Everywhere I look, the holiday season is upon us. Retail stores are prepping for Christmas shopping. Holiday catalogs are arriving in the mail. Blogs are posting new Christmas inspiration. Pinterest is full of crafts and recipes to try! But I try not to rush the season here on the blog, when possible. So I’d like to linger and celebrate feeling of Fall, just a little while longer. Which happens to be a pretty easy task when you have a spectacular Autumn cake to swoon over!

With deep rich tones and a soft feminine flair, today’s cake is …

So now that we’re officially in the Halloween spirit and inspired to bake, here is a super easy DIY for you to try at home. There’s no piping, no painting and no wrong way to do it! You just need marshmallows, two hands and some imagination! It’s a creepy, crawly Marshmallow Cobweb Cake! And I have a simple tutorial to show you how to do it! …

EEEK, It’s Halloween Week! This fifth Halloween cake comes to us from Erin Gardner, owner of Wild Orchid Baking Company in North Hampton, NH. You may remember Erin from previous features on our site (like her rainbow cake and her vintage bunting cake). Erin has a talent for transforming trends into sophisticated cake designs and today’s feature is yet another great example of this skill. Erin’s design is delightfully dark and transcends us into a scene of tall candelabras, wax-dripping candles and heavy black curtains. A world where black orchids, …

EEEK It’s Halloween Week!! This third Halloween cake comes to us from Yeni Monroy and her team at Dream Day Cakes®, located in Gainesville, Florida. You probably remember Yeni from previous features on our site (like this Thing 1 & Thing 2 cake or this robot cake). Her cakes are the perfect combination of precision and whimsy, creating magical designs with incredible attention to detail. Yeni once again brings her signature style to the blog with an enchanting design capturing the playful side of Halloween. Prepare to oooohh and aaaahh over …

This third Halloween cake comes to us from Rachael Teufel, owner of Intricate Icings Cake Design in Erie, Colorado. Rachael has been inspiring us with her beautiful cakes for years now (like this tangerine and turquoise tango and this sugar burlap cake). Once again, Rachael has us swooning over her sophisticated interpretation and elegant style. While we’ve featured many dress-inspired cakes in the past (Rachael’s ruched design included), today’s feature takes the ‘From Dress to Cake’ concept to a whole new level! It’s, by far, the most creative …

Today is day two in our new cake series, EEEK It’s Halloween Week! Five talented bakers were asked to create new designs inspired by Halloween. To bring the spirit of the holiday to life in a modern cake design like none we had seen before. Each baker was given a basic black and white color scheme and a specific genre, creating a week of inspiring cakes for everyone. Yesterday’s cake was all about Classic Halloween Fun. And today’s cake is made Modern Chic!

This second Halloween cake comes to us from Jacki Fanto, owner of Blissfully Sweet …

The first cake of Halloween Week comes to us from one of my favorite bakeries of all time. Many of you, including myself, have been fans of Anne Heap, owner of Pink Cake Box in New Jersey, for years now. Because really, how can you not love her playful, whimsical style? Pink Cake Box’s website is filled with hundreds of incredible designs, showing Anne and her team know a thing or two about cake! And I must admit that their blog is one of the reasons I started blogging about cake… way way back in the day. So needless to say, it is a real …

Beware: BOO-tiful cakes ahead! We’re kicking off a brand new series here on The Cake Blog… an entire week of fabulous Halloween cake inspiration created by some of your favorite bakers! Five talented cake artists were asked (pretty, pretty please) to create innovative new designs, appropriate for a sophisticated yet spooky Halloween. Armed with a basic Black & White color scheme and a predetermined category, each baker set off to create something spooktacular! The end result is a week full of Halloween cake fun! Five swoon-worthy designs …

Today is the fourth and final day in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July! This fourth American beauty comes to us from Rachel Skvaril, owner of Fondant Flinger in Kodiak, Alaska. You may remember Rachel from previous features on our site (like her blue poppy flowers and this snow owl birthday). Rachel has a serious flair for ruffles and I was thrilled to hear she was going big and going bold with her design! Vertical ruffles, alternating from red to white, mimic the stripes of the flag dancing in the wind. An entire bottom tier of tightly …

Today is day three in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July! This third American beauty comes to us from Rachael Teufel, owner of Intricate Icings Cake Design in Erie, Colorado. Rachael has been inspiring us with her beautiful cakes for years now (like this tangerine and turquoise tango and this ruched design). Rachael paints a grand picture with her sophisticated interpretation of this patriotic theme. The American flag, fluttering in the wind. The stars and stripes gently rippling in the warm summer breeze. With delicate hand-painted …