I love cake! And, by now you guys should know I love things little, too. So, I made some mini cakes using my new favorite moist yellow cake recipe. Actually I made 9″ cakes and used a round cutter
to make them mini. Two layers will get you six 3 7/16″ cake circles and two smaller circles. Here’s how one of the layers looks all cut up.
And here they are stacked. They’re so cute… even without any frosting. (Don’t worry the scraps made it safely to my tummy.)
But, who would serve a naked cake. So here it is fully clothed in luscious white buttercream frosting. Hold me back!
I started out making the fondant
covered cake that’s on the pedestal (inspired by a pillow fabric from an old Pottery Barn catalog. Yep… I love their stuff.) Then, I made the second one using decorator icing bags
and tips. Then I got tired and just slapped some buttercream all over the last one. And, I have to admit, I think it’s my favorite. But, tell me what you think.
How do you like your cakes decorated?
Messy: casual and careless
Sassy: semi-casual, piped with pretty icing and flirty flowers
Classy: all dressed up with fondant cutouts and a smooth finish
FIESTA HEAD CHEFS GIVEAWAY
If you leave a comment below with your favorite cake style, you’ll be entered for a chance to win these cute little Fiesta Head Chefs ($50 value). I won them a while back and was going to keep them, but so many of you loved them that I decided to give them away. I know, I’m nice like that.
How to enter:
- Leave a comment with your cake style (messy, sassy, or classy)
- Leave a link to your blog profile or website that has an email contact.
- The cutoff to enter is Saturday, December 6th at 12 midnight.
- The winner* will be announced sometime Sunday.
because Christmas Pops are coming!
* The winner will be chosen at random, using the Random.org integer generator.
How adorable! I just found your blog the other night and just love it!! I loce the classy look, but the best I could probably do is the messy ;) My Blog is Here; and my email is clwendy at yahoo dot com :o)
OMGoodness, what are the odds? The word verification for this is ‘contest’. LOL!!
Classy is my choice.
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Chris
Definitley Messy.
I love all three. It just depends on the occasion or mood I am trying to create with the cake. I just wish my looked as good as yours always do.
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Sassy!! But if I made it it would probably be squishy/sassy, my decorating skills are minimal.
you are amazing! i love them all but i would have to say messy, becauase i was not blessed with the patience you have to make things look so nice and pretty!
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I’m probably more sassy, but I have to say that I love them all. You can reach me at: elisabetefreitas@yahoo.com.br.
Your blog is wonderful, congratulations.
all of the above!
ok, actually I’d go for sassy. ;) You can’t go wrong with all that frosting.
I’m gonna say sassy, but really I should say messy, since that is how my things turn out (I have to pretend its “rustic” looking on purpose) but I wish I could capture your sassy look, so that’s my real favorite.
Thanks!
I love all of these but the messy is def my favorite :D
i absolutely love the CLASSY! i like clean lines and chic look.
oooh, i love them all! since most of my cakes come out messy, and since i’ve never made a fondant cake, i think my fave here is CLASSY!
Definitely messy – as long as there is enough buttercream to go around!!
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I love the messy one.
BTW, first time stopping by, and I must say, I love your site. Bookmarked.
Oh, and my 8yo DD says classy.
BTW, these little cakes are SUCH a great idea!
Sassy all the way… piped buttercream is where it’s at!
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I am always in awe at your designs. I adore those little cakes. My style is messy, but not by choice. I always have a child who wants to help and I begrudgingly let them!!
WOW…
they all look wonderful, but if I had to choose 1, I’d go for sassy.
I am definitely MESSY! My husband would tell you that everything I do is messy, but that’s not true. I just know that life is messy and I don’t mind! Plus I love buttercream frosting!
I’m messy. Most definately
oh. mah. gawd. the classy cake is simply beautiful. i’m sure they’d all eat up wonderfully :) but classy gets my vote!
I cannot decide which I like more … the messy or classy? They both speak to my personality! :o)
I just can’t decide between messy and classy. They speak to both sides of my personality! :o)
cake? are you kidding? i eat it ANY WAY! but, i’ll pick messy, cause you said i have to pick one :)
lol love the cakes so cute!
but i would say messy…
because the other two are too pretty to eat, and i would end up trying to preserve them somehow rather than putting them to the proper use that they were created for…to be EATEN!
