Hummingbird And Hibiscus Cake
Humming bird to look as though in flight. Made from 50/50 fondant and gumpaste and on an 18 gauge floral wire. Hand painted with layers of green and blue to blend colors. Gumpaste hibiscus are gumpaste and the FIRST time making flowers.
Cake is 5 layers of dark chocolate cake with alternating fillings of chocolate ganache and chocolate SMB. Covered in MMF.
Pretty!
Thank you! Xoxo
A great attempt. If i was asked to do this I would have a few sleepless night.
I planned this cake out over the course of a few weeks, asking how to do the bird on this site. I molded him and let him dry for a few days (far enough in advance that if he fell apart it was no biggie) Then i added the paint layer by layer in my free time over the course of a few days drying in between layers. The flowers, I watched so many tutorials to learn. And for them, I started off using a MMF with tylose combo...but I was having issues getting the petals paper thin. I tried several different techniques over 3 weeks perfecting the flower. Finally it just dawned on me to BUY store bought gumpaste....HELLO. All of my issues with thinness and ruffling disappeared using just gumpaste. I say this is my "first" gumpaste flowers, however it was a learning process over a few weeks.
By the time it was time for the cake to be assembled, it was all but done. Because I had so much time to play with the idea and learn the techniques it was actually one of my least stressful cakes.
God bless tutorials.
Absolutely gorgeous!
I WOULD LOVE TO VIEW THIS CAKE. FOR SOME REASON THE PICTURE DID NOT COME UP ON MY COMPUTER. :( I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR HUMMINGBIRDS. IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME IN TEXT MESSAGE I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY NUMBER IS 225-505-6664.