Becca's Blue Bakery

Lyn-Z & Travis Pastrana's Wedding Cake

2011-11-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

I was very lucky to be able to do a wedding cake for Lyn-Z and Travis Pastrana. Their wedding cake is a red velvet cake filled with a whipped cream cheese filling. It's covered in buttercream flavored fondant. The fondant is hand made to resemble a specific plaid pattern. There are red and white edible sugar roses topping the cake. The bride and groom provided their own cake topper. Congratulations to Lyn-Z and Travis! May they have a very happy and blessed life together!

Beach Party

2011-07-19T17:04:00.000-07:00

What beach party is complete without a sand castle?? And this sandcastle was only for the special boy turning 6. It was a lemon cake with vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant. The octopus and starfish are fondant and completely edible. The seashells are a mix of white and milk chocolate and very yummy.

These cupcakes were for the party guests. They are double vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. The surfboards are sugar and completely edible.

I know that this birthday boy had a wonderful day because it was for my son....which is also why a 6 year old is requesting his "own" cake. I don't think that is a normal request. Although when you grow up and your mom is a baker- maybe your point of view is a little different- lol!

Bride and Groom Fondant figurine Black, White & Green Wedding Cake

2011-05-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

This is a three tiered square wedding cake. It is a lemon cake with a cream cheese filling and fresh cut strawberries. It's covered in a white buttercream flavored fondant and decorated with black fondant. The bride picked out the designs for each tier. The ribbons at the base of each tier matched the wedding party.

The bride and groom are made out of fondant and are completely edible. The groom is in his firefighter outfit and the bride is in her wedding dress.

I wish this couple many, many, many years of happiness and love!

Star Wars Cake

2011-02-04T15:27:00.000-08:00

This cake is a 3 tier chocolate cake with a raspberry buttercream filling covered in fondant. The fondant was airbrushed with food coloring and was also hand painted.

My customer provided the figurines. On the top tier is the legendary Darth Vader and the fearless Luke Skywalker. Sitting on the second tier is the ever helpful C-3PO. On the bottom tier is the cunning and fearless Obi-Wan Kenobi and the faithful R2-D2.

Happy Birthday to one of the biggest Star Wars fans out there. May the force be with you!

Simple Cupcakes

2010-10-18T15:40:00.000-07:00

These cupcakes were made for the parents who were coming to a 3 year old's birthday party. They're vanilla cupcakes with a raspberry buttercream. They have small buttercream flavored fondant stars on top.

Explorer Star Cookies

2010-10-18T15:34:00.000-07:00

These are sugar cookies decorated with almond flavored royal icing. The eyes are made with a buttercream flavored fondant and black royal icing. They are made to look like "Explorer Stars" for a "Dora" themed birthday party.

They were bagged with 2 in each bag, the back of a cookie to the back of another star cookie.

Snow Princess Dora Cake

2010-10-18T15:29:00.000-07:00

This cake was a very special cake for me because it was for my daughter. It's a snow princess "Dora the Explorer" themed cake. All decorations except for Dora are in a buttercream flavored fondant. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

EpiCute.com

2010-10-08T12:41:00.000-07:00

I'm beyond excited to share that EpiCute has featured one of my cakes. Click here to go and give me a thumbs up for the cake!

Time off

2010-09-08T09:55:00.000-07:00

I won't be taking any new orders for a while due to family issues. Right now I'll be focusing on taking care of my family. I'll still be doing orders I've previously committed to and I'll be posting things I bake. I'll post an announcement when I resume taking orders. Thank you for your understanding during this time.

Sienna's Butterfly Cake

2010-09-08T09:52:00.000-07:00

This is a lemon cake with whipped cream cheese filling. It's decorated in buttercream. The decorations correspond to the birthday girl's birthday party invitations and decorations. I hope Sienna had a wonderful birthday!

Magic Carpet Cake

2010-09-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

This is a small vanilla birthday cake filled with raspberry buttercream. The little girl that this cake is for is named Jasmine which inspired the theme. The cake is decorated with buttercream with swirls to resemble a magic carpet. I was told the customer had a little princess Jasmine figurine to place on top of the cake to finish off the look. I hope little Princess Jasmine had a wonderful 1st birthday!

