Gillian's Cool Custom Cakes

Leo turns four today and he is celebrating with this Angry Bird cake. He absolutely loves them and hopefully he'll love the cake too....

                                                             I recently started experimentin...

  This was a cake covered in fondant and made a fancy detailed bow to look like a present. I covered a vanilla cake in white fondant and ...

Syd's a fashionista!!!   Syd knows shoes!!!   This was  a fun cake to make yet very demanding. The focus of the design was obviou...

This little boy loved Elmo and dump trucks so I made it seem like Elmo was driving the truck. I was able to form the truck by layering...

Cathy and Max have shared many birthdays and many cakes. This was fairly simple but focused on the details of the letters. By the way t...

This is one of my favorite cakes. I had so much fun using a special tip on the icing bag to make the lion's mane. By layering th...

I had so much fun making this cake. Spiderman is this little boy's favorite superhero so there was no question that whe...

This cake was for a fantastic pediatrician who has been taking care of me since I was born. I always tease him about wearing his steth...

This cake was an opportunity to experiment using fondant in all different colors and cutting it into all different shapes then mixing...

Once again I got to bake a cake to celebrate Max and Josh's birthday. This time is was their 18th birthday but the theme was the same...

Calling all chocolate lovers! This was a chocolate cake, with vanilla wafers in between so when they ate the cake it seemed more like a...

I just got this new baking form as a present and wanted to try it out. The forms are made of an oven-proof rubbery material so when the c...

  This was a number "7" cake for Sara's seventh birthday. She wanted a chocolate cake in the shape of a se...

I made this cake for a girl who goes crazy for cherries. So not only did I make the cake in the shape of a cherry but if you lo...

This cake is made from a moist and rich Devil's food chocolate cake recipe. I covered the cake with white fondant and added small, m...

On this cake I was trying to perfect my flower design. You'll see several different varieties including roses, pansies and some g...

I made this cake for a W.W.II nut , who always wears army shorts even in the dead of winter. I covered this cake in fondant that I color...

This cake was to celebrate the gathering of a group of women to share their thoughts and good wishes at a "Blessing Circle". I ...

Not sure whether it's lucky or not to have a birthday on Halloween but Moreen loves cats so her birthday cake had a "Black Cat...

This world cake is a vanilla globe I was able to fashion by layering cakes and then carving them into the globe. I frosted in th...

  This was a welcome cake for an artist who was visiting New York. In keeping with the artist's theme I carved the cakes into the...

This was for a wonderful couple who celebrated their "50th" wedding anniversary. I frosted this cake in white and brushed ...

This was SOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL!!!!! As a young baker I was given the chance to review this book before it was printed and the authors inc...

This cake is made from a dark chocolate devils food batter. It was covered with light pink fondant and beautiful pink and white roses ...

This cake was wrapped in white fondant and inspired by the paper plates used at the party. I made the circles on circles just like...