Lighthouse
This is a birthday cake I made for my mom. It is butter cake with Raspberry & Peach filling. The bottom layer has a buttercream filling. I was totally inspired by A cake by Mac. Thank you so much for the inspiration! There were many things I would have liked to have done better, but I learn something with every cake I do...how to get the fondant to stick to the cake board, add corn syrup to do the string work. Oh well, next time! Thanks for looking!
Wow! :-o What an awesome job. I love lighthouses this looks so real. Thanks for explaining what cake sizes you used too.
This is way cool. I love the lighthouse cakes.
Great job! How did you get the shape for the top cake (white/red stripe)?
This is a VERY cool cake!! It is going into my favorites - you nailed the lighthouse look!
I think this is downright AMAZING!!!!!!!!! You get to be my hero for the day!
very cool!
WOW - excellent job
Thanks everyone for all of the nice comments! The base is two 8 inch cakes. The top part is four 6-inch cakes that I carved for the lighthouse shape. The black part is two cupcakes stacked. I freehanded the stripe with a tooth pick and them outlined and filled it in with icing. The "rocks" are buttercream covered Cheerios. They could have used a little more icing, but I didn't want to make a whole batch just for that
great job. I really like it.
Great job, strawberry0121. I love the idea of the Cheerios "rocks"--how did you do that? And you are more than welcome--I get inspired every time I get on CC.
Mac, I'm so glad you responded! I thinned the buttercream down and just mixed it all up. I used my hands because it was easier, but I think that it could have used a little more frosting. Oh well, it was just for Mom, not for a paying customer :) Thanks again!
This is way cool. I love the lighthouse cakes.
Great job! How did you get the shape for the top cake (white/red stripe)?
This is a VERY cool cake!! It is going into my favorites - you nailed the lighthouse look!
I think this is downright AMAZING!!!!!!!!! You get to be my hero for the day!
very cool!
WOW - excellent job
Thanks everyone for all of the nice comments! The base is two 8 inch cakes. The top part is four 6-inch cakes that I carved for the lighthouse shape. The black part is two cupcakes stacked. I freehanded the stripe with a tooth pick and them outlined and filled it in with icing. The "rocks" are buttercream covered Cheerios. They could have used a little more icing, but I didn't want to make a whole batch just for that
great job. I really like it.
Great job, strawberry0121. I love the idea of the Cheerios "rocks"--how did you do that? And you are more than welcome--I get inspired every time I get on CC.
Mac, I'm so glad you responded! I thinned the buttercream down and just mixed it all up. I used my hands because it was easier, but I think that it could have used a little more frosting. Oh well, it was just for Mom, not for a paying customer :) Thanks again!
Wow! :-o What an awesome job. I love lighthouses this looks so real. Thanks for explaining what cake sizes you used too.