Charity's Sunshine Sweets

SUPER HERO CAKE

2012-02-27T20:58:00.000-08:00

When I asked what kind of cake the customer wanted for her son's birthday party, she said "Whatever, he likes, Superman, Batman, Spiderman. So, whatever you think" So, I couldn't resist doing all 3 in one cake. The Superman cake was a 1 layer cake with buttercream frosting and a plastic Superman piece on top. The Batman layer was double layered with buttercream filling and frosting. The bottom was covered with red paper and piped "web" with black frosting.

MONKEY BABY SHOWER CAKE

2012-02-27T20:53:00.000-08:00

I had so much fun sculpting these little monkeys. The top & bottom layers were yellow cake and the middle was chocolate. It is covered with buttercream frosting with fondant monkeys all around. The trees were plastic cake toppers.

MACKENZIE CHILDS CAKE

2012-02-27T20:49:00.000-08:00

This was a cake made for one of my lifelong friend's 30th birthday. She absolutely adores Mackenzie Childs designs so we decided this would be the perfect cake for her. This was a chocolate cake the PB chips and sweet PB frosting. It was totally covered & decorated with fondant. Below are the Mackenzie Childs pieces I used for inspiration.

NURSERY RHYME BABY SHOWER CAKE

2012-02-27T20:45:00.000-08:00

This was requested by one of my child's teachers for a baby shower. The Mom-to-be was decorating the nursery using inspiration from her favorite childhood stories. I chose 2 of her favorites for this cake. The cake was completely covered in fondant as were the little characters, baby and baby blanket. Lettering was piped on with buttercream frosting.

SUPER MARIO CAKE

2012-02-27T20:37:00.002-08:00

This cake was requested for a young boy's birthday. It was vanilla with buttercream frosting decorations and a plastic Mario Cake Topper.

IRON BOWL (ALABAMA/AUBURN) CAKE

2012-02-27T20:34:00.000-08:00

I am soooooo much more fond of the bottom layer than the top on this one =) This was requested for an Iron Bowl/Birthday Party for a friend of mine. The top layer was Chocolate and the bottom was Vanilla with Strawberry filling. It is frosted with Buttercream frosting and I used edible printed sugar paper for the tiger stripes and houndstooth covering. The football was piped on with buttercream.

CHRISTMAS GIFT CAKE

2012-02-27T20:27:00.000-08:00

This cake was ordered for an office Christmas party. The top layer was red velvet with buttercream frosting and the bottom was Chocolate with PB chips and sweet PB frosting.

FSU CAKE

2012-02-27T20:23:00.000-08:00

This cake was a little hard to do for this Bama Girl, but I fought through it ;-) Requested by a friend for her Husband's birthday. It was a full sheet cake which he took to work @ Home Depot to share with co-workers on his big day. It was marble flavored covered with buttercream frosting and a plastic FSU football cake topper. The lettering was made from molded white chocolates.

CUB SCOUTS CAKE

2012-02-27T20:18:00.000-08:00

A high school friend requested this cake for the Birthday Celebration of the Boys Scouts (specifically her son's Cub Scouts). It was a full sheet marble flavored cake with buttercream frosting, Cub Scouts edible image and white chocolate molded letters and symbol.

MUSIC NOTE CAKE

2012-02-27T20:14:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for one of my piano students' birthday. It was a chocolate cake with sweet peanut butter cream filling and frosted with the same. The music notes were made using chocolate molds.

SUPER BOWL XLVI CAKE

2012-02-27T20:10:00.000-08:00

I detoured from my usual 2 football Super Bowl cakes this year and did a basic sheet cake. This was a marble flavored cake and I used a licensed edible image for a nice clean look.

PIRATE CAKE

2012-02-27T20:06:00.000-08:00

A co-worker of mine requested a pirate cake for her son's birthday. This cake was made with buttercream frosting and topped with a plastic cake topper.

ONESIE BABY SHOWER CAKE

2012-02-27T20:00:00.000-08:00

This was made for a Cars themed baby shower. It was made of all buttercream frosting with a Cars plastic cake topper.

DROWSY POET COFFEE CUP CAKE

2012-02-27T19:56:00.001-08:00

This was requested by a coffe lover. I obtained permission from one of his favorite coffe shops (Drowsy Poet) to put their logo on edible sugar paper to make this design. It was a Mocha cake covered in fondant and Buttercream sprinkled with cinnamon to give the appearance of whipped cream on top!

CAPTAIN AMERICA CUPCAKES

2012-02-27T19:52:00.000-08:00

These were requested by a Mom for her son's birthday. He took them to school to share with friends =) Shield was made with Buttercream Frosting and a White Chocolate Star.

