This birthday cake was made for Susan who is an avid gardener. It is a yellow cake with buttercream filling. The "dirt" on top of the cake is crumbled chocolate cake and the vegetables are sculpted fondant.

Geaux Saints!

Here was my second attempt at a fleur de lis cake. It's a chocolate cake filled and iced with chocolate buttercream icing. It's covered with white fondant that was later painted with edible gold dust. Black buttercream icing served as the border around the bottom of the cake.

Cody's Turning 1

This cake was made for my friend Kelly's son, Cody. For his first birthday we made a yellow cake with almond buttercream filling and icing in 2 shades of blue. The yellow polka dots are made of fondant.

And, no, we didn't use alphabet shaped cake pans. This was hand carved from 2 sheet cakes. Look out Ace of Cakes!

Baby Shower Cake

This cake was made for one of Trecy's best friends. She's having a baby boy in March. This is a white cake with chocolate buttercream filling. The top and bottom layers are covered with almond buttercream and the middle is chocolate buttercream. The baby's monogram is icing on a fondant plate. The bow on top is also made of fondant.

Christmas Cakes

These two cakes were made for Christmas gatherings.

The Christmas Tree cake is a yellow cake filled with white chocolate mousse. A generous layer of butter cream icing is covered with fondant.

The second cake is also a yellow cake filled with buttercream icing. It's iced smoothly with almond buttercream icing. Santa and Rudolph are made from sculpted fondant.

Baby Cakes...Cakes For All Occasions

My name is Dana McKinney. I'm from New Orleans but now live on the Northshore of Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana. I've been married for almost 5 years and have 1 beautiful daughter. I'm a Speech Language Pathologist who recently became interested in cake decorating. In August of 2008 my daughter turned 1 and I wanted to make her first birthday special. Her name is Quinlan Kelly. I wanted to incorporate her wonderfully unique name into her birthday celebration so, I decided that her cake should be in the shape of a 'Q'. At that time I had had no training in the area of cake decorating, but I had been watching LOTS of cake decorating shows. I figured why not...I'd give it a shot. Well, I did it. Her cake was as cute as can be and a new passion had been discovered. A few months, and cakes, later Baby Cakes came to be.

My friend Trecy Brown (pronounced Tracy) and I have been baking together since then and our business is just getting off the ground.

Trecy is also from New Orleans and after a stint in Tennessee as a teenager she moved back to Louisiana and migrated to the Northshore also. She and I have been friends for almost 10 years. Trecy is has been married for 7 years and has two sweet boys. She's a Dental Assistant, but like me, would rather be baking.

We're ready to bake a custom cake for your special occasion. We will design a cake for you based on your ideas. Prices will be designated at the time of your order.

We look forward to working with you to make your special occasion one to savor.