Thursday, July 1, 2010

Cakes!

Ok, first up white and chocolate cupcakes at Mission Hills Country Club. Iced in buttercream with fondant monograms...cool cupcake stand huh? I'm gonna make one! Close up of the monograms

Peacock themed wedding at Harrisonville Community Center. Feathers piped on and the borders hand painted in gold.

5 tiers iced in buttercream with fondant branches and flowers at Union Station Bistro.

4 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Loose Mansion.


Power cat grooms cake! iced in buttercream
3 tiers iced in buttercream with black damaske stencil, fondant stripes brushed with pearl dust
4 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Mission Theater

Go Chiefs!
5 tiers iced in buttercream with fondant drapes.

LOVE this grooms cake!

5 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at the Little Theater downtown.

4 tiered mad-hatter for a Bat Mitzfah and the Kansas City Zoo! Animal print theme!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Catching up

Thought I oughta catch up on posting pics...more to come from this weekend! Woot, it's that time of year. :)
Ok, cupcake tower at Studio 2131. Three tier, iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Bliss Plaza in Greenwood, MO.

Awwwww...first birthday for Little Miss Avery! Love it! Top lady bug was her smash cake :)

Iced in chocolate buttercream with custom made topper and paper/wooden flowers at Arts Incubator in downtown Kansas City
This couple was married in Jamaica. Iced in buttercream with fondant accents and white chocolate shells/
Three tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon and fresh flowers at Emaline Ballroom in Lee's Summit. Seen lots of purple this year, it must be the "in" color, eh?
Another Jaywawk grooms cake
Four tiers iced in buttercream with coarse sugar and satin ribbon at Studio 2131 again.
Three tiers iced in buttercream with fondant flowers at Arts Incubator
Yay, cupcake buffet! at Uptown Theatre, Broadway room. White cake with almond buttercream, chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, red velvet with cream cheese, and strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream. :)
Another cupcake tree, this one is at Crowne Plaza in downtown KC...what a view!

16th birthday....all of the girl's interests, she was into everything!

A couple grooms cakes
Three tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Chapel Ridge in Lee's Summit...
More cupcakes at Sawyer Room in downtown Kansas City. Peanut butter with chocolate ganache, red velvet with cream cheese, german chocolate, butter cake with buttercream, and pumpkin spice with cream cheese. Yum!
Four tiers iced in buttercream at The Ritz Charles in Overland Park

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Valentine's Day

Don't forget to order a sweet for your sweet! Valentine's orders accepted until Monday, Feb. 8th!!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Woot! 2010 Brides Choice Award!! :D

Kansas City, MO – 01/19/2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Cakes by Combs has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for wedding cakes!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Cakes by Combs is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

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We are happy to announce that Cakes by Combs is among the very best wedding cake designer within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

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Friday, January 1, 2010

The Coolest cake stand ever!!!!

This is a cake I did at the Arts Incubator in downtown Kansas City....really cool venue, even cooler cake stand! The brides dad cut this log for her cake stand to match her "twiggy" centerpieces! LOVE IT! The cake is iced in gold buttercream with white brushed embroidery, satin ribbon, and fresh flowers.

And for you, Mom...some pics of the kiddos!

Dorian....glasses he won in the arcade at the bowling alley on Christmas night.

Molly Lou playing with her new DS that Santa brought...
Dorian...if you know Dorian, this picture describes his personality perfectly...


O...M...G....this is blackmail material for sure!
My little baker...so cute!



Woo Hoo, new game for her pink DS! My handsome boys on Christmas morning.


Look what Santa brought to Momma's little angel....(cuz Momma backed over her old scooter!) Molly and our GREAT friend Fred, Merry Christmas!