Id say I love the sassy but if I made it then it will be messy, its just the way it goes lol, Carm
They’re all so purdy, but I think I’ll go with the plainest, messy.
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I really like the messy one. But I still think it’s classy:)
You’re amazing!
It has to be the messy look! Maybe
cuz everything I make looks messy.
They’re all so purdy, but I think I’ll go with the plainest, messy.
Messy: casual and careless
I love the white one, especially for Christmas. It would look so pretty w/ some freshcut red flowers on top. Luvly!
Messy, for sure.
Thanks, Kristin
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I really Love all the cakes. but I like the sassy , I love your pipping Looks very cool.
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I really enjoy everything you made.
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what a GREAT idea to make mini cakes! I just love that you decorated each one differently, but I must say that the sassy cake is by far my favorite. I like that it looks fancy but has a homemade look to it.
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So many comments already! Wow!
I’ll have to go with Messy. While I like the look of Classy sometimes, I’m drawn more to Messy for eating. Yum!
I love them all, but I think I like the Sassy one best!6
The one that probably tastes the best is the messy one, but the prettiest one is the classy one. I can’t choose just one!
Classy fo’ sho’!
I am sassy!
Classy for me! You are the best.
I love the messy, although when I saw the classy I thought it looked familiar and that’s because I loved that pillow from pottery barn too! So i’m going to go with classy this time!
I love Sassy & Classy but Messy will do the job. :)
Sassy
I too love mini’s, and I love classy. I love messy too because it is always quickest and the yummiest.
I am making it, then the messy. If I am buying it, then the classy. They all look delicious!!
i like the cakes i make messy but i would eat a sassy cake – probably not a classy cake!
I love to play with fondant. I vote for classy!!!
I love the messy! Somehow it looks the most tasty to me!
I would have to say I love the messy cake – it fits my personality and doesn’t seem so proper. The others are beautiful, but give me a fork and their is no guilt digging into the messy :-)
Messy- you should have seen us making your oreo truffles! Which are yummy btw!
Classy! But messy is WAY easier! =)
I love classy but messy {the cute messy like you have} is so much easier! :)
Wow, they are all so beautiful! It’s so hard to choose which one…. I think I’ll have to go with Messy, partially because it looks do-able to me. Not so much with the other two!
Messy, definitely messy. I would love to be classy but alas it is not my lot in life. That’s okay though. That gorgeous messy cake would ease my pain!
I like classy! But they are all beautiful!
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I have to say that I love the Classy look. I have always wanted to play around with Fondont icing. Maybe one of these days I’ll get brave!
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I love all three, depends on the event!!! mmmm looks soooooo good!!
I have to say, I’m going to have to go with messy. Mostly because I might could do that one. The other ones are beautiful, but WAY out of my league. Everything you do is AMAZING!!
Beautiful cakes! If I am making them for someone else, I would go with the Classy and/or Sassy one. But nothing beats a Messy cake to dig into with a tall glass of milk!
me I’m the classy side I love working with foundant~! Love your yummy blog too!
I love fondant covered cakes…and I love Pottery Barn…so guess which one is my favorite! :)
Mon préféré ? Classy…
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Definitely the classy! But any would do just fine…. your blog always makes me HUNGRY! :)
I love the Pottery Barn one — so beautiful! Wish I could do that!
Well if I’m the one making it, it would probably end up looking messy! But if someone else was making it for me or buying it I think I’d want a sassy one!
Shawna
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I looove the sassy cake! Love love love. Thanks for the inspiration!!
classy for sure…though the taste of fondant doesn’t do much for me.
Ooh! That’s hard to say. I love the look of fondant, but the taste is…not so great. I’m going to go with SASSY. Your piping work was amazing!
Sassy!!!
(I love the cupcake bites… I’ve blogged a couple batches on my blog… ;o) )
I love the classy look best. :) Beautiful work and they look so yummy!
I love the way the classy came out, but I also love me some buttercream! I have to go with messy.
