Shark Week
My son requested a "Shark Week" cake for his 5th birthday this year. He was very specific in that he wanted a tiger shark, a great white, and a hammerhead shark along with scuba divers and every other little detail you see right down to the bubbles. I was actually pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Comments and constructive criticism are always welcomed! TFL!
I totally forgot to say, cake is covered in Fondx, all the figures are Wilton fondant. My first time doing any fondant figures so go easy on me! :wink:
Also, inspiration for the black scuba diver came from tripletmom's Diver cake!
Awesome cake! Go easy on you!!!! This is a great cake! I don't see one flaw. Congratulations!
OMG that is one awesome cake...first time fondant figures 8O wow you are a natural...
Beautiful cake. I love all the figures! They are soo cute.
awesome job; the figurines came out great; they are perfectly made
Hahaha, very cool, love it!
This is a great cake, wonderful idea & beautifully done, nobody needs to go easy on you, you are a natural.
Wow! Your figures are awesome and the cake is Flawless.. If those are your first fondant creatures I can't wait to see what you do with a little practice. LOL
There cake is very , very cute, got a lot of recognition not to make the front page!
This cake is Awesome..Into my favorites..Way to go!!!
omg, I don't think I could EVER in a million yrs come this close! WOW is all I can say! :)
that has got to be the cutest thing ever, i read your post on it, its just too funny
OMG awesome job. Very professional!!!!!!!!
WOW!! :o First time fondant figures? I WISH my "goog" ones looked half that nice! GREAT JOB!!
Hokey Doodles! :o This cake is amazing! I absolutetly cannot believe this is your first time making Fondant Figures! Awesome Job!
Hokey Doodles! :o This cake is amazing! I absolutetly cannot believe this is your first time making Fondant Figures! Awesome Job!
I want you for my mommy!
You did a marvelous job. I'm live in Florida, and it reminds me of home.
Straight to favorites!!! Your little 'man' designed a great cake, and you carried out his wishes terrifically!! Great cake!
But I don't see a yellow scuba diver :lol: Great cake!
I love it!
It's AMAZING! Great Job!
You can make my b-day cake anytime! Beautiful job and I bet the smile on his face made it all worth it.
Really nice, great idea!
I have to say i think you're a big liar. no way those were your first fondant figures. they're too perfect! Great job Mom!
super cute, I love it, into my favs it goes! :D
Very beautiful! You have a lot of talent. Keep up the good work
Wow!! This is so cool!!
1ST TIME DOING FONDANT FIGURES!!! NO WAY! This cake is waaay cool! It is totally perfect! :D
Really nice job on your figures. Your son obviously has a great vision for what makes a great cake, and you have the talent to pull it off!
wow great looking cake. thanks for posting in the form also -it's the first cake i've been able to see since Sunday
i think it turned out AMAZING. i love how the figures all stick out of the cake- it adds alot of depth and character. you did an excellent job with those figures too- never wouldhave guessed they were your firsts....i love it.
kudos! and my 14 yr old daughter (quite a cake-xpert) said GO YOU! She loved it!
forgot to add..asuch as I admire and love all the work you did here..those darn little fins coming out of the top are AWESOME! Just made the thing POP!
Amazing cake - great design and perfect execution!!!
You have got to be kidding me -first fondant figures? NO. WAY. Your cake is truly spectacular. I love everything about it.
Wow you did a fantastic job! I love how you made it look like the divers and fish are swimming around the cake. So cool.
That is awesome! Your figures are great!
really really really great cake!
that is an awesome cake and with your permission would like to create it for my son's 19th birthday next week! It's really really awesome
You . . . of course, are VERY talented to have pulled this off . . . and I am EQUALLY (or possibly even more?) impressed by a 5 year old that has this vision . . . "right down to the bubbles" . . . the two of you make a GREAT team!! :D :D :D
:o 8O Holy shark fin! Your cake is beyond words....great job!
Great job mom!
wow... are you sure this is your first time doing figures in fondant?? it's AMAZING!! I love how they are 3d on the sides .. in my favs :D
great story, great cake!! :)
This is so cute, I love it!
