My name is Jessica (aka J-ka) and I love to make cakes. I’m still very much a beginner, but this is my place to show my work so far and the progress that I continue to make. Enjoy! :)Tumblr (3.0; @jkakes)http://jkakes.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9asl4LfjT1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This cake was ordered from me for a baby shower. The baby blocks are made out of rice krispy treats.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/30157618990http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/30157618990Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:27:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ash55fJq1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was my nephew’s 1st birthday cake. The dinosaurs were cut from paper stencils and the bottom border is chocolate candy rocks.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/30157526233http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/30157526233Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:24:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxmnjXehE1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxmnjXehE1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxmnjXehE1qj6fojo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was for my co-worker’s boyfriend’s birthday, which happens to be on October 30th. He loves halloween, candy corn, the Blazers and his cat; so I combined all of those things into one cake.  The two signs say “Candy Corn Day” and “Mischeif Night” (which are on October 30th), and the figurine of his cat on top is wearing a Blazers hat.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034738435http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034738435Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:59:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxm8zPpUU1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I made this cake for my friend’s son’s 2nd birthday party.  The party was pirate themed and I based this off of the napkins that she had at the party.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034353431http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034353431Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:50:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxlyaRouD1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxlyaRouD1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was a baby shower cake for a friend of mine, also inspired by one of Andrea’s cakes - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05/5057045705/in/photostream/"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05/5057045705/in/photostream/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05/5057045705/in/photostream/</a></a></p> <p>My friend requested an elephant instead of a bear and I love the way it came out!</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034074767http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/13034074767Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:44:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqs6eaQXX21qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqs6eaQXX21qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was a birthday cake for my friend’s daughter’s 3rd birthday (the same little girl mentioned in the post below). My favorite part is the sparkly bow!</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/9620000434http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/9620000434Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:06:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqs4cwlMZq1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqs4cwlMZq1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This cake was given as a gift from the 3 year old daughter of a friend of mine; totally adorable! :)  I made the Chicago Bulls logo out of edible paper and I painted the black lines on with black food coloring.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/9619250005http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/9619250005Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:22:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7kc9WZSH1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was my first order for a cake without fondant (except for the branches), and I have to say it was kind of a relief not to have to cover a cake for once. This cake was for a Bat Mitzvah.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/7526010270http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/7526010270Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:50:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7kb6yzJL1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yep, I made the baby butt cake. :)</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/7525994540http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/7525994540Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:49:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2xs5v4qf1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2xs5v4qf1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was my first baby shower cake for a girl.  The bow was a little more challenging than I thought it would be but I love the way it looks and how shimmery it is.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6717697506http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6717697506Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:19:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2x8ppE491qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2x8ppE491qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2x8ppE491qj6fojo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p> This one was made for a co-worker of mine.  She has an adorable kitty named Lucile who loves popcorn so I thought this would be perfect.  It’s actually a decorated styrofoam cake dummy; Lindsay said that if I ever made her a cake she wouldn’t want to cut into it so I made her one that she didn’t have to! Don’t worry I made her a real cake too :)</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6717531464http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6717531464Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:07:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpuabfX6e1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This cake was ordered from me by a friend of my boss’s. It’s supposed to be the car from Gone In 60 Seconds, “Eleanor”.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6481457407http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6481457407Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:34:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm1dihuyAx1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My brother-in-law, Jeff, is obsessed with the Steelers so I made this cake for his birthday. The numbers around the side are the jersey numbers of his favorite players.  Jeff actually took the logo off the top of the cake and saved it!</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6022134415http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/6022134415Mon, 30 May 2011 18:30:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkktdCWXa1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkktdCWXa1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkktdCWXa1qj6fojo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkktdCWXa1qj6fojo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This cake was for my friend Lindsay’s 21st birthday. The drinks were cut from paper stencils.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5713288886http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5713288886Sat, 21 May 2011 16:48:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lldooplkxF1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lldooplkxF1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p> I made this cake for my co-worker’s birthday. I call it DJ Buddha.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5600711829http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5600711829Tue, 17 May 2011 23:29:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyw8yw0D51qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyw8yw0D51qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> My nephew Kaine enjoying his cake :)<br/><br/> <p>I made this cake for my nephew’s 2nd birthday party. I was inspired by a cake I saw on flickr; her cakes are the most amazing things I have ever seen! You should really check them out - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05">http://www.flickr.com/photos/25863947@N05</a></a> </p> <p>P.S. Isn’t my nephew the cutest thing ever?!?</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5355300836http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/5355300836Mon, 09 May 2011 23:48:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljsaduf5WY1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljsaduf5WY1qj6fojo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljsaduf5WY1qj6fojo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I made this cake for a friend’s birthday recently, it’s a pretty sweet blast from the past.  I was worried about messing up an iconic character but I’m very proud of how well Sonic turned out.  </p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682574151http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682574151Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:37:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljs9wsKp4F1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was the baby shower cake I made for my sister’s second baby. My newest nephew was born about a month later on Friday April 22, 2011 and he is super cute!</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682418689http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682418689Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:26:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljs9kgE75F1qj6fojo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> I made this cake back in December for a friend’s birthday. My inspiration came from this commercial: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA</a></a>. </p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682302674http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682302674Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:19:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljs99hRtFQ1qj6fojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the first cake I  ever made using fondant. It was for a 21st birthday party and it was modeled after a Music Man Stingray bass guitar. There aren’t any strings but I just couldn’t figure out what to do in time..oh well.</p>http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682197870http://jkakes.tumblr.com/post/4682197870Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:12:00 -0700