I also need to know how on earth you have time to do all these little fun things with kids. I guess they must be older? I have a toddler and a 7-month old and I can’t seem to find the time to do fun stuff like that. My day will come, I guess…in the meantime, thanks for giving me fun ideas to look forward to! :)
I LOVE the classy cake! So beautiful. I wish I could do it. I am more of a messy decorater!
I definitely like the messy one the best; it looks delicious! All these mini-cakes are gorgeous, though.
I like messy, bc I know I’ll be messy while I eat it.
I love messy! It looks so yummy. Not that the others don’t,but they are too fussy!
Jennifer
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I’m messy, mostly because I LOVE frosting and the messy cake has the most!! Plus my cakes tend to crumble and a lot of icing covers that too, haha.
They are all so cute!! I am definitely classy with a touch of sassy!!
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I like it messy…yum!
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I love sassy and classy but I’m definitely messy. :D
I love a classy cake. But most of mine turn out messy!
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To eat I would like the sassy one, but to look at and admire from afar the classy one. They’re soooo beautiful. Maybe one day you can blog about the use of fondant?
Sassy! Definitely.
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I love classy but mine always gets messy.
Messy and Sassy are my fav. Fondant is great for the eye but never been fond of the taste!
think i will make some messy and sassy cakes for christmas i am in charge of desert
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I like the look of the Classy cake. Although I dislike fondant.
If I were to buy one, I like the Sassy cake, but if I had to MAKE one, I could only do the messy cake. Your stie is amazing. Thank you!
I like Sassy–I can do the decorator bag with tips and all that, but that fondant just takes too long!!! Plus buttercream is the best frosting ever!
I make cakes on the side. So, sassy for everyone else and messy for me! LOL!
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I like your classy one best! They’re all cute!
I like the messy. Plus, it tastes better than fondant.
I’m torn between Messy and Classy, but I guess I’d go for Messy, look at all that frosting!!!
I guess my favorite style is sassy, but with my schedule, most of my baking ends up being messy!
But, OMG yours are all SO pretty. Thanks for all the inspiration.
I absolutely love Classy. I am a sucker for fondant! You did a great job mimicing the pottery barn pillow. As soon as I read that was your inspiration I immediately recognized it.
I also LOVE the Fiesta Chef’s Heads.
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I love the classy one…but I think I’d just end up making the messy one for the taste. YUMMY!! You are so talented!
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I love the classy- but too pretty to eat.
I would LOVE to eat the messy- and I think it is cute too.
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I guess it depends on my mood at the time! I LOVE ALL THREE OF YOURS THOUGH!!!
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Definetly Classy!!! I love the details! But I don’t have the patience so like many people commented, if I made one is going to be messy…but beautiful!
I would have to say classy. My personality is kind of messy so I do what I can to class myself up a bit.
I love the Classy one. That fondant looks amazing.
Classy first, but messy is a close second. I really don’t like fondant. It’s pretty, but tastes like playdough.
Ok – I love all three but I’m choosing messy – the main reason – well … less time to decorate = less time to make it to my tummy! LOL
I’m going to go with Messy. It looks like it’s just inviting me to eat it.
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Classy…only because I have yet to attempt fondant, so its a far of dream of mine
cute & messy!
Messy, with a slight leaning toward Sassy. But I’d happily eat any of them.
They’re all so great! I think my favorite is the Classy, though I have never made anything with fondant. I’m a sucker for the neat and elegant look, but I love the taste of Messy best!
I love the CLASSY, but if I’m doing the baking it’s all about MESSY!
umm….all of them!
I like the Sassy and Classy ones best because of the great colors!
I love your ideas and they taste great!!
I love the look of classy but I know I’d love the messy one!
They are all wonderful but I am picking Classy because that is way beyond my patience level…LOL!!!
Happy Holidays!
Although I like them all, I myself would decorate more towards the sassy or messy (especially when I’m impatient). :)
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I like the look of the sassy cakes, but my homemade attempts come out looking like the messy variety!
I like the classy one but I’d eat any of them in a second.:) You did a great job!
I love them all but if I’m forced to choose I gotta go with classy!
The classy looks gorgeous, but I would EAT the messy one!
I love the classy!
I like Sassy!
