I remember asking for opinions and suggestions for my wine theme cake, and I put a sketch on here too and a lot of you really helped me out.

I wanted to show off my work, b/c I think it's the best cake i've made so far, but please feel free to critique!

I love your cake! It came out great! Can you give some details on how you made it?

Great job! Did you use a BCT? I love the colors.

wow.. please give details... its wonderful!

beautiful!!!!!!!!

well, first, i iced the whole cake 13x18 with whimsical bakehouse icing that was tinted in buttercup yellow. the icing doesnt crust so i let it sit in the fridge overnight and it got hard (it didnt CRUST, but it was hard) so i took the picture of the bottle and the glasses and did a gel transfer and then outlined in black and filled in the colours, just smoothing with a brush dipped in icing sugar as i went along. the border was done to look like it was a portrait, so i used a flat tip...it's also used to make some ruffles and BC carnations...(in the wash right now, dont have the #) and the grapes were done using tip 3...the leaves were tip 67 (i wish i had that other tip to make leaves, but i dont...yet) and the vines were tip 2...i think i pretty much explained it...

i have to say i thought it would take a lot longer to make, but it wasnt so difficult!

cool cakefairy!! That's really an awesome cake! well done!

nice job

Your buttercream looks so smooth and shiny. I will have to try the WB recipe. Any good smoothing tips?

What is whimsical bakehouse icing?

You did a wonderful job! I love the colors and the grapes along the border!

That cake is a work of art, very cool cake kiddo! Love the grapes and vine detail along the sides too, a little detail that just finishes it off so nicely! Your wine bottle and glasses look great.
Hugs Squirrelly

Squirrely...THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!

smashcakes..whimsical bakehouse icing is buttercream that is really light and fluffy, kind of like whip cream consistency...but i like it b/c once you get it smooth, if you put it in the fridge for a bit it gets hard and it's really easy to decorate on top of...it doesnt crust at all though, just gets hard (like when butter gets hard in the fridge)

MommyEdzards...i smoothed with a spatula dipped in HOT HOT HOT water

UPDATE: she just picked it up...i think she liked it

I have to say that is a great looking cake. I agree with Squirelly the grape vines are a wonderful touch on the sides of the cake. Great Job

Lovely cake! I checked your pics and I love the Minnie Mouse cake you did.

Very nicely done! The vines and grapes on the sides made it really 'pop' for me! Good work!

Wow! It's beautiful!!