Hello CC world!

This is my second post and I'm very new to 'making cakes'. I've made about 4 cakes that you could consider a little more advanced than box cake and slopped on store bought frosting.

My friends birthday was coming up last month so I wanted to make her a cake. Some of her most favorite things are astrology, suns, etc. So I made her a pisces cake (I am going to post in the decorating thread shortly) and this Sun. Well, I don't think I have to explain why this cake just didn't quite live up to my creative vision. And even though I made her a different cake (which this was supposed to be an element of) I did present this to her as a gag cake first.

I told her I was going for a sun but ended up with a virus... The slightly intoxicated crowd of my girlfriends belly rolled for about 5 minutes so it was still a hit, despite being a disaster. :)

It is orange cake with buttercream filling and a thin layer of orange marmalade in the middle. The peaks are royal frosting (my first time making royal frosting and a round cake). It's airbrushed and spray painted gold.

So here's to my virus! (No one got sick in the consumption of this cake and surprisingly the orange was refreshing and good!)

Renee
Hobbyhoarder

i adore this cake

it's under the sea goes celestial in a the-blob-that-ate-chicago way

srsly--forget your vision--it often can take a looong time to get the visions aligned with what gets produced

but this is tremendously awesome

and i haven't had one adult beverage...

go with the flow ;)

creating your firey cake galaxy one planet at a time...

omg some kind of cosmic bionuclear molecularious a l'orange encounter of several variously numbered kinds - close enough!!! ;)

i'd like to suggest that you post your creation on her blog

a meeting of the minds across the miles

scary but perhaps it's firey rocking orange destiny???

I love it, even though I find it reminiscent of Lisa Simpson's hair  ... well done

Chihuli?

I for one had to google Chihuli but you are right.  I keep waiting for it to evolve into a monster.

Ha! Thanks for the pollen picture. I sent it to my friend and got another good laugh out of her.  Sure to be a birthday cake she will never forget.