I love the classy cake! fondant always looks so clean. it’s like a blank canvas that you’ve added some wonderful art to.
The polished, precise fondant cut-outs bespeak a practiced hand and a sure eye; the quirky piping-bag maneuvers are fun and delightfully complimentary, in that someone would take all that time to make and decorate a cake just for ME.
But the white one, all lacy swirls of a spatula, with a generous hand with the frosting and gusto in the swoops—that’s one we can all do for someone we care about.
The first two took respectively:
1. Time and effort and practice and all the equipment necessary, plus the determination to do things right, to impress or to honor the recipient.
2. Less time, less actual practice, but a flair and a careful touch.
3. A spatula, lots of delicious frosting, some rockin’ music going on the player, a little shimmy around the kitchen while the work was being done, and the want-to to please the honoree, no matter what level the talent of the baker. And I’ll bet you were smiling the whole time.
I vote for the white one in the robe of snow. And it’s NOT messy; it’s elegantly fluffed.
I am messy for sure! Not on purpose, just cause I am!
I’m gonna go with sassy….but messy is faster and quicker to my tummy!!! :-)
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I love all of them—especially the classy one! You are awesome!!!!!
Messy, Messy, Messy! Yum!
I love the sassy look but the messy one is probably more me..
I think I like classy best. Or maybe messy.
Hrm, I guess I’d have to say messy.
But, I can’t currently have any of them because I’m on a gluten-free diet. And it is sucking the life from me. :( All that to say, pick me, pick me!! :)
I’m definetely classy. But they are all beautiful, and I probably would’ve eaten the messy one first while looking at the classy one! My email is economicgeek@hotmail.com. I hope I win! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes.
I am a sassy girl all the way!
I love the classy look, but would prefer to eat the messy.
MESSY! and buttercream ALL the way! mmmmmmm………..
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To look at, I definitely like the classy one. But to eat, fondant is disgusting. Give me buttercream any day! (even better – whipped cream)
I have never tried classy, but I think it looks the prettiest! Using the cutters and making mini-cakes is great for a baby’s 1st bday party smash cake!! Love your site!
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100% messy!! there IS no other way :)
DEFINITELY the classy! I LOVE those colors! I think that’s my facination with these cake balls/pops, it’s all the fun colors! same with my scrapbooking addiction!
I can’t wait for more pictures of your latest cake pops!! HURRY and post please, I’m waiting…teehee!
I like my cakes sassy, but with my beginner skills, they never make it past messy!
I love the classy look, but I would rather eat the messy.
I’d have to go with Sassy. While I love the look of fondant, I love the yumminess (is that a word?) of buttercream. So, the Sassy one has the best of both – a very pretty, delicious cake!
I love the sassy one. It’s flirty enough (can cake actually be flirty!) yet a tad sophisticated. :)
Messy.
Just found your blog and I love it!
The messy one is my favorite! :0)
I can’t decide between sassy and classy, I guess it depends on the occasion. For a wedding I’d go with classy.
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Messy….it is easier to decorate!!! Pretty Cakes! They look yummy!!!
messy looks the most delicious to me.
I like the Classy one. Thanks!
I love what you did with the classy cake!!! That’s my favorite.
2nd: messy. It just looks eatable. :)
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I TOTALLY love the messy one!! I also TOTALLY love your blog! I found it through PW. And I bought a KitchenAid today (yes, I’m behind the times) and I can’t wait to go home and make your buttercream icing!!
~angela
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I like the classy one!
I love messy! Though I love the idea of classy…it just takes me too much time because I have OCD!
it depends on the occassion, love them all. nspratling@usadig.com
I absolutely love the look of classy, but I’ve never actually had fondant before so I’d be concerned about the taste. Is it very hard to do? It looks so intricate.
Classy is my favorite! Buttercream is my favorite though, so I’d prefer to eat the sassy one. :)
I LOVE the classy one!!
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Messy! I would love to dive right in!
can you believe you have so many comments?! :)
anyway, i LOVE your classy cake, but would be afraid to mess it up. for me, i’d take the messy one! lots more icing!!
They are all beautiful, but I like messy best because I don’t have all the guilt when I mess it up while I eat it!
