Everything Old Is New Again

Decorating By ShirleyW Updated 6 Mar 2007 , 11:35am by SScakes

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ShirleyW Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 4:52am
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Kim (Confectionary1) surprised me with something amazing tonight. Her husband is a photographer and he restored one of my cake photos from 1972. I couldn't believe the difference. What a lovely thing to do for me. The top photo is the restored version of the lower photo.
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Michelle104 Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 4:55am
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Hey Shirley! The pics didn't post! I'm gonna check in you photos.....

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Michelle104 Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 4:56am
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I just clicked back....and the pics magically appeared!!! LOL!! Those are beautiful!!!

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ShirleyW Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 4:58am
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I was probably editing the spelling when you were trying to see the photos, sorry. icon_biggrin.gif

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mkerton Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:03am
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wow that makes a huge difference! Cool

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sassijen Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:07am
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WOW he did a great job, I bet your just thrilled!!!!

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Janette Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:07am
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What a difference. Your cake looks great.

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freddyfl Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:09am
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Are those royal icing frilly things on the sides? That cake is amazing! The lower picture definitely looks like seventies film.

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katharry Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:12am
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Hi Shirley, that looks fabulous! Can you give us a little detail on how you achieved this cake? Is the lace work royal icing? Your skills are amazing!

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ilovemypc Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:24am
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What a beautiful cake ! He did a great job

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NewbeeBaker Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:35am
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What an amazing difference that made=) You can see so much more of the detail done!

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ShirleyW Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:35am
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I was thrilled, it was like seeing the cake when I was actually working on it all those years ago. The "Wings" on the sides of the cake are royal icing piped onto a pattern from a South African cake class I took in 1972. I don't have the patterns any longer. I laid a piece of waxed paper over the pattern and piped with a #4 tip in royal icing, then over piped with a #2 tip. Let them dry overnight and then carefully worked them off the paper. Turned them over and piped on the other side and let them dry again. Make 3, break 2, that kind of thing. icon_biggrin.gif

Kathryn, the bevels were styrofoam iced in royal and overpiped in the Lambeth method with royal icing. The cake itself is iced in buttercream.

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nicoles-a-tryin Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:39am
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That is amazing!! How fabulous!!

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jackie64 Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 5:48am
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Thats a beautiful cake. icon_smile.gif

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bonniesido Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 2:13pm
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Your cake is fabulous in any picture, but the new photo is very nice!

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kelly75 Posted 3 Mar 2007 , 9:10pm
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Hey Shirley, no wonder you're so good at this...you've been doing it since before I was born!

The restored photo looks great, by the way. It must be good to see it again as it originally looked!

Kelly

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JanH Posted 4 Mar 2007 , 9:14am
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OMG, that is just so amazing; looks like the picture was just taken!

The cake itself is gorgeous; love the lacy "wings" - and using dummies for the beveled cake is quite clever.

Do you think the Lambeth style could be combined with the Sugarveil icing to achieve a highly stylized cake that could be eaten (without removing the decorations)?

That would sure be something icon_smile.gif

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ShirleyW Posted 4 Mar 2007 , 5:27pm
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Jan,
I have never used the sugar veil and have not actually seen any of that type of work done in person so am not sure how it would look combined with Lambeth. I'll pass the torch on to you. How's about you try it and let us know how it worked for you?
And Kelly, I've been doing cakes since before several of my own children were born too. I started in 1959. Can you say Oldddd?

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Sugar_Plum_Fairy Posted 4 Mar 2007 , 10:34pm
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Shirley, you're as young as you feel (by those standards I'm probably older than you - although realistically I'm 37). icon_rolleyes.gif

Your cake is so beautiful and elegant. It must be so nice to have a photo that looks brand new of a cake you made so long ago. Enjoy it!

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mkolmar Posted 4 Mar 2007 , 11:24pm
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That's so nice of him to do! Your cake looks beautiful!

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SScakes Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 11:35am
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wow, those are really nice. I'm South African and feel really chaffed that you learn't that from a South African class.

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