Absoulty wonderful job!! Looks like this cake belongs on the cover of a magazine!!
Fantastic!!
OMG!!!!! I love it! I am afraid to say your son has a good cake eye. I love everything, the crab, starfish, lobster, bubbles!!!! Great job! :D :D
what a cool cake! i would love to make one like this too! may i?
how did you get your sharks and other sea creatures so smooth?
awesome cake...I think you were a sculptor in your past life...and how cute is that son of yours??? :lol:
This is an awesome cake! Love it!
Yep that is pretty awsome!
Great cake!! Love the idea!!
That is AWESOME!!!!
great job!!! Those are awesome!!
This is such an incredible cake! You did a terrific job and for the record...I have a son just like yours. Every decal has GOT to be on a NASCAR cake or it's WRONG. LOL I wouldn't trade him for anything and he plays with fondant too! Wonderful job!!!
I just LOVE this cake! Great Job! ;-D
good job, and I'm glad it met with your son's high standards :lol: :lol:
Wow...great cake. This is going straight to my favorites.
you mean to tell me you never did fondant figures before? Your Cake is a MASTERPIECE!
Your son requested a cake from the BEST!! Girl that cake is FLAWLESS!!
Great job -- I love the 5 fins on top for 5 years!
Nobody could ever tell it was your first time, great job. He had to love it.
I can't believe you've never done figures before! It's awesome!
Your cake is awesome! Great job! Your fondant figures look like you've been doing them for ever.
Fabulous! Wow - your first time.
Love the perception of surface, and then depth! Great job!
Very cool cake! :) Great details. Your little "man" certainly knew what he wanted and knew that you could pull it off. He's one smart little boy!
Amazing - absolutely amazing. Well done!
WOW
GREAT job for a first timer!!!!!!! :)
It's a Masterpiece mom and I know the birthday boy is going to love it when his guests see it and their eyes get big and their mouths fall open.
very cute :)
I read your "walmart" post and you did a FANTASTIC job! Your fondant figures look great! It makes me anxious to do my daughter's bday cakes and she's only 4 months old =) GOOD JOB!
WAY cool! YOu did an AWESOME job! :)
I can't believe how cute this is! What a lucky little boy! :roll:
WOW!!! :o What an awesome cake, great job!!!!
That is fantastic! You really have never done fondant figures before??? Girl, You are a PRO! Like Tramski said "I want you for my mommy!" I could sure use your help when I attempt a fondant horse next month for my daughter's 5th birthday cake...
great job on the cake!! Love the story that went along with the cake too! too funny!
i can't believe that this was your first time making figures out of fondant!!!! they are all great!!!!!! 8O
Wow! Thank you guys so much for all the wonderful compliments! It occurred to me last night that I have made one other set of figures...the dumpy little penguins in my avatar. lol Now you see why I didn't think they counted! :wink: And to you girls who asked if you can copy the cake, copy away! I am totally flattered! But I want to see pictures!! :D
ok...Im going to be 100% honest with you.....I...want...to...SMACK YOU! first time??? my first time looked like this too...after the first 500 times! :lol:
This cake is so awesome! My son would LOVE it! Can't believe these are your first figures! :?
Amazing! Can't believe it's your first time on figures. Great Job!!
omg, so awesome
Great Job! :D
You did an AMAZING job.
Amazing!!! My 6 year old will LOVE this cake. He was torn this year between a shark cake and aliens . . . aliens won!! This is definately going into my favs for him!!
PERFECT! The protruding fins are the perfect touch.
love this. u have a talent for this. u're figures are incredible! :sssh:
Great cake! You did an awesome job, and your figures are perfect!
You did a fantastic job!! I love this cake, great idea. I bet your son loved this. WONDERFUL!!! Characters look great!! Keep up the good work!! :D
OMG! First figures, indeed! lol All kidding aside, you're a NATURAL! Those sharks are beautiful! The divers are, too! Kudos to you (and your son) on a VERY well executed cake! Did you support the figures on the side with spaghetti or toothpicks? Inquiring minds want to know! :) :D
Thank you! lol They are on there with toothpicks but in hindsight some longer pieces of spaghetti would have been much more secure!
