Red, White, and Blue

Ni and her two kiddos had a ton of fun today.

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend!

What We've Been Up To...

Woodsy Wedding Cake

Yay for getting to use the airbrush! 
This cake is a chocolate and white marbled cake (bottom) and a red velvet layer cake, covered in buttercream, and then in marshmallow fondant.  The mushrooms are gumpaste/fondant and the swirls are modeling chocolate!

Butterflies and Roses Wedding Shower Cake

First time making edible rice-paper butterflies and they turned out so cute! Very fragile, but very realistic. 
Citrus white cake with lemon flavored buttercream.

Just Call Me BeNi Van Gogh

My flash hit it rather strong...

So here's the cake with the birthday girl looking more like it did in real life!

Happy Birthday Megan!

Happy Valentine's Day!

BeNi has Erica O'Brien Cake Design to thank for the idea for this cake!  I loved making the sugar hearts and was happy to donate this cake to the Lion's Club in Eagle River for their scholarship fundraiser this past weekend.

Happy Valentine's Day from BeNi Cakes!

Back in Business! Latest Cakes...

 First time making chocolate ganache...won't be the last!  It was delicious!

 Wedding shower cake and cupcakes

Hockey Birthday

Soccer Birthday

BeNi Cakes Alaska Closed UFN...

Hello Friends!

Most of you know we have a new baby coming very soon and I am not taking any orders for a while.  With the need to travel to take them on tour (haha!) I am predicting no orders until June 2012.  Long time, I know!  Exceptions are possible if I'm home for a weekend, just email to check.  I won't know for sure until closer to the dates though.

I'm working on updating the blog with some serving size and pricing features to help figure out a consistent pricing for my cakes.  You will notice that cake prices have risen due to myself having a busier household and family time becoming more valuable.  BeNi is no longer in practice mode!  I am now comparable to other private bakers and do not wish to undercut their amazing talents.

Thank you for your support and understanding and Happy Holidays and New Year!

I'm a Little Teapot!

Happy 3rd Birthday to my sweet girl!  I can't believe how fast she has grown up and how girly she is sometimes!  We had two parties, both tea parties, and thus the need for two cakes.  I think I have the teapot cake down now. 

First one was chocolate with vanilla bean buttercream and the second was strawberry cake with buttercream.  Both covered in marshmallow fondant and hand painted with color gels.

Extreme Sports Birthday Cake

HB2U!
That's coolness for Happy Birthday to You! 
And here is the cool cake that went with the theme...

 

 White confetti cake with a hint of lemon buttercream frosting.  MMF decor!

Tangled Tower Cake

My challenge for the weekend!  A big thanks to my husband who helped with the stand to get this tower to be super sturdy!  The bottom layer and the top are both chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and mmf, the tower is rice krispie treat covered in fondant.
 

(Ice cream cones and lots of fondant!)

Oh So Sweet 1st Birthday Lady Bug Cakes

White cake with buttercream frosting, marshmallow fondant.  The small cake is buttercream with fondant decor and is the 1st birthday girl's smash cake!

Hope it was a happy 1st Birthday, Anijah, and hope you got really messy for your mom and aunt! :)

Housewarming Cake / Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting!

I'm not a fan of cream cheese frosting.
Until now.
Requested flavor-citrus cream cheese frosting.
Outcome-WONDERFUL.
White cake with citrus cream cheese frosting and marshmallow fondant flower and key. 
Congrats to my friend and her new residence! (and thank you so much for the flavor request!))

Nutty Chocolate Cake

 

Happy Birthday cake!  Milk chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream (except for the roses-those are regular b/c) with walnuts and pecans!  

Roses and a Caribou.

Here's an interesting combination!  Let me state they were for a double birthday party so the girl got a girly one...

 

and the guy with the bad shot got the caribou one.

Wedding Cake

Lovely wedding cake for a backyard wedding in Anchorage this past weekend.  It was yellow/chocolate marble cake with buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant.  Real flowers made me just a little nervous, but they bunched together rather nicely and made for a beautiful cake topper!  Congratulations to the new bride and groom!

A Quick Birthday Cake

I met a new neighbor who came by with another neighbor to order a cake for two days out.  Yikes!  How could I say no, especially when I was in my jammies and looking like he had totally interrupted my Lifetime movie-thon?  (umm...okay, so maybe he had)  BUT it was an order for a birthday cake for his wife and since they are new in town and I love to make birthday cakes and I had the time I took the order!

 

I forgot to take a picture before I left home so here is an in-the-car-delivery photo!

Dark chocolate cake with caramel drizzle filling and a light whipped buttercream and chocolate frosting ensemble.  YUM!

FedEx Picnic 2011

We attended the annual FedEx/ALPA family picnic at the Anchorage Zoo this past Sunday and this year I made a small cake and cupcakes!  I haven't found a large cupcake stand that I'm impressed with enough to buy yet so I had to improvise.  It worked well for this occasion in particular!  There were four dozen more cupcakes hidden under the table that eventually disappeared along with all of these, so I guess everyone liked them!  It was a great day at the zoo, rain and all!

Cupcakes were vanilla with purple and orange specks and fluffy buttercream frosting.  The round cake was chocolate pudding with fluffy buttercream and an edible image of the logo.  This cake went to the couple that did all the work arranging the fun picnic!  

On the Road Wedding Cake

BeNi Cakes is delighted to share a couple pictures of our "on the road" wedding cake and groom's cake that we made and decorated in Iowa two weeks ago!  A dear friend of ours who has been like our little sister grew up, realized she was in love with her best friend, and their love of books was the theme of their amazing wedding reception.  We were honored to be asked to make their cake and surprise the groom with a cake composed of three of his favorite books.

The wedding cake was three different flavors, two each of cherry chip, lemon and white with raspberry filling.  A non-melting buttercream icing recipe saved the day!  I think I'm in love with dream whip (a little secret ingredient).

The groom's cake was chocolate cake with marshmallow fondant. 

There are lots of people to thank for helping us make this away from our homes and we appreciate everyone who helped out!  Congratulations Erin and Robby!!!

Feliz 10 de Agosto!

A chocolate pumpkin cake with buttercream frosting to welcome home my two little Ecuadorians.