THOMAS THE TRAIN CAKE

2011-12-08T08:39:00.000-08:00

This was made for a 2 yr. old boy's birthday. All is edible except for "Thomas" =) All decorations are frosting except for the rocks which were made out of fondant.

SWAMP CAKE

2011-11-21T20:10:00.000-08:00

This has to be one of my all-time favorites! Made for a little boy that loves bugs and swamp things. The cattails were made of tootsie rolls on toothpicks. The rocks were made of fondant. The frogs, millipedes, and alligators were made of molded chocolate and all other creatures were plastic toys.

BLUE ANGELS CAKE

2011-11-21T20:08:00.000-08:00

Copied this cake from one I had found on Google. This was for a young man's birthday. He apparently loved the Blues so I made the cake accordingly. It was chocolate with buttercream frosting and the planes were made of molded white chocolate.

DONUT CAKE

2011-11-14T19:09:00.000-08:00

I made this for my daughter's Donut Themed Birthday. It was Almond flavored with tan buttercream frosting for the donut and pink fondant for the donut icing. The sprinkles were little fondant pieces.

HAPPY FALL CAKE

2011-11-14T19:07:00.000-08:00

This cake was made for a friend. It was almond flavored cake with buttercream frosting & fondant cut-outs of fall items

PINK FLOWER CAKE

2011-11-14T19:04:00.000-08:00

This was made for a woman's 80th birthday (requested by her daughter). I thought it turned out beautiful! It was Vanilla cake with Strawberry Frosting.

BABY BOY'S 1ST BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-11-14T19:02:00.000-08:00

This cake was made to match the plates & napkins for a baby boy's 1st birthday. It was chocolate with buttercream frosting. Also made matching smash cake (not pictured) which was basically the same as the top layer.

HELLO KITTY CAKE

2011-11-14T18:58:00.000-08:00

This cake was requested by the mother of a Hello Kitty loving teenage daughter =) The flavor was my best-seller Almond w\buttercream frosting.

CHOCOLATE CANDY BOX CAKE

2011-11-14T18:56:00.000-08:00

This cake was requested by a husband of a confessed "choco-holic"! He thought this would be perfect for her 40th Birthday Party =) The flavor was obviously.....CHOCOLATE. It was filled with Dove chocolates and homemade white chocolates for a touch of color.

FALL THEMED WEDDING CAKE

2011-11-14T18:53:00.000-08:00

This cake was for a Fall-Themed Wedding dressed with fresh flowers. The top & bottom layers were Marble and the middle was Yellow. I love a beautiful basket-weave frosting technique!! =)

BUSTIER/CORSET CAKE

2011-11-14T18:50:00.000-08:00

"Bride-to-be" loved yellow so I did that & threw-in some black & white as well. Cake was Chocolate with buttercream frosting.

TEAL & BROWN PROPOSAL CAKE

2011-11-14T18:47:00.000-08:00

SHE SAID YES!!!!! The "groom-to-be" requested his girl's favorite color (teal). He also requested chocolate cake with a pineapple filling again being her favorite =)

PINK & BROWN 13TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-11-14T18:43:00.000-08:00

This customer requested a 13th birthday cake that was pink & brown. This is what I came-up with. It was confetti with buttercream frosting & chocolate/white chocolate number & flowers.

COACH/VICTORIA SECRET CAKE

2011-09-14T19:50:00.000-07:00

This cake was for a Bon Voyage/Bridal Shower. She & her soon to be hubby are moving to Hawaii after the wedding. I love being able to include different themes into 1 cake. The Coach Suitcase was Almond covered with fondant and the VS box was marble with buttercream frosting. Passport & License plate were made of fondant.

SEASHELL BEACH CAKE

2011-09-14T19:42:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun making this cake. The groom requested the bottom layer be brownie since he doesn't care for cake (which I'm pretty sure is a sin) ;-) And the other 2 layers were Marble. The seashells turned out great!!

FLIP FLOP BEACH CAKE

2011-09-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

This was for my daughter's 8th Birthday. We had a lovely swimming party @ a beach front condo IN THE MIDDLE OF TROPICAL STORM LEE!! I guarantee you the kids will never 4get it though! Per her request, the top was lemon and the bottom was Confetti. The flip-flops & starfish were made from white chocolates.

PINK & GREEN BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-08-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

This was a vanilla cake with buttercream filling covered in fondant. It was ordered by a young girl for her birthday.

BABY SHOWER CAKE TO MATCH NURSERY

2011-07-27T20:29:00.000-07:00

This cake was made with love for my best friend of over 25 years. I made it to match her bedding fabric for little Asher's nursery. Below is a picture of the fabric that it was matched to.

