Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Hello Kitty Birthday Cake and Cupcakes


I got to give out my first business card!

About a month or so ago MM brought over a guy that he worked with who was in need of a cake- his daughter was turning 5 and was having a Hello Kitty themed birthday. Of course, (as all men should know) he knew his wife needed the final say, so a few quick words, a handshake and a business card later he said his wife would be getting in touch.

A few weeks later a couple of emails were shared, a phone call was made and the order was placed- a Hello Kitty themed cake and two dozen Hello Kitty cupcakes.


Remember the Animal Birthday cake I made for Lucas? Well that cake and this one were being delivered the same day, not 30 minutes apart, which meant lots of time management when it came to all the decorations.

About the same time that I started working on all the animals, I also started working on these little Hello Kitty heads.



 I searched high and low for a character cookie cutter, but since no such luck was to be had,  I had to resort to individually hand cutting fondant into heads, eyes, noses and bows... talk about time consuming.. as our friend that's staying with us watched me, she likened it to an assembly line of Hello Kitty's.



The cake was my favorite  White Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and the cupcakes were Dark Chocolate Cake also with Vanilla Buttercream.


I was so happy with the final product, but more importantly the birthday girl, Haley was happy too!


As for me.. I'm headed east for dress shopping tomorrow!!
I hope you all have a lovely rest of the week and weekend too :) Wish me luck!
Happy Baking!!

41 comments:

briarrose said...

So cute! Wonderful job.

Lindsay @Eat, Knit, Grow said...

So cute!! I love it!

Wilde in the Kitchen said...

Adorable! Looks like a lot of work on those little kitties!

Joy said...

Those are adorable. My daughter and niece would flip for them.

sweetsbysillianah said...

ahh these are giving me flashbacks of the hello kitty cucpakes i did last summer for a 4 year old girl's bday party! except, i piped the HK faces out of candy melts... your fondant ones look a whole lot nicer! it is a lot of work but when you put them together all in a row it looks awesome! btw, i tried searching for HK cutters too... no such luck!

ravienomnoms said...

Those are so cute! What a good job you did! I am sure any little girl would just be thrilled with that, not to mention one that is a Hello Kitty fan. :-)

Brian @ howtobaker said...

These look awesome! I feel for you though...cutting out fondant anything takes FOREVER! I once made 40 cupcakes for a party and each one had a custom fondant decoration on top. Talk about hours spend cutting and creating. Thanks for the great idea!

Mr. & Mrs. P said...

Very cute!! did u use gumpaste or acutal fondant?

Angela@RecipesFromMyMom said...

Congrats on giving out your first biz card! You made some little girls very happy, I'm sure.

Evan B said...

Thanks so much everyone!!

@Mr &Mrs P- I used fondant for everything.. I'm still learning the ways of gumpaste :)

Betsy said...

These are adorable! I am sending this to my friend who is a HUGE HK fan!

Susi said...

These are beyond adorable and would make my almost 18 year old daughter very happy too. I can only imagine how time consuming cutting all of those kitty heads by hand must have been and your main cake is fabulous looking. Too bad you don't live in Arizona, I'd hire you too :o)

Belinda @zomppa said...

These are so super cute! You are so amazingly talented. I know who to call!

Amy Bakes Everything said...

Great job! I HATE cutting fondant by hand - you have so much more patience than I! So cute!

Tanantha P. said...

OMG These are adorable!! I love Hello Kitty! You did an awesome job even without a cookie cutter.

whatsfordinneracrossstatelines said...

Don't show these to my nieces or they will begging for them. So cute, I bet that took a long time. Can't wait to hear about the dress shopping, are you going to show up pics and let us choose? Hope you week is going great.
-Gina-

Happy When Not Hungry said...

These are adorable! You did a great job especially since you had to hand-cut them all out! Have fun dress shopping too! I tried on 3 dresses before I found the perfect one.

Reeni said...

These are so adorable and perfect! You are amazing!

Lindsey said...

Too cute! These cupcakes are precious, and your cake looks wonderful too.

cakewhiz said...

Awww. how cute! Great work making these without cutters :)

Suchi said...

wow, the cupcakes are gorgeous- so innovative...could just gobble em all up :P

Emily Malloy said...

You are so talented and inspiring!

Evan B said...

Yall are too sweet :) Thanks so much everyone! I have an even bigger project coming next week! I can't wait to see how it turns out!!

UrMomCooks said...

What little girl would not adore these cupcakes!!! They are so cute and I bet they taste as good as they look!

Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels said...

Oh my goodnes how cute are those cupcakes and cake!! I wish you could make my birthday cake. :)

Simply Life said...

oh how cute are these?!?!

Indie.Tea said...

Congratulations! You did such a great job - your Hello Kitty cupcakes are wonderful.

Victoria said...

These are so adorable!! Can I get Hello Kitty cupcakes for my birthday too?? Love it :)

Anonymous said...

these cupcakes are adoreable!

blackbookkitchendiaries said...

this are too cute! thank you for sharing this!

scrambledhenfruit said...

Those are so sweet! Your Hello Kitty is adorable. :)

sweetpeaskitchen.com said...

These are adorable!! :) I have never tried working with fondant. You make it look so easy!

Cake Duchess said...

Great job Evan! I love the adorable hello kitty faces and love how you made it with fondant! I think you'll be getting more orders soon:) Have fun dress shopping:)

Monet said...

Evan! You are amazing! These are too cute. I'm sure everyone was thrilled with your final product. Thanks for sharing with me tonight. Enjoy your weekend...take time to rest, laugh, dress-shop and eat some great food!

The Mom Chef said...

Evan, you're a marvel. I'm so glad that Dudette prefers Spiderman over Hello Kitty, but seeing those cupcakes makes me yearn for the girlie girl likes once in a while. How cute they are.

Have your fingers uncramped yet from all that exacto knife work? Wow.

Jenny (VintageSugarcube) said...

Evan!! Wooo hooo to you! You did an ahhhmazing job. I am soo impressed! That cake and cupcakes look absooolutely perfect! What a lucky little girl!

Carolyn said...

You are so flippin' talented! I honestly could never pull off anything like that. Great job!

Jess @ Bakericious said...

so cute!

Magic of Spice said...

These are absolutely adorable!

egb said...

Too cute! Great job!

Butrcreamblondi said...

These cupcakes look great! Great attention to detail!