Golden Anniversary Cake

2010-08-29T12:43:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a 50th wedding anniversary which is often referred to as the "golden anniversary". The cake is Red Velvet with a whipped cream cheese filling. It has a layer of vanilla buttercream underneath the fondant that is covering the cake. The golden ribbon at the base of each tier is made out of fondant. The pearls are buttercream. The bow and number 50 are made entirely out of fondant.

All of the shimmery gold food coloring has been hand painted on. The swirl style is baroque.

Butterfly & Roses Cake

2010-08-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

This cake is a vanilla cake filled with a raspberry buttercream and covered in pink buttercream. The dot and edge details are buttercream. The roses and butterfly are made out of fondant.

This is a very special cake for a family who's remembering the birthday of a loved one who has passed.

Jack Skellington Cake in buttercream

2010-08-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

This birthday cake is a chocolate cake filled with oreo crumbs and vanilla buttercream. The cake's theme was centered around the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas". The character on the front is Jack Skellington. The quotes around the sides of the cake say "What's this? What's this?" and "I can't believe my eyes!" Both are memorable quotes from the movie and add to the overall effect of the cake. The X's around the top look similar to stitching seen in the movie. All of the cake decorations are done in buttercream.

Whimsical Birthday Cake

2010-08-14T13:54:00.000-07:00

This is a chocolate cake filled and covered in vanilla buttercream. This birthday cake is special because of the words. Sometimes it's all about making it personal. It read " Mama & Granny Happy Birthday! I love you! Can we have "more cake" please?". It was very sweet and fun and the whimsical swirls on the cake just added to the theme. I hope they had a great birthday.

Classic Black Ribbon Wedding Cake

2010-08-13T11:48:00.000-07:00

This is a 3 tier wedding cake. Covered in white fondant and wrapped with a ribbon at each layers base. It's topped with a ribbon bow and has ribbon cascading down the sides of the cake. It's a vanilla cake filled with a bright yellow (wedding colors) vanilla buttercream. It's classic and elegant and I hope they have a very special day!

Ever wonder what the baker is doing when she's not baking??

2010-08-04T11:07:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered what a baker does when she's not baking?? Sometimes I still end up baking, but other times I'm cooking, painting, venting, parenting, planning, crafting and blogging. For a peak into the personal life of a baker click here ....and maybe you'll see me talking about creating your cake or maybe I'll spill a couple of my baking secrets. Or I might just share a favorite wine or a favorite hang out place. It's not predictable, it's just my life.

Jet Cake

2010-08-02T15:23:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a customer's boyfriend who flies jets. It was very important that this airplane looked like a jet. I hope he enjoys his cake and really hope he likes his own little jet! The cake is our yummy vanilla cake with a creamy vanilla buttercream filling. The outside of this cake is decorated with blue and white vanilla buttercream. The jet is made out of fondant and placed ontop to give the impression that the jet is flying through the clouds.

Happy Birthday Lamar!

End of Wedding Cake Tastings

2010-07-30T17:57:00.000-07:00

This will be the end of the wedding cake tasting posts. We have some cakes coming up that are very unique and should be fun! The cake above is our Oreo cake and below is an assortment of our Oreo, Amaretto, Lemon and Bananas Foster Cake. Hope you all have a yummy and fun weekend!

Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

2010-07-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is our always popular chocolate cake filled and covered in our delicious raspberry buttercream. Our chocolate cake is lite, moist and flavorful. If you love chocolate than you'll fall head over heels for this cake. And what goes better with chocolate than berries? We use real raspberries (organic if the customer desires) to make our raspberry buttercream. We do not add any artificial ingredients or food coloring. Our raspberry buttercream is truely a delicious treat! It's bursting with raspberry flavor and goes perfectly with our chocolate cake. You might find that you'll have a hard time sharing this cake, I know I do.

Red Velvet Cake

2010-07-28T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is our Red Velvet Cake. It's filled and covered with a cream cheese frosting. Red Velvet Cake has been a southern favorite for a long time and recently has become very popular in other regions. It's always been a favorite of mine. Who can resist cutting into a white frosted cake and seeing a burst of red? In addition to being a surprise for the eyes it's always moist and delicious. Maybe this will become one of your favorites too!

