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Some of the sugar cookies I made for my friends' Muses Mardi Gras Parade Party in 2012. The "M" is for "Muses" in the style of the New Orleans tiles that spells out street names in the city.
Made cookies for my friends' pre-parade party for this year's Mardi Gras.
Fondant decos for cupcakes.
Butterfly-shaped sugar cookies w/fondant (Satin Ice, embossed) and RI w/fondant (SI) pearls. Made 2 dozen for a co-worker.
I wanted to make my birthday cake look like a large Hubig's pie. So, I did. It was French vanilla cake w/a chocolate pie filling. In the interest of time, I omitted the long ingredients listing, the mail order info and the microwave directions - but I think it's still pretty recognizable to anyone in the know about Hubig's. :)
2-tier cake, chocolate w/raspberry filling, fondant. Pearl sheen brushed on, royal icing swirls w/gumpaste Gerbera daisies (approx). The couple had a fit over it, as did their guests. :)
My submission for the Austin "TTTC" show 2010. An oyster on the half-shell w/pearl. Fondant, royal icing, petal and pearl dusts, cake interior, edible lacquer.
Fairytale pumpkin cake for 3 y.o.'s late October birthday. Has some 'costumed' fondant mice playing around it. Used Satin Ice fondant. Cake was vanilla w/orange colored vanilla bean buttercream (real butter).
I made it for my bellydance school's 29th anniversary show. It's a 'doumbek' (drum), draped in a bellydance veil and a hipscarf draped in front. Everything visible is edible. :) Fondant & buttercream over cake.
The little decorative dachshund for my friend's b'day cake. Made of fondant and painted after assembly.
The cake I made for my birthday. I'm a love New Orleans and wanted to finally make my own b'day cake. Fondant (SI) w/ RI 'plaster'. I had my guests make wishes and make the XXX marks - that way everyone got to make a wish not just me. (if you go to New Orleans and see the tomb, pls do not mark on it)
Marzipan covered in white FondX and painted. It was the topper for the birthday cake I did for my friend who's a Rice U graduate.
Sculpted VW Bug for a h.s. graduation/going away party. I airbrushed the "tie-dye" on the board. (my first successful car cake) Thanks for looking! :)
Made for my aunt's birthday yesterday (and this morning). She LOVES "The Lord of the Rings" movies/books. Just buttercream w/fondant Treebeard and leaves.
Backside of a 'bar' cake I made for my bartender friend. I painted the shelf occupants. I may combine front & back pic and reload.
This was for a friend who does genetic research w/mice and her birthday falls on St. Patrick's Day, hence the "Pot O'Gold" cake w/cookies spritzed w/gold. She LOVED it as well as did her husband and our friends. :) The party was great!
My 2009 submission for the "That Takes the Cake" competition in Austin. Roof was supposed to be more substantial, but measurement discrepancies caused a desperate rework in hotel room. Sculpting hidden by two layers of fondant. But judges LOVED my hand work. :)
Fondant cov'd cake for 2 year old little girl, inspired by Fancy Nancy books. I loved making the crown! Hand painted the dots. Not happy w/the bow, but ran out of time. B'day girl LOVED it all! :) That was the goal.
I did this for my aunt's 70th b'day - she's a former ballerina. Tips of pointe shoes for the base tier, OTT luxe middle tier and a glitzed up "Giselle" costume for the top. (that was my fave of her roles) TFL :)
Cake turned out LARGER than expected (courtesy of magi-cake strips!), no time for additional decos, but added some 'ironwork' balconies on a couple of areas. My fave part was painting the masks.
I had a short window to make a cake for Mom's coworker leaving the office to go live a slower-paced life on a farm w/his wife and cattle - hence the cow eating a tie. Thanks to Mommykicksbutt, I used her inspiration cow cake and tweaked a little to make it my own. Fondant over homemade buttercream.
Cake for friend's daughter's accomplishment in Nursing School - she wants to specialize in Neonatology (hence the baby stuff). Nurse hat is gumpaste w/painted stripe. TFL! :)
My first competition cake for the 2008 Austin "That Takes The Cake" Competition. Entered in the Adult Beginner "Sculpted" category. All fondant on golden vanilla cake w/buttercream crumbcoat. Eyes inlaid to black fondant w/some holographic sparkle for highlight. I was pleased w/it, it was honest, clean and true to skill level entered.
Did these for a friend's daughter's Halloween party last year.
I made this for a girl's 9th birthday, who loves New Orleans & pirates, what better than to make Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop?' but I was a bit over-zealous in cutting the first angle - hence the namechange! :) It was my first full fondant and sculpted cake. Each shingle is hand cut, frilled and placed! I entwined the fondants to get a woodgrain for the visible 'structure'. I 'girled' it up w/the addition of the rose vine. :) She LOVED it!
My dad LOVES those marshmallow Peeps! at Easter, so this year I made him a cake in the shape of a giant Peeps! chick! I even threw in some strands of 'basket grass' (scaled up to match the Peeps! chick) out of fondant.
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