Thursday, October 20, 2011

Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

Mario cake, chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream, fondant decor, and plastic figures. Simple, yet still adorable!

Columbus Day Birthday Cake

Ordered by Phil Wood Co, this was a company birthday cake, marbled cake, banana nut, with a chocolate hazelnut buttercream. Decorated with 3 fondant sail boats.

Coconut Cream Cake

This was pure coconut decadence at it's best. Coconut cake, made with organic coconut oil, sweetened coconut, coconut syrup, and coconut buttercream. It was decorated with a tractor, and a few chickens on top as requested. This cake smelled amazing!

Princess Aurora Cake

I made this for my daughter's 5th birthday. The doll's dress was a cake made of 12 layers, chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream, as well as chocolate buttercream. The outside is fondant.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Guava Gupcakes

I made these for a company picnic. Guava mini cupcakes, with guava icing and pink sugar pearls

Friday, September 9, 2011

Circle of Palms Cake

I made this for a company party. It was a white cake with a rum raspberry filling, and vanilla rum buttercream. this was fun to do.

Batman Cake

Vanilla with vanilla buttercream. was made for a small party.

Raspberry Chocolate Cake

This is a simple cake compared to my others. Chocolate cake, Chocolate chips, Chocolate buttercream, and a thin layer of raspberry preserves. This cake was 5 layers of each. Very yummy! Can have alcohol infused for adults as well. My daughter strives to be in my pictures. =)

Harry Potter inspired, Butter Beer Cupcakes!

Simply amazing, these are butterscotch flavored, cake, and buttercream. Mmmmm!

Key Lime Cheesecake Cupcakes

These are my Key Lime Cheesecake Cupcakes. a graham flavored cupcake, with a vanilla key lime custard filling, a key lime buttercream, and a candied key lime slice on top.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese, and Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes

These are pumpkin cream cheese cupcakes, and chocolate coconut.The pumpkin cream cheese, are pumpkin cake, and a pumpkin cream cheese buttercream, sprinkled with spices on top. The chocolate coconut, were inspired by the candy bar Mounds, white cake with a light amount of minced coconut in the batter, chocolate covered coconut in the center, and a coconut buttercream with dark chocolate on top.

Smores Cupcakes

These are smores cupcakes. The cake has a graham cracker taste, there is a little gram battered smore hidden inside, marshmellow flavor buttercream, and a smore on top for decor. Super yummy!

Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Went on a limb and made raspberry lemonade cupcakes, with candied zest to accent them. They tasted amazing! I made small simple bite sized ones, and on the normal sized cupcakes, I added a candied raspberry to the top of it for that extra kick of color.

Orange Spice Cupcakes

I made Orange Spice Cupcakes, with candied zest. I used fresh oranges off the tree, and grinded my own spices. They were quite eye catching!

Penguin and Locket Cake

I received an order for a Birthday cake, that had to include 2 girl penguins, heart lockets, and hot pink, as the
birthday girl's favorite things. I made one penguin holding the heart locket, with a hot pink bow on her head, and the other penguin was popping out of the water with a heart key in her mouth, also with a pink bow. Dressed with hot pink royal icing, strawberries and jam filling, and white cake, topped with vanilla buttercream and fondant decor.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

monster mutt cake complete!

100% edible, except for a few toothpicks for securing purposes. Vanilla cake, Vanilla butter cream, and strawberry jam with fresh sliced strawberries. dirt was home made cake crumbs. This cake was very fun to do.

Monster Mutt Cake

I am currently in the process of making a Monster Mutt birthday cake. I am posting Monster Mutt solo, until the cake is complete. completely edible, except for 3 toothpicks holding the tail and wheels

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Dino Baby Shower Cake

This was something I did for a Friend's Sisters baby shower as a surprise. Vanilla cake, vanilla frosting, fondant work, 100% edible.

Custom Bulldog Cake

Bulldog Cake, spiced with vanilla frosting. Fondant work as well as some edible ink. I apologize for the glare, it was photographed in the cake box.

Baby Shower Cake

An order I got for a sheet cake, chocolate and vanilla marble, with chocolate mousse frosting, and fondant decor of a baby girl monkey, asleep on a blanket, that matched the theme of the baby's room.

Calliou Cake

I received an order for a Calliou Themed Cake for a 4th Birthday. I molded the characters by hand, which were 100% edible. This cake was double chocolate with raspberry filling.

Yo Gabba Gabba Fondant Cupcake Toppers

I made cupcake toppers out of fondant, for a Yo Gabba Gabba themed birthday.

Under Water Fishie Cake

This is a cake that was inspired by a coworker of mine. She loves little fish, and draws them every chance she gets. So, for her 21st birthday, I made her a under the sea cake, as a surprise.She was almost in tears when I showed her. I used fondant for the fish, with yummy candy chocolate centers, and fondant decor over home made buttercream frosting.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Flavors I have created and made so far

This is a list of flavors I have created and tested. I constantly come up with new ideas, so the list will always grow. I do all my frostings from scratch, using butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and semi sweet chocolate chips. I have experience baking with dairy free, cholesterol free, for those who are lactose intolerant, vegan, or just want to be health conscious. I also have over 2 years of experience with Gluten Free cakes and baking, I have the ability to do low cholesterol, dairy free, vegan, and health conscious versions of my cupcakes and cakes as well. Any questions on special requests, feel free to leave feedback, questions, or comments, and I will reply with the details. Most of the flavors below have been tested as cupcakes, but I can do almost all of them as a cake as well. I am willing to try anything!

  • Basic Vanilla
  • Basic Chocolate
  • Caramel Mocha
  • Mocha Java Chip
  • Cafe Mocha
  • Key Lime Cheesecake (with Candied Key Lime Slice)
  • Butterscotch
  • Raspberry Lemonade (with Candied Lemon Zest)
  • Smores (with small smore on top, and a surprise inside)
  • Banana Split (Banana cupcake, strawberry cream filling, vanilla frosting, chocolate drizzle)
  • Whiskey Chocolate Chocolate Chip
  • Rum Vanilla
  • Mint Chocolate Chip
  • Chocolate Mousse
  • Coconut Chocolate
  • Pumpkin Cream Cheese
  • Chocolate Raspberry
  • Strawberry Banana
  • Chocolate Banana
  • Bailey's and Chocolate
  • Kahlua and Chocolate
  • Spice Cake (with Cream Cheese Frosting)
  • Sweet Potato (with Marshmellow Creme Frosting)
  • Banana Flaxmeal
  • Vanilla Flaxmeal 
  • Protein Boost Banana Flaxmeal on Greek Yogurt Frosting
  • and more to come!

Serena's Custom Cakes and More

My name is Serena Flores, and I design custom cakes and cupcakes. I have been baking since I was very young, and have a love for any form of art. I started experimenting with cakes for friends and family's birthdays, and my experience has progressed over 12 years now. I have designed and constructed cakes for baby showers, birthdays, and created specialty cupcakes, and much more. I like to experiment with different flavors, from key lime cheesecake, to banana split, to whiskey chocolate, to butterscotch. I have tested many flavors, and I have gotten nothing but compliments for my risk taking success. I am willing to try anything, and love challenges. Please browse through my gallery, and if you have any questions, feel free to email me. Thank you