Lemon Cake

2010-07-27T10:50:00.000-07:00

This is our lemon cake. Our lemon cake has reel lemon zest and juice in it. I believe that's the only way to get a delicious, authentic lemon flavor. The lemon cake has a lemon cream cheese filling and icing. The lemon cream cheese is also made using lemon zest and juice. The combination of lemon and cream cheese is wonderful although strong. This customer chose to add a strawberry buttercream layer in the middle just to balance out the lemon flavors. If you love lemon, you'll love this cake.

Amaretto Cake

2010-07-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

Here is our Amaretto Cake. I consider it a classic wedding cake. It's an almond flavored cake filled and covered with an almond buttercream. The cake gets drizzled with some cooked Amaretto before it's filled and iced just for that extra flavor. If the customer prefers they can leave out the Amaretto drizzle. If the customer is over 21 they can request uncooked Amaretto liquor drizzled over the cake. It's absolutely delicious no matter which way the customer decides to incorporate the Amaretto.

Allergy note: This cake contains pure almond extract.

Bananas Foster Cake

2010-07-27T10:36:00.000-07:00

This is our popular Bananas Foster Cake. It's a banana cake with a thin layer of a rum, brown sugar caramel spread over it. Then the caramel is topped with vanilla buttercream. The cake is also covered in vanilla buttercream. If you love Bananas Foster than you'll love this cake.

Note: The alcohol used in the caramel is cooked. This cake will not cause intoxication.

Oreo Cake

2010-07-27T10:30:00.000-07:00

It's wedding season and at the bakery that means wedding cake tasting is in full swing. I'll be doing a couple posts from some of the cakes used for wedding cake sampling. This one is an Oreo cake. Real Oreo's are used in this cake. For wedding cakes the Oreo texture needs to be fine but for a birthday or party cake it's up to the customer how chunky they want the pieces of Oreo. During the baking process the Oreo's become soft and moist. The Oreo cake is filled and covered with a vanilla buttercream. This cake is definitely a crowd pleaser!

Blocked Out Dates

2010-07-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

August 6th and 13th. September 10th-12th, Feb 25th of 2011 and April 1st-13th of 2011.

The month of January is blocked out. In Feb. I will only be doing pre-booked orders. Sorry, but no last minute orders or cakes will be available Jan-Feb. If you've booked one of these dates your order is safe. I just won't accept any new orders during these dates.

Thank you everyone! Without you, I wouldn't have any blocked out dates and it does make me smile when I have to post notices like this. Thank you!

Bananas Foster Cupcakes

2010-06-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

These cupcakes are a banana cupcake topped with a rum/brown sugar/butter glaze and topped with a double vanilla buttercream. They can be decorated with fondant decorations or topped with a vanilla and chocolate buttercream mix.

Ladybugs Galore!

2010-05-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the lady bug cupcakes for a customer's daughter's birthday. Half the cupcakes were Red Velvet with a Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting. A quarter were Lemon cupcakes with a Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. And the remaining quarter were strawberry with vanilla buttercream. The theme for the birthday party is lady bugs so the cupcakes are topped with hand made fondant ladybugs.

Open Mic. Night

2010-05-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is such a fun cake! It's a chocolate cake with a vanilla cream filling. It's covered in grey buttercream and all details are done in black buttercream. It's about 19 inches long, 8 inches wide at the rounded top, and 3 inches wide at the bottom square of the microphone.

12" round Red Velvet Buttercream Cake, Modern Flower Design

2010-05-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

These cakes are 12'' round. They are red velvet cakes with a whipped cream cheese filling. Covered in buttercream, color of your choice. Features multiple flat modern flowers made with fondant. Leaf and vine detail in buttercream. This type of cake has been very popular recently so it now has a name (12" round Red Velvet Buttercream Cake, Modern Flower Design) and a price of $40.00

Alice in Wonderland Cake

2010-05-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

This cake was for a 5th birthday party for a special little girl named Maddy. The bottom tier of the cake is Oreo with vanilla buttercream filling. The second tier is banana cake with a chocolate buttercream filling. The cake is topsy turvy style and covered in fondant.

Side views of the cake:

The top of the cake featured 3 fondant sculptures: Alice, The White Rabbit and The Blue Caterpillar. Here's close ups of the sculptures before they were placed on the cake.

