Gaby's Cakes

This gallery shows some examples of the cakes I've created using various decorating techniques.

These are all full sheet cakes (15" x 22") which I made for the premiere parties for
Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus. I made the images in multiple pieces using
royal icing. After drying, the pieces were assembled to create a 3-D effect.
The designs were then placed on cakes iced in buttercream.

	I made this "Dralion" cake for show's premiere party on October 11, 2000 at Tyson's Corner, Virginia.
Here's the first cake I made for the Cirque. It was for "Alegria" at Tysons Corner, Virginia, October 1996.	Cirque du Soleil's "Quidam" show at Tyson's Corner, Virginia in October 1998.
Cirque du Soleil's "Mystère" Halloween party October 31, 2001 at Treasure Island in Las Vegas.	The Cirque's "Varekai" show in Washington, D.C., October 2006.
Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo" in Washington, D.C. October 2006.	This angled photo of the "Corteo" cake provides a better view of the 3-dimensional effect I achieve by creating designs in multiple royal icing pieces.

This cake was created for the Big Apple Circus' "Jazzmatazz" premiere, September 1995

Big Apple Circus' "Medicine Show"z
premiere, September 1996

Big Apple's 20th Anniversary
production, September 1997

Big Apple's "Happy On" premier,
September 1998

These cakes were topped with pastillage plaques made from sugar with portraits rendered in a technique known as cocoa painting.
The "paint" is made by mixing in varying amounts of cocoa into melted cocoa butter to create different shades of brown.

This cake was created for a Presidents Day
party at Mount Vernon.

I made this cake for the National Capital Area Cake Show in March 2009

Display for the 1996 Washington area
chapter of the International Cake
Exploration Societé (ICES) convention.

Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program's 30th
Anniversary Gala, September 2010

This was a cake to serve 100 created for the dedication of Rosa Parks Elementary School, June 2007.

Washington Post's Principal of the Year
celebration for Jarcelynn Hart,
Principal of Rosa Parks Elementary School.

Henderson Elementary School's 2011
Teacher Appreciation Week luncheon.

Henderson Elementary School's 2012 "School of Excellence" celebration event.	This cake was for Henderson Elementary School's Teacher Appreciation Luncheon, May 2010. The ruler, apple, chalk, eraser and husky "magnet" were created in royal icing with food color paint and luster dust embellishments.
Henderson Elementary School's "School of Excellence" celebration event, March 2012.	20th Anniversary cake for Prince William County Schools Special Education Parent Resource Center, November 2012
Display for the 1997 International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) at Disney World.	Reindeer cupcakes I make every year for Emmy's class holiday parties.
Baby shower cake for Emmy's teacher, Anamaria Wyatt in May, 2011.	"Shaun the Sheep," Emmy's 6th Birthday cake from April 2009.
Annual "Azalea Party" celebration. The bees were modeled with marzipan.	A Jack-O-Lantern cake for a Hallowe'en party.

This cake was created in the British "Nirvana" royal icing style for the 2003 "Baker's Dozen" calendar of cakes.