happy birthday with a cherry on top!

*sigh of total happiness* ~ well i'm done! L picked up the cake earlier this morning and i am so happy that she seemed so happy with her daughter's birthday cake. what's cool about good friends is that when they're there to support you, it starts to seem like there's nothing you can't do. over a sushi dinner several weeks ago, i was telling L about my plan to make Cheeky Cakery "Official" and get my business license! so hearing that, she asked if i'd want to make her daughter's 5th birthday cake. it was a great opportunity to make a cake, experiment with a new design AND get a load of new pictures to publish on my blog and put in my portfolio! cool friends are hard to find :o) ! SO, thanks L! i more than appreciate the opportunity!!

so may i introduce the cutest birthday cake i've EVER made? it's a slightly topsy-turvy cake. i didn't want to make it TOO extreme because L had to drive an hour to bring it to the party and i was SO nervous to make it topple over! i LOVE how it came out!

the cake is a lactose-free white vanilla cake.


the frosting and filling: my FAVORITE vanilla italian meringue butter cream, tinted the birthday girl's favorite color: pink! :o)


it's a multi-layered cake and decorated with all edible elements (except for the cherry stem) made from a smooth vanilla fondant, dusted in a pearl luster dust!

so here are the pics! i cannot wait to hear the feedback on this one AND see all the amazing pictures i'm sure L will take (she's an awesome photographer!)

enjoy the pics and feel free to leave a comment below!! :o)

happy weekend!
<3
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