Blocked Out Dates

2010-04-02T10:59:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that the last two weekends in April (4/23 - 5/1) are blocked out. If you've already talked to me about your order than your order is fine. I will not be accepting any additional orders for those dates. Thank you so much to my wonderful customers! Please remember to place your orders well in advance. Thanks!

Jungle Baby Shower Cake

2010-03-26T20:42:00.000-07:00

This cake is a double vanilla cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. It's covered in fondant. The polka dots are a modern style. The zebra, giraffe, elephant, monkey and expectant mom are also made out of fondant. It's a baby shower cake in a jungle theme. The animals have stitching decorations on them to make them resemble stuffed animals. I hope she loves the cake and has a very special day!

Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate/Espresso Buttercream

2010-03-11T16:08:00.001-08:00

These cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes topped with our chocolate/espresso whipped buttercream. They are done in the most basic style we have available. Sometimes it is all about the taste.

Baby Boy Baby Shower Cupcakes (blue,brown,white assorted)

2010-02-13T08:47:00.000-08:00

These cupcakes were made for a baby shower. They are lemon cupcakes with a lemon cream cheese frosting. They're decorated with fondant details in blue, brown and white.

I hope they had a wonderful baby shower!

Close up of swirl piping on cupcake with fondant polka dots in basic style.

Little Princess Heart Cake

2010-02-04T10:18:00.000-08:00

One of my customer's daughter is turning 1. She wanted a small heart shaped cake for her little Princess. We decided not to do any fondant so there would not be any issues with her eating it by herself. The cake is covered and decorated in buttercream. It is a double vanilla cake with a whipped vanilla buttercream filling. The cake is only about 6 inches wide and 2-3 inches tall, perfect for a very special little girl. I hope Princess Charlotte has a wonderful 1st Birthday!

Thankful to Children's Hospital

2010-01-30T10:40:00.000-08:00

We recently were able to work with Children's Hospital for an event they had. We enjoyed working with them and hope they enjoyed their cakes :)

Roulette Table & Wheel

2010-01-10T16:44:00.000-08:00

This was a cake for a 50th Birthday party. The roulette table is a chocolate cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream covered in fondant.

The roulette chips are plastic but everything except for the chips are edible.

The roulette wheel does actually spin. It's a carrot cake with a whipped cream cheese filling and frosting. Covered in fondant.

Because the customer was an avid roulette fan the placement of the numbers on wheel were accurate. And the ball landed on the birthday boy's lucky number :)

Birthday for a little Fairy Princess

2010-01-07T21:19:00.000-08:00

This is a banana cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. It's a 14 inch round and will feed 40 people. The cake is covered in buttercream. With this cake we were asked to match the design to a fairy princess theme.

We made the details on the side of the cake match some of the specific details for the party. On the side their is a glittery red heart, a princess tiara, a magic wand, purple butterflies, edible pearls and purple polka dots.

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-23T12:19:00.000-08:00

We'll be on vacation beginning Dec. 24th through the 1st of the new year. We hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season and best wishes for the new year. We will still be able to be reached through e-mail regarding any upcoming orders for January. Thank you!

Yule Logs

2009-12-23T11:58:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of the Yule Logs made at BECCA'S blue BAKERY. Sorry it's taken so long to get pictures up on the website. We have been up to our ears in cookies this year! Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season!

Buttercream music cake

2009-12-12T00:08:00.000-08:00

The decoration for this cake is all buttercream. The theme for this cake is music. It's an oreo cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. I hope Sarina has a wonderful birthday filled with lots of music!

Blocked Out Dates

2009-12-08T10:07:00.000-08:00

If you have a special occasion in the near future and know you'd like a cake please contact us in advance so we can schedule you in. Due to multiple advance orders our schedule is full on the weekend of January 8-10th. Contact beccasbluebakery@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

2 Weeks Left till Christmas

2009-12-08T10:03:00.000-08:00

Please make sure you contact BECCA'S blue BAKERY and let us know if you would like a yule log cake or will be placing any custom cookie orders at least 4 days before you'd like your order.It's very busy at the bakery due to our amazing customers and we want to make sure we can get your orders to you when you'd like them. Thank you so much. We hope you and your friends and family have a wonderful holiday season!