8O 8O 8O 8O beautiful
Pretty great cake... well designed... well balanced. It also shows a sense of humor. I think that the only thing that I would add would to paint some water/blue texture to the blue fondant in order to add depth. But I am adding to my favorites... :D
Pretty great cake... well designed... well balanced. It also shows a sense of humor. I think that the only thing that I would add would to paint some water/blue texture to the blue fondant in order to add depth. But I am adding to my favorites... :D
First time with fondant figures? 8O You fooled me! Natural talent. Wonderful work!!! Take it from a shark lover. :lol: :D
Wow! This cake is out of this world! You're a great Mommy and A great Cake Professional. The little men is a smart, smart boy!!
Amazing job! I just love this cake!
Excellent cake! i would have never guessed these were your first fondant figures.
Oh wow - that's awesome! A good friend of mine just started diving, and something like this would be so cute for his birthday!
This cake is great and I can't believe it was your first time doing figures, they are fantastic. Great job!
;-D LOVE this, so very well done!
Very very impressive.... especially for never doing fondant figures before....you have done a wonderful job!!!!!! and I totally know what you mean...... I think we may have ruined our kids when it comes to cake.....they expect the world from us...my most recent picture in my gallery is a package cake I made for my step daughter, it was for the party with just family....I think it turned out very well! as soon as I was done...and might I add very proud of it she tells me...... next post ................
she tells me that she wants the cake I am going to make for the party she gets to have with all of her friends to be VERY Impressive....so now what!!! Oh well I think we have done it to ourselves! Great Job!!!
This is an absolute "master piece". Love the detail. Had to email my sister to share - her son would LOVE it. Well done!
those fondant figures are pretty incredible. great job! the cake has awesome flow
Love it. Everything is PERFECT!!!!
I don't know who is more creative, you for being able to actually making the cake and decorations or your 5 year old son for coming up with all of the details ! Either way you both did an outstanding job !
WOW!....I say that little guy of yours knows his cake decorations! You did a great job on it. I understand your reasoning on goin' to Wal-Mart for the next one:) What will he come up w/next?
OMG this is so fantastic! I love it-I know I'll see it on the top of the page!
I would never know you had never done fondant figures before, It is amasing! 8O
Oh wow! Mom! You did a beyond super job! Hey! where's the cage and the yellow man and the and the and the and the...j/k...fantastic job!
o.k. so when are you making me a cake???? That is awesome and any MAN/BOY should bow at your feet or at least give good ol gooey kisses for the momma that made that! :wink:
AWESOME job. figures are outstanding
8O 8O 8O 8O Wow all that detail. He most be so proud of his mommy. :lol:
8O 8O 8O 8O Wow all that detail. He must be so proud of his mommy. :lol:
Oh my gosh! I just read your post...this looks marvelous. Those figures are nicely detailed, like store bought...wow but better; homemade. Outstanding!
that is awsome....i love it...
Fabulous! You do great work. I especially love the guy on the top! :)
OH MY GOD! How incredible! 8O It's absolutely perfect!!!
that is fabulous! Love it! I can't believe those are your FIRST figures!
Lol....Fantastic cake!!
Looks incredible! You did a fabulous job! I bet your son was thrilled!
Your first time with fondant figures? They are incredible! You could make cakes for a living!
Thanks again for all the great comments!
fantastic!!
AMAZING. I adore this cake. Fantastic!
OMG, this cake is awesome. My godmother would love this one for her birthday next month will you please share the directions I know it will not be as awesome as yours but I really want to try. You should do a tutorial thanks [email protected] :) :)
This cake is incredible! Fantastic job!!!
Awesome, Awesome cake!!! Into my favorites! :D
Waht a GREAT cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome, I have to add this to my fav's.
You are great! I am still learning fondant and my first time was nothing like that!! :) Wonderful Job!!