorites. The lemon and raspberry combination is appealing and light.

Lemon Raspberry Bundt with lemon glaze

Slice of  glazed Lemon Raspberry Bundt

Lemon Raspberry Bundt topped with fresh berries