Floating Bee Polka Dot Cake

2009-12-04T09:20:00.001-08:00

This cake is a birthday cake for a little boy turning 1. It's a double vanilla cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. The customer chose primary polka dots and wanted a floating bee. The polka dots are hand painted onto fondant applied to the cake to make the colors pop. And the bee is made out of fondant. I hope Jonah has a wonderful birthday!

Yule Log

2009-12-02T11:03:00.001-08:00

A long held Christmas tradition is the yule log. At BECCA'S blue BAKERY we'll be offering Yule Log Cakes for $25.00 beginning Dec. 5th. It's a chocolate cake rolled around a vanilla cream filling. It's covered with a chocolate buttercream made to resemble wood grain and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Pictures will be posted soon.

Modern Polka Dot Cupcakes

2009-11-23T09:11:00.000-08:00

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything and I am sorry about that. The bakery has been very busy with all of our Thanksgiving orders. But we are still doing other orders as well, such as these Modern Polka Dot Cupcakes. They looked too cute not to post.

These are called "modern polka dot" cupcakes. They are a modern polka dot design instead of a classic polka dot (does not have any holes in the polka dot circles). These cupcakes were for a special little girl's birthday. She picked out her favorite colors and we used those colors as the polka dot colors. They are the double vanilla cupcake with a whipped chocolate buttercream. The whipped chocolate buttercream has double the amount of chocolate that the recipe usually has. This was to give it a darker color so that the polka dots really poped.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-11T08:24:00.000-08:00

Over the next two weeks we will be focusing solely on our orders for Thanksgiving. Please get your orders in as soon as possible and no later than the 19th. After Thanksgiving we will be showcasing our Christmas treats and will no longer be selling our Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Tarts and Pumpkin Tea Cakes. Sorry there won't be a lot of posts up until Thanksgiving because the bakery will be super busy. Stay tuned for our Christmas treats including a yule log and peppermint mocha cupcakes!

2009-11-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

This is a chocolate fudge cake covered in buttercream. Purple ribbon is wrapped at the base of each cake. Overall it's a very simple design. The hydrangeas cascading down the side of the cake create a very elegant feel. This cake was created for a demo at a BECCA'S blue BAKERY table at a local event.

Star Wars Cake

2009-11-01T20:04:00.000-08:00

This is a carrot cake with a cream cheese filling covered in fondant. Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and R2D2 are made out of fondant and completely edible. This cake was a surprise for my customer's husband on his birthday. Together we came up with the top of the cake being a replication of the fight scene between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The sides of the cake are airbrushed to look like the galaxy. I hope he has a wonderful birthday-- may the force be with him!

Here's some close up images of the detail on the fondant figurines:

Abby's Cake

2009-10-30T08:55:00.000-07:00

This is a chocolate cake covered in a vanilla buttercream. The balloon detail is done out of buttercream as well. I hope Abby has a wonderful birthday!

Thanksgiving Orders Update

2009-10-28T17:45:00.000-07:00

I've been receiving a lot of Thanksgiving orders early. I know I've mentioned to some of my customers that I'll be accepting orders beginning Nov. 1st. However, do to the large amount of early orders I'm now accepting all Thanksgiving orders. Please keep in mind if you want your order on the 25th you'll need to get your order in early. Otherwise there are plenty of pie and treat order spots available for the 23rd and 24th. Thank you!

Tinkerbell Cake

2009-10-23T22:19:00.000-07:00

This cake was a very special cake for me to make. It was my daughter's 2nd birthday cake. She just adores Tinkerbell so I knew that her cake would be all about Tinkerbell. I wanted it to not only be cute but also incorperate some of the enchantment of the forest where Tinkerbell lives. I made it with my double vanilla cake and a whipped chocolate buttercream. It's covered in fondant. The tree trunk and green forest floor are air brushed with edible coloring. All the extra details are made with fondant. Tinkerbell is a candle but everything else on the cake can be eaten. A magical cake for a magical day.

