Centerpiece
Cake inspired by a few others on this site. Thank you. 2- 4"x3" stacked and individually covered in fondant w/BC underneath. All detail fondant except ribbon. Poem is by Donna G. Sheehan (Donnasholidaysentiments.com) and used with her permission. This cake was a donation to our church's annual talent auction. Thanks for looking.
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Card Table Details
Sorry for a second photo, waited awhile before adding so I didn't bump any others off too quickly. Had to add, the other photo didn't show these well. All items on table in gumpaste. Salt on pretzels is white chocolate. Details painted with the point of a pin. None of the details were larger than half an inch. Fun to do! Thanks for looking!
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Euchre Night
This cake was a donation for the Euchre night fund raiser held at my DD school over the weekend. 12x18 WASC sheet cake covered in DreamWhip frosting (thanks IndyDebi) w/chocolate transfers on sides. 8x3 chocolate cakes covered in DW frosting and fondant. Pop,paper plates,pretzels,cards on tables in gumpaste. Banner in fondant with molded candy melt letters. First time introducing my cakes to community, so a big step for me. Lots of cards were handed out! Now I may actually have to start working! ;)
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Bathing Dumbo
While looking through Dumbo coloring pages, my DD says, "I want my cake to look like THAT for my 5th birthday!" So, here it is! 2-8x3's stacked, covered in BC, then fondant, hand painted. Fondant bubbles, water in tub is RI, spilled water at base is poured sugar, as well as water spout (wires dipped into sugar solution.) Dumbo is RKT covered in RI, then fondant. Ears are fondant/gum paste mixture. Fun to do and she LOVED it!
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Fall Sports Cake
This is a sheet cake I donated to my daughter's middle school. They had a sports assembly to recognize the v-ball and football players,so the cake needed a dual theme. Cake covered in BC and fondant. All decorations are fondant. V-ball court hand painted. Football field sprayed w/color mist (no airbrush yet.)
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Female Doctor's Coat & Shirt
This is a cake for my SIL. She just finished her last day as a resident and will soon start her job as a Hospitalist. Cake covered in BC and fondant. All decorations are fondant other than paper ID badge. Her picture and name are purposely blurred for her privacy. Stethoscope has luster dust for metallic affect (photo doesn't show this well.) The black part of the stethoscope was brushed lightly with water to give it sheen. The cake was presented to her in a shirt box
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Pepsi Cake
This was a very last minute cake (4hr notice to bake,decorate,and walk out the door!) I made for my mother-in-law for her birthday. I have never seen her without a 20 oz. bottle of Pepsi near her. The cake is 2 9x13 layers carved. One layer is chocolate the other vanilla. There is a layer of Oreo buttercream in the center. The cake was covered in BC, then with chocolate fondant. The decorations are all fondant as well. The lettering looked a lot straighter than it does in the picture. :)
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Trophy Walleye
This cake is for my brother who caught a trophy walleye earlier this year and is still waiting to get it back mounted. Full sheet cake carved. Covered in BC, then fondant. All detail work including fins done in fondant. Plaque is fondant brushed with vodka diluted icing color. After it started to dry, I drug a dry brush across to give wood grain appearance. I don't have an airbrush, so color was applied with a mesh garment bag dipped into thinned icing color giving the scale affect.Thanks for looking!
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Big Red Barn Pop-Up Storybook Cake
Cake for my youngest daughter's 2nd b-day.Cake is based on her fav. book, "Big Red Barn" by Margaret Wise Brown. Barn (carved) and bottom dummy cake covered in BC then fondant.(Bottom cake fondant then had BC grass/dirt frosted on top.)All animals and hose are fondant.(Geese feet gum paste.)Scarecrow, water pail, and weather vane are gum paste.Haystacks are marshmallow covered in Royal icing, nest also RI. Eggs are fondant.Roof is graham crackers covered in RI to hold in place.This cake was very fun!
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Lizard Cake
This was my first attempt at carving a cake. This cake is 2 9x13 cakes stacked, the tail is also cake, until it got too small of course. I used the scrap cake from the body for the tail. The tongue and legs are florist wire covered in MMF. The scales are cut from the opening of a decorating tip that fits the large size couplers. She had seen a similar cake at the cake decorating supply store we always visit for supplies and said "I want that cake for my next birthday!" She was surprised I remembered!
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Life In Pictures
This cake was for my oldest daughter's 10th b-day. She wanted a movie star themed birthday, so this cake seemed fitting. Cake and decorations are all BC except for the pictures which are Edible Images. My local grocery store was willing to print them out for me, for a significant charge of course. The larger photos on the top are her at 1 and 10, the others photos are of her at each of the other years chronologically.
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Chef Hat
Cupcake shaped pan frosted w/BC then cover in MMF. The roses are also MMF. My second oldest daughter had a chef party for her 6th b-day. The kids made their own pizzas and even got to try their hand at decorating cupcakes with various colored frostings and tips. What fun watching the next generation of cake decorators!
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Little Mermaid Birthday Cake
This is a completely edible birthday cake for my second youngest daughter's 4th birthday. Cake covered in BC. Sanding sugar (sand), white chocolate shells (the lg. one on top too) brushed with Luster dust, white chocolate turtles, coral, and letters. Fondant Ariel, Flounder, trumpet fish, Sebastian (my husband's contribution), and red fish (my 5 yr. old daughter's contribution). This was my first attempt at making figures from fondant. My daughter was happy! Thanks to jbfranco for the inspiration!