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gumpaste '8', airbrushed 'sunset' design, piped buttercream palm trees. airbrushed background 'hawaiin shirt' pattern. fondant teardrops, arranged to look like flowers. buttercream swirls and flower stamens.
buttercream transfer hokie bird. the hardest part of this cake was sketching the design onto parchment paper first so we could get it right before any cake was sacrificed. do you know how many angles and measuremnts are in this "simple" logo?!?!?!??! zomg!
gumpaste leaves, airbrushed and painted with luster dusts
gumpaste booties
Four 6" rounds, 9" hexagon, covered in fondant, airbrushed. clear piping gel 'water drops'. gumpaste handle. handmade gumpaste pretzels, painted with ivory gel color, sprinkled with sanding sugar. gumpaste coast gaurd emblem, painted with luster dusts.
fondant pleats, cornelli lace, swiss dots with silver dragee accents, basketweave. fresh flowers
8,9 and 5,6 rounds carved slanted/tilted, all buttercream. fondant '13', roses, and plaque.
i carved the piano shape from a 9" square. the lid is fondant covered cardboard. the legs are 7" push-in pillars painted with chocolate. they are pushed into 2 stacked 1/2 sheets.
Chocolate Fudge cake with Truffle Filling, Italian Meringue Buttercream, Covered in 'Tiffany"' Blue Fondant. The Bow, Tag and Rings are hand-made from Gumpaste, dusted with Luster Dusts.
cornelli lace and silk flowers
sort of a mad-hatter/whimsy theme. but i didnt want to do those slanted tiers. handmade the chess figures from gumpaste.
single layer 8" stacked onto a 1/2 sheet. white cake with white choc mousse and raspberry fillings. buttercream roses.
free-hand scrollwork in buttercream. can i just say that i hate doing hexagon cakes? they take FOREVER!
client provided an invitation for me to match.
1/4 sheet and jelly rolls stacked on full sheet cake.
double choc cake, raspberry and ganache fillings, covered in fondant, decorated with ganache. rose is chocolate candy clay. i've done this design for father's day, although this cake was actually for a birthday party -note the birthdate.
this is the cake i made for my daughter's first communion party. it could easily pass as a wedding cake design as well.
i made this dummy cake as sort of a 'sampler' of buttercream designs and techniques. the rose and bow are fondant. my next dummy cake will be fondant and colorful!
a few years ago, i had done a cake in lavendar and purple with a fondant baby face and star cutouts to match the napkin and decorations for a baby shower. this client saw *that* picture and ordered the same cake but in blue.
red velvet cake (with choc pudding mix added), buttercream filling, covered in green-tinted fondant, and choc fondant bow. fondant pine cones, buttercream pine brances. pearl and sparkle dusts.
This cake is choc cake, raspberry filling and ganache, covered in vanilla and choc fondant. the 'handle' (fret? LOL) is cardboard wrapped with fondant. it is held up by a square of cardboard wrapped in the same foil as the board. the strings are nylon (next time i'll use something better for the strings, they wouldnt stay straight!)
This client requested a cake for her mother's 90th birthday. 3 cakes to represent the daughters, surrounding a center cake to represent the woman. she said the theme was sunshine, birds, and flowers. (????) so this is the design i came up with :) 2 are yellow cake and 2 are chocolate cake, nest and flowers are buttercream. the bird is a styrofoam/feather craft-type thing.
Almond cake with almond buttercream, covered in homemade marshmallow fondant. I handmade the poker chips and playing cards out of gumpaste, and then handpainted. The letters are gumpaste formed and dried, then decorated with airbrush and luster dusts. Unfortunatly the words wouldnt stand up (they kept breaking), so I had to lay them on the cake. I was pretty disappointed about that, oh well.
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