Cake Designs for the Holidays and Special Occasions
This page will feature a variety of holiday and special occasion cake designs. I will be adding new photos for New Years, Easter, Christmas, Mothers day, Fathers day, the 4th of July, and many more.
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When you're entertaining guests, try dressing up the table by featuring your creation as the centerpiece. It's sure to be remembered long after the party!
Although most people marvel at the creativity, detail, and length of time required to decorate cakes, few really understand the amount of time it takes to create a custom cake. Most works of art can be admired decades later, but the photograph is the only proof of our creations. Hours of work gone in just minutes of blissful eating! Yet, we do it for the pure joy of creating something special for the people we care about.
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Valentines Day Cake:
A lavender,
marshmallow fondant
covered heart cake decorated with fondant roses and leaves, and
accented with the shimmer of pearlescent dusting powder.
Mothers Day Cake:
A marshmallow fondant
covered
cake painted with royal icing.Fathers Day Cake:
This Father's Day
Cake is
covered in chocolate ganache and topped with a ruler, nails, a
hammer,and a screwdriver made from gum paste and painted with powdered
food coloring.
4th of July Cake:
This firecracker cake
is
covered in red fondant and topped with run out decorations.
Christmas Cake:
A 2-tier cake
combining square
and round layers and topped with poinsettia decorations. See more holiday cake designs from other visitors this page.
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