Floral Cake

2009-10-23T22:06:00.000-07:00

This is a carrot cake with a cream cheese filling and is covered in fondant. The flowers surrounding the cake are made out of colored fondant. I stuck to the floral theme but wanted it to be both fun and elegant. I think birthday's should always be fun and I think a cake should represent that. But I didn't want this cake to be only fun. I wanted to incorporate the flowers in an elegant and modern way since this cake was for a customer's mother. I think all mothers deserve a little elegance. I had a lot of fun making this cake and I hope Linda has a wonderful birthday!

Oreo Cupcakes

2009-10-23T21:51:00.000-07:00

These are my oreo cupcakes. It's a moist, delicious cupcake with crushed up oreos in the batter to give it that authentic oreo taste. Then I top it off with a vanilla and whipped chocolate buttercream swirl sprinkled with crushed up oreos. It's a heavenly treat! For oreo lovers this cupcake is a must have!

Pumkin Pie Ordering

2009-10-19T14:17:00.000-07:00

Our pumpkin pies are baked fresh daily using only the best ingredients. We use a special recipe that has been in our family for over 40 years. Our pies not only taste great but also feature a beautiful leaf press crust. They are a delicious tradition for our family and we hope they become a favorite for your family too! Price: $12.00

I'll be accepting pie orders beginning November 1st. For Thanksgiving orders please place all orders by the 19th. Thanksgiving pies will be delivered or picked up on or by the 25th. Quantities limited. Thank you!

Modern Baby Shower

2009-10-17T13:47:00.000-07:00

This is a two tier baby shower cake. The top tier is a double vanilla cake with a raspberry buttercream filling and the bottom tier is a chocolate cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream. The cake was deigned to be modern and elegant. It's covered with fondant and the bows are made of fondant as well.

Director's Slate

2009-10-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

This is a birthday cake made to look like a director's slate. My customer came up with this awesome idea! It's a carrot cake with a cream cheese filling and has custom wording for the recipient. I think he's going to have a great birthday!

Cupcake Love

2009-10-16T09:09:00.000-07:00

These are chocolate cupcakes for a customer who needed a last minute order. Cupcakes are the perfect solution for last minute orders since they are relatively quick to assemble. Half of these cupcakes are frosted with the double vanilla buttercream and the other half are topped with the espresso buttercream.

Polka dot cupcakes & cake

2009-10-11T13:07:00.000-07:00

This order was for an adorable little boy's first birthday. My customer wanted a buttercream polka dot cake with matching cupcakes. The polka dots were made with fondant in primary colors. The cupcakes are double vanilla with a vanilla buttercream. And the cake is a double vanilla cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. Absolutely delicious!

Patriotic Cupcakes

2009-10-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

A customer of mine was having an all american themed party and wanted some cupcakes to serve. She was very trusting and basically gave me free range to do what I thought would look cute. I thought, what's more American than red, white and blue with stars? I think they turned out really cute. 1/2 of the cupcakes were chocolate and 1/2 were double vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. The star details are made out of fondant. So cute!

Golf Cake #2

2009-10-10T17:46:00.000-07:00

This golf cake is a vanilla cake with a whipped chocolate buttercream filling. It was ordered for a birthday party for a professional golfer. There are a lot of fondant details in this cake and I think it's just perfect! I really like the raised plateau for the hole and the lower sand trap. Everything (except the flag pole and ribbon at base) on the cake is edible. I hope Gary has a wonderful birthday!

Little Miss Ellie Fant

2009-10-08T16:59:00.000-07:00

This is a custom fondant sculpture for a 1 year old's birthday party. My customers named her Miss Ellie Fant. How cute is that! She was very well behaved while staying with me and didn't keep any one up at night.

Birthday

2009-09-30T21:56:00.001-07:00

This cake began with a customer wanting a birthday cake. She was looking for a good quality cake with a simple design. This cake is only 6 inches which is considered an individual cake, it's the smallest that I do. Most cake requests I get are large and involve fondant so doing an individual cake with only buttercream was a nice suprise. This is a white cake filled with a raspberry buttercream. It's decorated with a white buttercream on the outside of the cake with an edible flower on the top of the cake. The pearls on the cake are edible as well. I think that every mom deserves a beautiful cake on their birthday. I hope she has a wonderful day!

A Little About What Makes Us Special...

