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Princess Cakes

I made Aurora and Belle for my two granddaughters who celebrated their birthdays together this year. Bottoms are 10" rounds covered in buttercream then marshamellow fondant. Gowns are made out of fondant as well.

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Gingerbread--The Swan King

I had to recreate the pattern I lost--but the new one seemed to work. pretty well. The gingerbread body is baked over a small metal bowl. I shaped and baked the wings and tail over crumbled tin foil. The crown is made with royal icing pipe over a pattern on an upside down funnel. I painted him all in royal icing and then piped on a feather pattern. I have pattern and instruction on my website under the Cakes & More Tab, then Gingerbread patterns--website: costumepastimes.com

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Icing Church - Christmas

Finally got around to making another Icing Church this year (you'll see the old picture from years ago in my gallery). Royal Icing piped flat on a pattern (from an old woman's magazine from 30 years ago). Melted Jolly Rogers to make the windows and piped tiny little pews for inside the church. Church sits on a round of white fondant and decorated with piped cornelli lace. It will be the centerpiece for my Holiday table!

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1St Birthday Cake

First cake I've done for hire in a long time...I need more practice! Chocolate Fudge Cake with Nutella mouse filling and covered all in chocolate fudge buttercream. Bear and present designs I made out of Marshmellow fondant which I love to work with--it tastes good and is so easy to make.

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Cake Bites (Or Balls)

I'd never heard of cake balls until I found Cake Central, but then I too found the Bakerella site and saw her cake pops (or bites). She's also came up with creating a chocolate bottom resembling a reeses peanut butter up and then plopping the cake ball into the cup and then coating in chocolate--I just had to give it a try. Took them to work and they disappeared in a few minutes! Search on Bakerella to find her site--it's well worth a peek. I'd like to try other flavors of cake balls from recipies here.

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Gingerbread Townhouse - Inside Close-Up

Here's a closeup of the inside. The quillt on the bed is gum pieces and used them to make the packages under the tree. The curtains are fruit roll-ups and even added a miniature little gingerbread house on the kitchen table.

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Gingerbread Townhouse - Front & Back

A three-story gingerbread townhouse with bedroom, kitchen and living room. I've also uploaded a closeup of the inside to show more details so take a peek if you like. This is from an old pattern in GH magazine.

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Icing Church Pattern, Pg 2

Page two of Icing Church Pattern.

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Icing Church Pattern

This is the pattern for my Icing Church.you make with Royal Icing. I'll have to do in two parts. Here is page 1. You can see larger photo at: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1180413.html Hope you enjoy, do make it your own, and post photos if you make this.

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Insect Cake

I belong to a costuming group and we held an Angels and Insects picnic (based on the movie but without the 'strange' stuff). I found these incredible lacquer insects in San Francisco's Chinatown and thought I'd try out a little cake for our picnic. The leaves on the side are gumpaste, iced in fondant with RI flowers and BC piping. Now that I know more maybe I'll try making some insects out of fondant or RI.

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Hbo Wedding

A friend of mine owns a corset and costume shop and was invited to have her wedding as part of an HBO special in 1996. Their wedding outfits were all in latex (very gorgeous which is why HBO was interested) and she asked me to make the wedding cake. She wanted Calla Lilies and the cake topper is a wire-sculptured corset body wrapped in some latex strips and filled with gold netting. I piped gold corsets on the bottom layer and gold high-heeled shoes on the top and added RI lace points shaped like shoes.

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Penguin Wedding Cake

A friend of mine just loved penguins and bought a glass penguin cake topper. This is the only really good picture I have of the cake. If you look close you can see the little color-flow penguins I made the march around each layer of the cake. This was also the first time I used fondant to cover a cake.

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Pink & Red Wedding Cake

Another wedding cake for a friend with pink gumpaste roses, RI lace points. It's covered in BC with cornelli lace decoration.

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Lily Of The Valley-Pink Roses Wedding Cake

I made this wedding cake for a friend. It's all buttercream. I made lily of the valley flower cascades and pink BC roses and topped it off with a ribbon corsage on top.

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Royal Icing Church

Okay, I'm going through my very old photos (way before the digital days). This is a royal icing church that I piped flat over a pattern. I used fruit roll-ups that I cut into patterns to make stained glass windows. I also created a royal icing altar and rows of pews for the inside. Unfortunately it's the only photo I have of it but since I've decided to get back into decorating I'll be making more for Christmas '08. If you'd like a PDF of the pattern you can PM me.

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Holiday Cookies

My first attempt at making decorated cookies--took them to a friend's house for Christmas dinner and made the Hannukah cookies for our Jewish friends who join us every year.

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Gingerbread Swiss Chalet

This was a gingerbread house I learned to make about 35 years ago. The trees are decorated sugar cones, a piping gel pond and rock candy on the roof, chocolate covered pretzels for the fence and chocolate covered raisins for the path stones. All the icicles are royal icing. I got inspired to start making them again this year for Christmas gifts and next year I'll get started a little earlier and make some other houses. I have directions and a pattern on my website if you are interested.

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