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Made for my grandbaby's 2nd birthday. Chocolate and vanilla cake filled with cinnamon caramel and iced with brown butter SMBC. Elmo is 13 inches tall while sitting. I made Dorothy too, since my mom is a Dorothy and has always been tickled they shared the name! I love how it turned out for my tiny Elmo fan!
My first tulips and I'm very happy with them. Just for fun.
8, 12 and 14 inch offset squares. White cake filled with strawberry SMBC and chocolate fudge cake, filled with bittersweet chocolate frosting and chopped Heath bars. Covered in white Satin Ice, quilted with blue sugar pearls at each point. Silk hydrangeas and real ribbon.
8 inch chocolate fudge cake, filled with peanut butter SMBC, iced in SMBC, covered in fondant folded to look like wrapping paper. Gumpaste Christmas bow painting with silk white luster dust, mixed with a tiny bit of pink. Sugar pearls dusted with silk white. Gumpaste poinsettia.
Created for a realtor for his holiday birthday. The house and large tree were lit with battery operated lights. Ten and 14 inch white cakes, filled with raspberry, iced in SMBC. Roof tiles cut from fondant, dipped in black sanding sugar. Bare tree made from floral wire painted with chocolate. The house topper and large tree had foam bases.
Made for my son's girlfriend for her graduation from cosmetology school. She's fun and sassy and I wanted the cake to reflect that. It's a 6 and 10 inch, chocolate and white cakes, filled with bittersweet chocolate frosting and chopped peanut butter cups, iced in SMBC. I painted the leopard spots. The purse is made from RTK with gumpaste handles. Gumpaste rose.
Twelve inch square cake, made for a darling little boy, by request. Boba Fett is his favorite lego. Boba is made from RTK, covered in fondant.
Six and 9 inch white cakes, filled with chocolate sour cream butttercream, iced in SMBC. Pale green/blue ribbons and bows. Gumpaste flowers accented with silver dragees.
Six, 10 and 14 inch cakes, yellow and chocolate, all iced in SMBC and covered in white Satin Ice. Decorated with fondant lace and pearls. Gumpaste red and white roses (I'm addicted to making roses!).
Made for a surprise shower for 4 mama's to be from our summer school staff. Nine and 12 inch cakes, white and chocolate, iced in SMBC, covered in Satin Ice. Gumpaste bow and baby. The moon was stryfoam covered in fondant.
Made for my god-sister. She was having a book published, a play she wrote performed and a birthday, all within a month. So, this cake was to honor all of that. Edible images of the actual play bill and book cover. Gumpaste flowers and mask.
Six, ten, fourteen inch rounds, sitting on 8 more six inch rounds. White cakes filled with raspberry and chocolate cakes filled with caramel. All iced in SMBC, covered in robin's egg blue fondant. I taught myself to make gumpaste roses, peonies and hydrangeas to cover the cake. Large bow with long tails painted in super pearl dust. The cake is surrounded by wheat grass. The theme of the wedding was spring/garden. Birds are collectibles.
Made for a surprise "Mary Englebreit" themed birthday party. WVSC cake, 9 inches, iced and filled with SMBC. First slice cake. She just said to match the decorations and "make it pretty" and this is what I came up with. The gumpaste candle is laying by the cake. I thought she should get to choose where to place it on the cake.
Made as a surprise for a friend who loves to call herself a pirate. German Chocolate cake, filled with fudge and caramel. I used MMF to cover the cake. The treasure chest was made of fondant covered RTK, the jewels aren't edible. The sails were made from manila folders I soaked in tea to "age".
Six, 10 and 14 inch layers, 6 inches tall. All WVSC cake with SMBC. Ivory fondant with black sugar pearls. I used a 1 1/2 inch impression mat on the 6 and 14 inch, and a 2 inch impression on the 10 inch. The ribbon was satin and the stand skirt was also satin tapestry fabric.
Made for my dear friend, for a milestone birthday. My first gift box cakes, first gumpaste roses, first gumpaste tissue paper. I played with an embosser and my lace and pearl formers. Twelve inch square, 6 inch round, WVSC, iced in SMBC, covered in Ivory Satin Ice. The lid is foam. The birthday girl up and went out of town on me, so I had to freeze the iced cakes and finish it today (4 days later). There's some sagging at the base, which I'm really disappointed in. But, overall pretty happy!
This was a big cake! Two 16 inch layers, cut in half and stacked. Half WVSC, half chocolate. I used almost 5 pounds of Red Satin Ice! All edible. I had made RI ladders, and was thrilled with them, but knocked the tray on the floor. So, the ladders ended up being piped on. This was fun to make, for a special 4 year old.
I made this for my dad's 70th birthday. They had a 50 year old sweet gum tree he had just cut down. My family had picked up those sticker balls for years! The tree had one of those tree faces. The hachet had his initials, I added a little romantic touch to the back for my folks' long marriage. The bluebird and little mole were also personal touches. Royal icing sticker balls. This was 3 split 6 inch layers covered in chocolate fondant. I loved making this cake!
2 layer 11x15 cakes, one layer chocolate, one vanilla, iced in Buttercream Dream. The shark was RTK covered in fondant. Gumpaste teeth and surfboard. The 7 year old wanted a "not too scary but still cool" shark, with a bite taken out of his name. He was delighted with his cake. So, success!
Made for a 20 year old guy who's majoring in construction management. WVSC cake, iced in Buttercream Dream, covered in Fondarific fondant. Treads were RTK covered in fondant. Brown sugar/graham cracker "dirt". Lots of fun to do!
8 and 12 inch chocolate fudge cake, iced in dark chocolate fudge buttercream in a basketweave pattern. Covered in chocolate ganache and fresh strawberries. The bride requested a "romantic" Browning symbol for her hunting groom.
10 inch round, 14 inch hexagon, 16 inch square, all WVSC cake, iced in SMBC, covered in ivory Satin Ice. LOTS of scrollwork and hours placing silver dragees with tweezers! This was my first time piping scrollwork, but, I think it turned out really well. The bride didn't want any flowers on the top of her cake. TFL!
Made for a baby shower cake from 50/50 MMF and gumpaste. I used some darling little stickers and tiny jewels to "bling" them up! They got a broken lace when my DH dropped one! Luckily, that's all that cracked. As always, thanks to Stellastarchild for her wonderful template!
12 and 6 inch chocolate and yellow cakes, iced in SMBC. Fondant bow, ribbon and daisies. I added a little "bling" to fondant baby Converse sneakers and love how they turned out, even though they're not the best little sneakers I've ever made. I broke my mixer AND my pasta roller doing this cake and it was even a freebie! Yikes! TFL!!!
Two tier 11x15 WVSC cake, iced in buttercream dream. Monster truck is RKT, covered in fondant, and then hand painted. The little boy wanted the engine on fire!
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