2009-09-29T13:23:00.001-07:00

We use natural ingredients at BECCA'S blue BAKERY. In our cakes you'll find eggs, sugar, flour, water, butter or vegetable oil, cocoa powder and real vanilla. You will not taste any high fructose corn syrup or additives because we don't use any. We believe that great taste comes from great ingredients. We strive to present the best possible product to our customers so that when you taste a BECCA'S blue BAKERY product you'll know because it's taste will be superior to others.

Our buttercream is made with real butter we do not use shortening. It's whipped to the perfect consistency.

Espresso Bites

2009-09-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

One of the surprising big hits at the fall tasting was the espresso bites. I had rectangle samples of my espresso cake out for people to try and they went quick! I even had a customer who wanted to purchase them. That surprised me since they were just my samples and I didn't have pricing for them. But we came to the conclusion that mini cupcakes would be the right size for her party. I think it's a really cute idea. And I must say, the espresso chocolate buttercream is so heavenly! It's so light and fluffy! If you love your coffee then you will just adore this buttercream. It's quickly climbing my personal list of favorites.

Pecan Tarts

2009-09-27T12:49:00.001-07:00

Why is it so hard to find Pecan Tarts in southern California?? They are a delicious fall treat! I wonder if it's because people don't know about them here. I know that if people knew how delicious they were then even the grocery stores would be making them. I grew up in a Texan family and we always had Pecan tarts in the house around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not only do they smell heavenly but when you bite into one the flavors of the brown sugar and vanilla and pecans all mix together to form the most wonderful taste. And the crust, oh the crust is divine! It is so light and flaky. And they're just the right size for a quick bite, although I doubt anyone can eat just one. For my family I usually make a batch of 5 dozen, and they go so quick! I'm selling my pecan tarts from October through December for $8.00 per bakers dozen. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Pumpkin Pie

2009-09-27T12:36:00.001-07:00

The smell of pumpkin pies bring back so many wonderful memories of my childhood. They are one of my favorite deserts ever! I use my mother's recipe for pumpkin pie because it's still makes the best pumpkin pie I've ever had. For me and my family, it just isn't fall until we've had a slice of pie. It seems like we wait all year for that first slice of pie. My pumpkin pies are for sale from October through November for $12.00. If you want to order a pie for Thanksgiving please order at least a week in advance.

Pumpkin Pie Raffle

2009-09-20T21:00:00.001-07:00

On the night of the 27th I will be raffling off two pumpkin pies. First entry is free. Any more entries are 2 tickets for a dollar. Drop your name into the pumpkin jar by the free samples. I'll draw the winning name at 8:30pm! Good luck!

Pumpkin tea cakes

2009-09-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

Our pumpkin tea cakes are a delightful treat! Made from scratch, our pumpkin cake is topped with a fluffy whipped cream cheese topping and pecan brittle. The pumpkin tea cakes are approximately 2 1/2 inches wide. They come as 2 for $4.00, 6 for $12.00 and a party pack of 12 is $22.00

Fall Preview Party

2009-09-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

Join us on Sept. 27th for Becca’s Blue Bakery free fall tasting. Stop by between 7pm and 8:30pm to sample some delicious delights that will be for sale this fall. Treats include pumpkin pie, pumpkin chocolate cake, mini pumpkin cakes, and pecan tarts. Come and enjoy some of the best treats fall has to offer!

America Loves Cake

2009-09-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

A family member came across this article in the newspaper and passed it on to me. I found it very interesting. It states that "as children we learned to associate cakes with celebration, joy and good times." I found that statement to be very true. If you think about celebrations, usually a cake is involved. I think cake is a gift not only to the recipient but also to ourselves since we get to enjoy a slice too! This article got me thinking back to special moments in my life and not surprisingly most of them involved cake. These days most cake orders I do are for events such as birthdays, promotions, marriages, holidays, baby showers and even the baby's arrival. Cake is a way in which we share in the celebrations together. I love cake and apparently America does too!

Halloween Cake

2009-09-11T12:50:00.000-07:00

When I think of Halloween, I think of chocolate and pumpkins! This was the inspiration for the Halloween cake. It's a scrumptious pumpkin cake with a middle layer of chocolate cake. The cake is covered in a chocolate glaze. It's decorated with a frosting spider web and plastic spider in the corner. It is 8 1/2 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches tall. Becca's Blue Bakery will start accepting orders for the Halloween cake beginning Sept. 28th. The Halloween cake is a special price of $20.00!