BABY SHOWER CAKE TO MATCH NURSERY II

2011-07-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

This was a cake for my Best Friend's sister, who happens to be MY sister's best friend. Did you get all that? =) I made her cake to match little Liam's nursery as well. These sisters are due a week apart!!! Therefore this was a joint baby shower cake project =) Below is a pic of the Pottery Barn airplanes she is having hung which was my inspiration for this cake.

SMURFETTE CAKE

2011-07-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

A lady ordered this cake for her niece's birthday. This particularly brought back memories for me growing-up in the 80's & 90's!!! =)

FATHER'S DAY REMOTE CONTROL CAKE

2011-07-27T14:59:00.000-07:00

This was a Father's Day cake for a dear friend of the family. When I asked what he enjoys for inspiration for a cake, she mentioned relaxing in his reclinder as one. So since I wasn't sure about tackling a recliner I decided to suggest a remote control which usually coincides with a recliner =)

ATTORNEY CAKE

2011-07-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

A Mother ordered this for her son's birthday who happens to be an attorney. The Gavel & other pieces are made of chocolate by using molds. This was a yummy carrot cake with buttercream frosting.

JUNGLE ANIMAL BABY SHOWER CAKE

2011-07-27T14:41:00.000-07:00

The animals were all made of fondant as was the baby & blanket. The expectant mother had painted the nursery with grass on the bottom half of the wall & clouds on top so I iced the cake to match that.

WELCOME BABY CAKE

2011-07-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

My friend Nikki "half" joked it would be nice to have a "Welcome to the World" cake for her newborn Millie when she came to visit me so we whipped this up one night while she was here. She's GREAT @ free-handing so she did the continents. It was chocolate per her request ;-)

ANIMAL PRINT CAKE

2011-07-27T14:27:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a teenage girl for her birthday. This cake uses a new product called "cake tattoos". The top layer was vanilla and the bottom was red velvet.

ZEBRA MONOGRAM CAKE

2011-05-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

This was a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. Love zebra prints!!

9 YR. OLD GIRL'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-05-29T08:22:00.000-07:00

My friend's daughter had a specific design she wanted for her cake and this was it!! It was Confetti on the bottom with Mint Chocolate Chip on the top.

UWF CUPCAKES

2011-05-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

These were cupcakes given to the UWF baseball team the day before they left for their 1st ever College World Series!!

GRADUATION CAKES

2011-05-29T08:17:00.000-07:00

These were requested for 4 little Kindergarteners graduating together. The cake was Confetti with Buttercream Frosting.

GIRAFFE BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-05-02T21:32:00.000-07:00

Received a request for a 3 tier cake with giraffe print & a bright pink bow on top.

I loved the way it turned out!!

UWF GRADUATION CAKE 2011

2011-04-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

Simple Graduation cake for someone graduating from UWF.

BOSTON RED SOX CAKE

2011-04-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

Made for a great friend of our family. This was one of my favorite flavors which is chocolate with peanut butter chips and sweet peanut butter filling. It was a mixture of fondant and buttercream with white chocolate decorations.

CLASSY POLKA DOT CAKE

2011-04-20T08:09:00.000-07:00

Beautiful cake for a beautiful 6 yr. old girl. The bottom layer was Almond and the top layer was 1) Banana and 2) Strawberry with buttercream in the middle. All decorations are fondant except for the Monogram Initial which was made of white chocolate.

ZEBRA BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

This was a cake custom ordered by one of my favorite people =) It was her personal favorite flavor Confetti!

PINK & BROWN BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

This was made for my daughter's 3rd birthday. It was made of fondant and decorated with ribbon.

MICKEY MOUSE GROOM'S CAKE

2011-04-19T10:44:00.001-07:00

This was a part of a Disney themed wedding. The Groom wanted a mixture of mickey mouse and music so we decided to use the Fantasia mickey since that movie combined both. The magicians hat was made of fondant and the mickey ears were made of chocolate. The cake was mint chocolate chip with chocolate frosting.

WEDDING & GROOM'S CAKE

2011-04-19T10:42:00.000-07:00

The Groom's cake was a surprise for him. He is a barber so his wife surprised him with this cake made of his favorite flavor, Red Velvet with cream cheese filling.

BASEBALL CAKE

2011-04-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

Baseball cake for a 13th birthday party. It was made with buttercream with chocolate & white chocolate decorations.

VALENTINE'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

2011-04-19T10:27:00.000-07:00

This was a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate dipped strawberries for decoration. A Chocolate lover's dream!!!

WEDDING CAKE

2011-04-19T10:21:00.000-07:00

This was a beautiful cake for a beautiful couple. It was Amaretto flavored with raspberry filling. The bottom layer was a "dummy" layer for added height.

PRINCESS CAKE

2011-04-19T10:16:00.001-07:00

This was a whimsical princess cake for a little 2 yr. old girl. It was all made of fondant except for the crown which was made of gum paste.

