Nicole & Jason's Cake

I've done this cake before, but I think it looks very cute with the gerbers. Their wedding colors were so cute, and the bottom tier has a layer in each color; hot pink, sky blue, crazy green and orange. All photographs were kindly provided by Michelle Nuttall, who btw, is wonderful and would be awesome to work with, if you're lookin'.

Corn on the Cob Cupcakes

I totally have become obsessed with cupcakes lately, I know, I know it's such a trendy thing, but whatever, they are fun and I've got a few orders coming up. For Matt's birthday I made these little cuties, lemon cake with lemon curd filling and lemon-vanilla buttercream, turned in to corn on the cob with various JellyBellys and those little corn poker thingys.

Look what Kirsten found!!- Angel's Cake

Clear back in April of 2005, I did a cake for cute little Angel Winslow, back in my parents ward, and it turned out lovely but I didn't get any pictures of it, but Kirsten did. YEAH!!

Just for Fun!

Sunday dinners are always an excuse to play with something new, but it hasn't been until this week that my experiments have turned out this beautifully! I'm sorry, but this totally reminds me of pastry shops in Paris, and I honestly would say that it tasted just as amazing. Its a white cake with a rum infused moistening syrup and vanilla bean pastry filling covered in vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and topped with apricot glazed fresh fruit. Whoa, that was a mouthful! Trust me, it was awesome!

Porter's Diego Cake

My BFF's oldest turned the big 4 this weekend, and, crazy little dude that he is, threw hisself a grand ole Go Diego Go! themed extravaganza. Good thing he turned the majority of the planning over to his amazing Mama because she totally outdid herself. I was fortunate enough to be able to contribute the cake, and although it's just a two-tier variation on a NickJr.com cake, it was quite a hit!
My photography skills are such a joke. I am hoping that Kirsten will email me some of her's soon. (hope, hope)

There, that's a little better, thanks, Kirst.

Sharon's Cake

Champagne luster dust and ivory royal icing piping over white cakes with cookies n'cream filling. Top tier is chocolate-chocolate chip cake with mint fudge filling. YUM! This is another of my very favorites.

Annalee's Cake

Annalee... girl, I love you! I am so proud of you & so happy that you found John, you guys are awesome! Thanks for letting me do your cake, it was a joy! I'm so glad you loved it!

Chocolate Transfer Sheets Kick A$@

Okay, I was hesitant to post this on my cake blog because I don't want to sound overly excitable and unprofessional. But how COOOL is this!? It's this whole new world of chocolate transfer sheets, there are unlimited numbers of designs available, and they are so simple and impressive! Look here and here to see what Martha did with it, I totally want to do these cakes for a wedding. (I wish I had a professional food stylist & photographer on hand at all times. This is picture is pathetic, I know.)

Max's Birthday Cake

So the brother of the critter cupcake girl had his fourth birthday today, and wanted a dinosaur cake, and I certainly wasn't going to say no to this little sweetheart. What a babe, huh?

Sabrina's Cake

Alright, the Precious Moments topper is not really my style, but it's all about what the bride wants, right?

Kari's Cake

I love this cake. The magic of the first snowfall... I LOVE it.

Kaley's Cake

Boy, oh , boy this one was a beast. I can't say I wouldn't do it again though, I just seriously understimated the amount of time 300 cupcakes with 300 chocolate monograms would take. I'm just glad my husband is so patient and supportive. Anyway, it turned out extremley cute if I do say so myself, and everyone at the wedding was ga-ga over it, so it all works out. Now I know what is involved and I would love to do another cuppie cake.

McKayla's Birthday Critter Cupcakes

These were for one of my best friends daugther's 6th birthday. She is such a cool little chic, I just love her to peices. The little critters were fun to make, they are made of chocolate, I'd like to try doing more detailed ones next time, that could get really fun, maybe use a paintbrush instead. Cool. I love doing this!

Erika & Greg's Cake

Sometimes I think I am sick of doing just plain white fondant and flowers, but every once in a while the bride picks beautiful flowers and the cake turns out like this; just so elegant and simple, and I love that look all over again. Because this cake was my friend Erika's I came back later and was actually able to eat my cake and stealthily ask strangers if they liked the cake. I gotta tell ya, I am pretty proud of myself. Not too bad for a self-taught chica.

Sarah Beesley's Cake

arrrgghhh, the Pirate Cake!!

Susie (my awesome mother-in-law) threw a little end of summer pirate party for all her grandkids and asked me to do a cake. It was my first oportunity to try a carved cake, and while it did end up cute and fun, I had to make it a sinking/breaking pirate ship because my carving skills need A LOT of work. But it was delicious and everyone seemed to love it anyway.

Lindsay Vanbroklin's Cake

Lindsay and Tyler were so fun to work with. She had had someone back out on a cake offer when they saw what she wanted; said it would be too hard to transport up Millcreek Canyon etc. I was so happy that she did, because they were awesome, and their cake turned out very, very well. I love that the arrow pattern on the 8" tier was copied from a tattoo he has on his wrist. I love personalizing cakes like that. Also she suggested the idea of a chocolate cake with mint fudge filling, which I had never thought of before, and frankly, it blew my mind how good it was! Definitely a keeper.

Tiffany's Send Off/Birthday Party Cake

I've been dying to try out some new recipies and a basketweave buttercream, and as Mrs. Congeniality Utah United States, it fell to me to throw a send off party for the new Mrs. Utah, so here it is. I must say, the cake was freaking amazing, a pecan yellow cake with caramel buttercream and peach filling. Unbelieveable. This new buttercream recipie is a keeper, it doesn't have any shortening, so the texture and mouth-feel are divine, but I wouldn't use it for an outdoor wedding, butter has a much lower tolerance for heat, obviously.

Pricing Guide

When I was looking at vendors for my wedding, I never even called anyone who didn't have their prices listed on their website, and here I am not listing prices. With wedding cakes, it's pretty hard to set pricing in stone because each cake I do is unique and requires varying degrees of time and talent. Plus, because I typically work on a word-of-mouth basis, I try to charge as little as possible while still making it worth my time because my clients are my friends and potential referral-givers. The whole reason I even started doing cakes is because I thought that the places I had looked into to do my own were charging unreasonable prices for unoriginal, old-fashioned designs. At any rate, I have decided to put together a price list, just as a jumping off point, so people know what to expect when they come to a consultation with me. Please remember that these prices are approximate and subject to change.
Round
6", 8", 10" ....................about 75 servings .......$250.00
6", 10", 14" .................about 130 servings ......$300.00
6", 8", 10", 12" ...........about 130 servings .......$375.00
6", 8", 10", 12", 14" .....about 210 servings ......$450.00
Square
6", 8", 10" ....................about 100 servings ......$275.00
6", 10", 14" ...................about 170 servings......$325.00
6", 8", 10", 12" .............about 170 servings ......$375.00
6", 8", 10", 12", 14" .....about 270 servings .......$475.00

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Welcome to the century, Celeste

Well, fina-freakin'-lly Tiers of Joy Cakes has an internet presence. After many requests for an easy way to view my cakes, I've just decided to go the easy, free route. Please forgive the lack of a fancy website, but this is good enough for who it's for, right? Welcome.