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It's basically the same pink castle I did for my daughter's 5th bday but w a tiara thrown in. It's the 1st tiara I've attempted that actually turned out ok. It's fondant w a bit of tylose kneaded in; painted w/ luster dusts and lots of dragees ! Sorry it's blurry... iphone pic.
Last minute cake for my god-daughter's Crimson Tide boyfriend:-) Elephants are MMF mixed w/ Tylose, MMF cut-outs and pom-poms. I'm rusty on the modeling but the elephants turned out satisfactorily. The bday man liked it!
The piano and stool were done with Natalka's brilliant piano template and is gumpaste. The cake is double choc. cake with white choc strawberry mousse filling and ganache icing covered w MMF. Kudos again to Natalka for generously sharing her template! She helped make my 14 yr old daughter's cake a big hit!
348+ pegs. I counted;-) Thanks for the inspiration from the really excellent lego cakes in the gallery. For my lego lover son who turned 12...YIKES!
Had a dickens of a time w/ the screen. Used a large sugar cookie but it softened up and started buckling. If there's a next time I won't do the screen until the day of the event. Keyboard keys are squares of molded white chocolate. Made the mouse w/ the egg shaped Wilton pan. My 6 yr old looked at it and said "the mouse is backwards, Mom." Well for Pete's sake... it was:-)
Poured sugar (isomalt) mini liqueur bottles and shot glasses. Made the molds w/ the Build a Mold latex stuff from Michaels. Had probs w/ the shot glasses rims not wanting to be smooth. My god daughter enjoyed the cake, though.
Bridal shower theme was the Mad hatter teaparty. They wanted brownie petit fours w/ choc. glaze so I contributed these. The pocket watch ones were fun but very time consuming. I used royal icing and a tip 5 to pipe out the round chain holder thingy and the watch turner knob. Painted w/ gold highlighter dust. Sorry about the layout but I was too tired to make it look prettier for a pic:-)
For my DH who loves the beach! Mini choc. shells, fondant beach pail, beach blanket, fences, GP chair (which gave me fits!!)
Wilton inspired design. Vanilla cream cheese poundcake with white choc. mousse/strawberry filling. Fondant/gumpaste flowers, etc. Thanks for looking:-)
I've come to the conclusion that black fondant is a PIA to work with! Had probs w/ cracking but hopefully no one will zero in on the booboos. 12" heart pan w/ sports ball "girls."
stacked 4" by 8" (approx.) cake slices; carved a V on the sides to look like a shopping bag (and cut my finger in the process:-( ) GP shoe. Can't wait to get the shoe kit but it'll have to wait for a while longer. My god daughter really liked it... it's red velvet w/ cream cheese filling. Thanks for looking!
GP plaque w/ his badge; sugared fruit; ganache glaze. It was my 2nd groom's cake and I learned a lot from working on it!
for my 5 yr old DD. MMF embossed w/ stone mat; used the wilton castle pillars. Disney store figures... the dragon was the favorite figure for the boys, of course:-)
top and bottom tiers red velvet w/ cream cheese filling; 2nd layer butter cake w/white choc. strawberry mousse filling; 3rd layer lemon cake w/ lemon meringue BC filling. Quilting on bottom and 3rd layer. Bottom layer a bit saggy... I find it very difficult to cover larger tiers w/ fondant well. Fresh roses really make the cake, I think! My 1st experience w/ blocking a cake for flowers. Sizes are 12", 10", 8" and 6". Bride was pleased so that was a relief:-)
one of my 1st wedding cakes! It has pearls on the sides; royal icing painted with gold dust. Fondant icing.
chocolate makeup, rollers, etc
chocolate transfers of nursery rhymes
a cake to match the invitation. The hanger has given me fits...it broke in a few places. Fondant ribbon roses, etc. GP hanger grrrrrrr!
for my BIL's 40th bday. Sugar bottles and ice...lots of fun to do! thanks for looking:-)
It survived the 2 1/2 hr road trip to Atlanta without mishap...a testament to secure dowel rods!! (especially w/ 3kids in the car chucking stuff at each other the entire way.) The body (7" rounds) is a total of 6 layers double choc. cake w/ choc. rasp. ganache filling. Head is 1 layer + half ball pan van. cake w/ lemon meringue IMBC filling. RKT legs/feet. MMF covering and accents. I was gonna use the little lightbulbs for one of his lenses but neither one in the package would light up:-( My nephew loved it, though, so it was well worth the work. Thanks for looking!
edible image and chess pieces. Fondant covered cake board; coconut cake with choc. ganache icing. My 12 yr old daughter's bday cake. She is such a Twilight fan!
Marzipan tomatoes, carrots, pumpkins, eggplant, cabbage, potatoes. GP wheelbarrow. Have to tell a funny story: I made it for my mom's husband's 80th bday. My mom, coming from WWII era, is very frugal. She loved the wheelbarrow so much she thought I'd like it back to use another cake. Put it in warm soapy water and comes back...nothing left but a gooey pile of brown water. After we both stopped laughing she told me she has a new respect for our sugar mediums:-)
For my son's 10th bday. The tackle box ended up looking like a leprachaun's tool box but I did like the fish. Colette Peter gives great directions! John loved the design, though, so that makes it worth while for me:-) everything is cake and mmf except for the gummy worms.
based on a cake design by katharry; sheep modeled with the assistance of an awesome tutorial on youtube by Mayen: . Sheep are marzipan, white choc. clay, choc. clay, and fondant; fondant accents. It was a BIG hit, I'm proud to add. Thanks for looking!
Based on Elise Strauss's directions and design. My 1st GP shoe! I really need to work on getting straighter edges on my square/rectangle cakes but the customer was very pleased!
based on a wonderful cake decorator's design (Magda from Michigan on Sugarbuzz). Used the ball pan for the Grenade and fabric trim for the details. Chest is separate: bottom layer orange marmalade; lid double choc. with rasp. ganache. Choc mmf covering and straps. Scroll is printer paper w/ the Armaments verse. Great fun to do!
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