I LOVE your fondant cake (Classy). It’s gorgeous and I’m jealous!!! danielle@bakers-cakes.com
Sassy is my favorite. But they all are very cute.
Oh my,those cakes are beautiful! I love the fondant one, though I think I’d like the taste the plain frosted one the best – gotta love all the frosting you put on it -my type of frosting!!
Where do you get your fondant? I just love the colors! Did you do that all freehand! So talented! Thanks for sharing!
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I have mastered the messy cake!! I do shoot for the sassy one tho
Super Classy!!! Although, I really like sassy too! At the end, both have the same fate… in my tummy!=)
I am a classy girl. Love patterns, but the most important part is that it tastes amazing.
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I’m going with Classy for sure:-)
These are all so cute! I love the Sassy one best though!
Messy or Sassy work for me :-D Yum!
Messy tastes the best, but the classy is oh so beautiful!
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I can’t wait for Christmas pops! I love the idea of making the individual cakes…that tip will come in handy when my sisters kids and my kid all turn 1 around the same time.
My favorite style is classy…I’m a Pottery Barn fool. Not that I can afford them 90% of the time, but a girl can dream!
I love the classy! I made four small cakes for my anniversary dinner and it was my firs attempt at fondant. It is hard work!! So, knowing the time and talent it takes, Classy for sure!!!!
I would love to be classy or sassy…. but my cakes always end up looking like Messy…. actually, worse than messy. You know I made it when the layers are slowly sliding apart, and there’s crumbs in the icing. I just can’t seem to do cakes.
I am the classy girl, loving all the detail and creativity. These are all beautiful!!!
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I’m all about classy for look, unfortunately I don’t really like the taste of fondant
Messy, of course! It’s beautiful chaos! Yummy!
I like the Messy best (but they are all cute)!!!
Messy all the way. I don’t know why but fondant cakes turn me off for some reason. Maybe because they’re so perfect or maybe because all that fondant doesn’t look like it tastes all that good (not that they’re not pretty!). Anywho, slather on some messy homemade frosting and I’m one happy lady.
I like the messy one better because it’s actually something I could do. The others are simply too intimidating for me!
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Messy for sure…
They’re all so different so it’s hard to choose…I’ll go with Classy!
I am in a “sassy” mood today, so I’ll say I like the Sassy one. Although I think they are all cute. :-)
Classy! So cute!
I like classy best, but messy is the only one I could make!!!
I choose Messy. I’m with the other commenters who said that the other cakes are too pretty to eat.
I love tons and tons of frosting, so I’m going to have to go with the Messy look. Love them all though!
Messy, all the way! Mmmmm.
Although I really loved the classy style because it looks so neat and tidy and me being a perfectionist and all..it caught my eye first. However, my cake style is definitely sassy :-P
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I prefer the look of the classy, but unfortunately mine usually ends up looking more messy (but not your messy… even your messy looks good!).
Sassy. So pretty. Don’t care for the flavor of fondant. http://www.pamperedchef.biz/lynnejackson
I must say I may not be all that classy…lol but I like my cakes to be.
Thanks for the chance to win this set.
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eight hundred and eleven comments?! Lord!
Well, I like my cakes messy, qiuck to frost, but with sprinkles and candy and doodads dumped on top. Not too fussy, just quick and easy!
They are all beautiful, but I’d head for the Messy one. The others look too pretty to actually eat!
I’ll take the messy one! :)
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How can you pick just one? I love them ALL!!
Messy all the way! http://www.sevenminuteicing.blogspot.com
I think the classy is beautiful, but I am more of a messy cake maker myself!
I love the messy look to, mainly because everything I make looks messy (not on purpose though).
They are all three SO darn cute! But I would have to say sassy :)
They are all three SO darn cute! But I would have to say sassy :)
I love the Classy! Reminds me of my wedding cake that I loved so much and cried to have to cut into. I keep promising myself another one some day.
sassy! absolutely, but they all lucked great!
Holy crap, 800 comments?! If I were making it, it’d definitely be messy. If I were to purchase on looks alone, it’d be the classy one.
But I think the trio together is the best!
i like the classy! so cute!
My vote is for the sassy look. I love all of your work Bakerella :)