Golf Cake

2009-09-05T22:03:00.001-07:00

This cake was a last minute order. I literally had one day to get it done. The good thing was that my customer wanted a simple golf themed cake. Their only real specification was that it needed to be chocolate, so that's what I focused on! Inside is a deep chocolate cake with a light chocolate buttercream filling. It's a delicious combination. The fluffy light chocolate buttercream balances out the deeper chocolate flavors in the cake. This is my favorite buttercream! It's addicting. I also made a deeper coco flavored buttercream for the outside of the cake. I used Fondx to cover the top of the cake and shaped the golf ball and water hazard. I painted the "green" with a deep green food coloring. I love the little golf bag I molded with the fondx, and of course it's all edible. It's less than 2 inches tall and it's probably my favorite part of the cake!

Celebration cake

2009-09-04T17:23:00.000-07:00

This cake is the biggest tiered cake I have ever made. It might look small in the pictures but this cake was well over 3 feet tall. It seemed fitting as it was for my husband. His favorite cookie is oreo and so I made an oreo cake recipe that has since become a favorite. The oreo cake has crushed oreos in it so with each bite you get a bite of oreo. The crushed oreos soften when cooking, absolutely delicious! The bottom layer of the cake was three separate layers filled with a vanilla buttercream and a chocolate buttercream. Each cake tier (except the third) was 3 layers and filled with both buttercreams. I wanted the third layer to be smaller to add somevariance. Each layer had a different design. The whole cake was covered in a high quality fondant and then air brushed with food coloring. Coming out of the top of the cake are shimmered fondant balls connected by wire. It was the heaviest cake I've ever made. And since it was for my husband, I made him carry it.

Treasure Chest Cake

2009-09-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

My son wanted to have a pirate party for his 4th birthday. So I thought, hmm....should I make a pirate ship? No... I made a cardboard one outside for the kids to play in. Hmm... what would a pirate want... um... more gold! Of course, a pirate is always searching for more treasure. What better way to celebrate a pirate's birthday than to give him a whole treasure chest!? My amazing sister came down for the day and watched the kids so I could make this cake in one afternoon. I still owe her for that....among many other things. I used different tools from my kitchen to make the fondant have a wood grain texture. I surrounded the cake by crushed graham crackers (sand). Then I took milk chocolate and marbled it with white chocolate and shaped it into seashells which I scattered at the base of the cake. The chest was filled with edible pearls, chocolate gold coins and edible jems. Cost of cake ingredients: a lot, time and effort involved: a lot too, the look in that little pirate's eyes when the cake was presented to him.... priceless!

Olivia Cake

2009-09-04T16:25:00.000-07:00

One of my close friends hired me to make her daughters birthday cake. Her daughter was having an Oliva (a kids cartoon) themed party. I took the colors of the character and Incorporated those into the cake. Polka dots on the bottom and stripes on top. A fondant bow was wrapped around the front. And I rolled fondant balls to go around the base of the cakes.

Birthdays

2009-09-04T15:59:00.000-07:00

After I made my sister's wedding cake I didn't make anything for a while. But the fire to bake was still there in my heart. When a birthday came up in the family, I'd jump at the chance to practice creating cakes. So when my brother-in-law's birthday rolled around, I was excited to try something new. He was in his first year of college so I wanted to do something fun and unique. I decided to do an open laptop on top of a book (seemed very collegiate). I wrote "Happy Birthday Bryan" on the monitor of the computer. It turned out great and I really think he was surprised! Family birthdays have always been a great time for me to try new ideas.

Where it all began

2009-09-04T09:11:00.001-07:00

My passion with cake started as a little girl. When my sister and I were little girls we promised each other that we would make each other's wedding cakes. But my love for making cakes remained hidden until it was time for me to own up to my promise to my sister. She wanted an Italian creme wedding cake with a middle layer of milky way cupcakes. The top and bottom tier were covered in fondant and I piped vines on the sides of the cake (which matched their theme). She loved her cake, inside and out. And now, looking back, this is where my cake obsession started. A great place to start in my personal opinion.