POLKA DOT CAKE

2011-04-19T10:15:00.000-07:00

This cake was designed by a great friend of mine for her daughter's 1st birthday. It was a joint effort and turned-out beautifully!

PRINCESS CASTLE CAKE

2011-04-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

This was made for a 5 yr. old girls' birthday party. The peaks of the castle are sugar cones with fondant balls on top.

SUPER BOWL CAKES

2011-04-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

2010 and 2011 Super Bowl Cakes for a Super Bowl Party.

HALF BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-19T10:10:00.001-07:00

This was made to celebrate my 6 month old's 1/2 birthday.

DR. SEUSS CAKE

2011-04-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

I was privileged to be in of the cast of "Seussical the Musical" at the Pensacola Little Theatre. I played the part of Mrs. Mayor of Whoville. This was the cake I made for our final cast party.

LUAU BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

This cake was an absolute blast to make! The cake was made all of fondant with chocolate & white chocolate embellishments. She wanted different "beachy" flavors so I included strawberry & banana.

BASSINET BABY SHOWER CAKE

2011-04-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

This was a vintage Winnie the Pooh themed shower to welcome baby Tristan. It was an almond flavored cake with chocolate cake on the bottom. The cupcakes alternated between Almond & Chocolate. Letters were made of white chocolate in alphabet molds.

DISEASE CAKE

2011-04-19T10:01:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorites for it's originality!! My sister-in-law requested a retirement cake for her co-worker at the Health Department. They wanted different "diseases" on (I suggested having random people sneeze or cough on it, but that idea was shot down) =) So we developed these cartoon "pictures" of diseases and I printed them on sugar paper and labeled each one (rabies, H1N1, shigella etc..). The letters were made of chocolate put into alphabet molds.

DINOSAUR CAKE

2011-04-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

When my daughter turned 4 and asked for a girly dinosaur cake, I was kind of at a loss. But was very happy with the way it turned-out. The cupcakes and other cake were for extra servings.

CSI CAKE

2011-04-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for 2 friends of mine, Lori & Beth. These girls both love to watch CSI so I designed a cake just for them. It is made of fondant with sugar paper printed designs on top.

CELEBRATION BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-19T09:52:00.000-07:00

This was a topsy turvy cake made for a black & white themed 40th Birthday. It was red velvet flavored with cream cheese filling and buttercream frosting.

BUSTIER CAKE

2011-04-19T09:50:00.000-07:00

This was a cute tasteful Lingerie Shower Cake. It was made entirely of fondant.

AIRPLANE CAKE

2011-04-19T09:48:00.000-07:00

This was a 1st birthday cake with matching smash cake for a sweet little boy. The cake is buttercream, but the airplanes, clouds & ribbons on top were made of fondant. It was a vanilla cake with raspberry filling.

COACH PURSE CAKE

2011-04-19T09:46:00.000-07:00

This was made for a 30th birthday party. It was made entirely of fondant.

SHARK CAKE

2011-04-19T09:21:00.000-07:00

This was made for a little boy who loved sharks. It was a pool party so I put the shark in a pool with a life preserver around him. His fins were made of cereal treats.

BOY OH BOY CAKE

2011-04-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

I made this baby shower cake for my amazing sister. The letters were made of chocolate and all decorations are fondant placed on buttercream.

BABY SHOWER BASSINET CAKE

2011-04-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

Yet another Almond flavor cake. The hood of this cake is made of white chocolate molded into a half circle.

GLAMOUR GIRL CAKE

2011-04-19T09:09:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a 7 yr. old's birthday party. The bottom cake was confetti flavored (vanilla with colorful sprinkles) and buttercream icing. The purse was strawberry flavored with fondant. The different cosmetics were made of fondant.

AMERICAN FLAG CAKE

2011-04-19T08:59:00.000-07:00

This 4th of July cake also had a surprise inside! It was made of white cake that was colored red for one layer and blue for the other. I put white frosting to separate the 2 layers so that when you cut into it, you had red, white & blue inside.

MINNIE MOUSE CAKE

2011-04-19T08:54:00.000-07:00

This was a 1st Birthday Party cake with matching smash cake. The Red polka dot top layer was made of fondant with chocolate fondant balls as the trim. The white layer was made of buttercream. The Minnie ears were made of chocolate. One of my favorite designs!!

SIMPLE BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

A yummy chocolate cake for a sweet little girl's birthday. This is a simple 8" cake for a small party.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS CAKE

2011-04-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

This was made for a 12 year old SUPER colts fan. The bottom layer (10 inch) was chocolate and the top layer (8 inch) was Almond- my best selling flavor to date. The football was made out of cereal treats.