Shannon Star

http://shannonstar.net/

Lindsay's Description:

The Shannon Star blog is a passionate and visual blog as Shannon combines news of her beautiful children, creative cake designs and cake decorating tutorials with her talent for photography.

Having outgrown her first cake decorating blog, For Cake Sake, author Shannon Star has found a new blogging home where she shares her heart and passions.  Through the Shannon Star blog, Shannon writes about love, life, photography and of course her beautiful cakes.

Filled with wonderful and inspirational novelty cakes, Shannon also features her colourful cookies, breathtaking wedding cakes and gorgeous character cake toppers.  Offering more than just images of her beautiful cakes, Shannon also shares her thoughts and inspirations behind each design, plus her fantastic tutorials offering advice and guidance to all cake decorators.

Shannon Star's Description:

Features fondant cakes  and tutorials on baking and decorating cakes.


Recent Updates at Shannon Star

Burning Building Fireman Cake

20 March 2011

I have been waiting to blog this cake for so long! Well really about a week or so. Lisa and I made this cake for Captain Bryant Tillery of the Dallas Fire Department who retired after 47 1/2 years of service. We spent a lot of time on the details and just loved every bit ...

Dallas Stars Cake

08 March 2011

Okay Hockey fans! I normally get super excited over Dallas Cowboys cakes, obviously , but I was stoked to make this Dallas Stars one because they are pretty awesome and I was dying to make a Hockey player character. Everything on top is sculpted out of fondant and Lisa made the coolest Dallas Stars ...

Rock n’ Roll Cake

28 February 2011

I am sure you have noticed that we really love to sculpt! It was so much fun making all these band pieces for this cake and it just made us SO happy looking at it when it was done. I mean what six year old wouldn’t love this cake? Happy Birthday Bo, I hope it ...

Grease Cake

28 February 2011

We are HUGE Grease fans, seriously, we were watching this movie way before an appropriate age singing all the songs and totally wishing we were Sandy and hopelessly devoted. In the end we learned you should never change yourself for someone else so of course it is a classic. When this cake was ...

Blue Ruffle Flower Cake

22 February 2011

This cake was a lot of fun to make and very different for me. A friend of mine was having a birthday party and I wanted to take advantage of opportunity to do something new. Lisa and I brainstormed some fun ideas on how we can make a more vintage looking cake. In the end ...

Lady Bug Cake

21 February 2011

I just adore this cake! It was simple, clean and slightly modern for this Nine year olds birthday. It was so much fun to make and Lisa and I couldn’t wait to deliver it to the birthday girl. Best part, the lady bug is made of cereal treats. I was attempting a white background for ...

Sweet Valentine’s Day Treats

16 February 2011

I love Valentine’s Day, mostly because I get to make some super cute goodies! Lisa and I have been having so much fun creating these delicious cookies, cupcakes, and brownie pops. I LOVE the purple we chose for the first order and we made some goodie boxes with our other cookies for some ...

Sleep Over Cake

14 February 2011

I love this cake! I love the details and all the small stuff Lisa and I sculpted for the top. I am also a huge fan of peace signs so I was stoked when I heard the theme of this sleep over party. I could go on and on but you can see for your ...

Pink 50th Birthday Cake and Two Is Better Than One

09 February 2011

I have been making cakes for the past two years and have dreamed all along to find someone to help me. I can spend up to 20 man hours on a cake and as much as I LOVE what I do the thought of someone else doing part of the work and helping me design ...

KISS cake with Gene Simmons Character

18 January 2011

Re-run: originally posted at For Cake Sake When my client ordered this cake I was so excited! I knew it was going to be challenging, but my most challenging ones are always my favorite. When I finished this one I just stood back in complete awe of my ability to make this character on my ...