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I was a bit nervous about doing a wedding cake for my Senior Pastors daughter, but I went for it anyway. I did find that working with black fondant on a white cake is pretty tricky. Two layers chocolate - one layer vanilla. Vanilla BC. All Decorations made with fondant.
This is my first pillow cake. It was for a surprise 50th Birthday party and I was told there was going to be 75+ in attendance. It was chocolate w/ vanilla BC and made with 2 stacked 1/2 sheet cakes. (I made an extra 1/2 sheet cake just in case this wasn't enough) This is the only pic I have at the moment but should have better quality pics soon. Thanks for looking.
I made this for my cousin that just turned 17. She loves cows and is an awesome dancer, so what better way to celebrate her birthday than with a dancing cow cake?!? This is 6 layers of yellow cake with vanilla BC. Head, arms & legs are RKT. The tule (the frilly fluffy stuff under the tutu) is piped butter cream. Thanks for looking!
This was for a friends baby shower. They are decorating the baby room with a Pop Monkey theme. The colors are green and pink and her favorite flowers are daisies. The monkey is made out of fondant. I took the idea of the marzipan baby mold that I saw on here and just made it into the monkey theme. 3 tier vanilla cake and vanilla BC with fresh sliced strawberries and some preserves wrapped in fondant. Thanks for looking! : )
This was my first attempt at making a fire truck. I made it for my friends son that just turned 3. My intent was not to hand paint the whole cake, but I ran into issues with my fondant and I was pressed for time. This is a marble cake with vanilla BC covered in fondant. Thanks for looking! : )
Still getting familiar with piping techniques. With this cake I was experiementing and trying out some new tips that I just bought for a cake I made for a family get-together.
This was the 2nd cake I made for the bake off/ fund raiser for my church. First time making red velvet, but it tasted really good. Not sure what the big fuss is about with red velvet though... still don't get the whole dye thing. lol. Amazing Icing ! - It has cream cheese, marshmallow, pecans, and coconut in it.
I was hired to duplicate my Marilyn Monroe cake for a graduation party. I kept everything pretty much the same as the first one I did except I used pink lettering and I used a pink rope border. All hand painted - It went much faster the second time around 1/2 sheet cake half chocolate - half vanilla
Made for Trevor Hall's Christmas CD release party "Let your heart be light." I was inspired me to duplicate the album cover in cake form. Base is chocolate with vanilla buttercream - guitar is vanilla w/ vanilla buttercream. Guitar Neck, headstock, star, presents and candle holder is RKT Christmas ornaments - Dunkin Dounuts munchkins dipped in red chocolate and then rolled in red sugar for glitter effect. Battery powered lights and flickering candle. (non lead based) I made some rookie mistakes. My biggest one was that I forgot to add the wooden dowels for support which of course made the cake sag a lot. I pulled an all nighter to finish this cake an hour before the event started. Phew! Also because the "paint" was still wet I had some issues transporting it and moving it with it still being tacky. Had to do some touch ups when I got to the event. This was the most challenging cake I've ever done, but it was worth it to see my buddy's face. A special thanks to Doug for his help and ideas regarding the design and support system.
First attempt trying the paper towel technique to smooth out the buttercream that I just learned about on this site. Thanks for the help CC friends! : ) Chocolate cake w/ chocolate Buttercream.
Consists of chocolate cake, thin layer of melted PB in the center with crushed Reese's PB cups and mixed with some chocolate buttercream. Cover cake in chocolate buttercream and accent with miniture reese's and reese's cut in half. Then finish with a drizzle of dark chocolate and melted peanut butter. If you love Reese's, you will love this cake!
This cake was made for a mock wedding that I had to do for a group project at school. I'm still learning how to make proper roses. I think my my biggest mistake was not using thicker buttercream. Also, need to start wrapping my board with something since you can see the grease from the cake. Top and bottom layer chocolate - center - yellow Vanilla buttercream
Cupcakes I did the other night at work. : )
Once again, nothing fancy...Instead of the individual turkey cupcakes, I also made one large one.
Nothing fancy, just thought I'd upload something we started making at the bakery supermarket where I work part time for fun. : )
I copied this idea from Classiccake because my mouth was watering when I saw it. Plain and simple! This was my first attempt at making chocolate ganache. (Also my first time eating it) This was one of the best tasting cakes I've ever had!This cake was ALL Chocolate. Chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream icing and covered with poured ganache. The design on the top was simply a powdered sugar/milk type glaze, which ended up giving me a hard time. I should of used white chocolate! Oh well - it tasted awesome though! Oh yeah - ya can't forget about the chocolate dipped strawberries. Mmmm! Thanks so much Classiccake for your idea.
This cake was for my nephews 1 yr birthday party. Info: All images and hat was hand painted. Entire cake is Vanilla butter cream w/ fondant. Bottom cake - 12 inch round two layer chocolate. Middle cake- 10 inch round two layer yellow. Top cake - 6 inch round - 3 layers... 2 chocolate and 1 yellow.
This was done for a church young adult ministry called 4D (Fourth Dimension). It was for a grand re-opening of their young adult/youth building. Details: top cake (choc.) is approx 8x12 with vanilla BC. Bottom cake is two half sheet cakes (yellow) layered with choc. BC. Hand painted logo - no transfer, but used tooth pick impression for a guide. Wrapped in fondant and finally got to experiment with my new icing bag and tips for the first time for the border.
This Marilyn Monroe cake was for my sons girl friend sweet 16 party. This is my first time hand painting a cake. I found it was not much different than regular paint, except you can't make a mistake. lol Details - Half sheet cake (choc.), layer of strawberry filling, butter cream/fondant, hand painted with gel, top of cake covered w/ silver shimmer dust, once again I had to use cheap supermarket icing for border because I still do not have proper tools. :(
I made this for a Superbowl party a while back. I don't have any professional equipment and used the cheap icing containers that you can buy at the supermarket.
This is the second cake that I've made. I was asked to make this for my 4 year old nephew. (Army themed birthday party.) I did not plan this cake out as well as I should have. I did not have enough fondant and because of time I was forced to piece together the left over fondant to wrap the turret, which made for a messy looking cake. I also wanted to decorate the base, but once again did not have enough time. Live and learn.
(Sorry not the best picture) My name is Jay and this is the first time using fondant or modeling chocolate. (Basically, my first non- traditional cake.) I'm not a baker, but I have a long history in art. This is a replica of my brother-in -laws "Zero" skateboard. I had fun making this, but I also learned from my mistakes for next time. Over all I was pretty pleased with how it came out. I am hoping to try working with gum paste for my next cake. Details about cake: Chocolate w/ layer of strawberries - Wheels, large skull and letters are modeling chocolate - skulls and banner are fondant.
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