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I saw this cake in a sugarcraft magazine and just happened to have a friend whose sister is leaving New Zealand tonight to go back to live in Utah. Given that we are a country with a gazillion sheep I thought this would go down well at her leaving lunch. I need to say A HUGE thank you to Aine2 who gave me a picture by picture tutorial on how to cover a cake & the cake board. I think it looks so much more professional. I have always been really scared to attempt it. She showed me step by step a really easy way to do this. This free tutorial will be shown on her blog in the next few days for everyone to share. Lorraine you are just too fabulous for words!!!
This cake has aged me ten years this week. Figures, flowers and pergola are gumpaste. Thanks to everyone who helped with hints on how to cover larger cakes in fondant. You really did help a lot! This is my first (and probably last LOL) wedding cake, thanks for looking :)
Boy this wedding topper thing is way way harder than it looked! She is all gumpaste.
I am thinking about entering a cake competition (my first) which is in three weeks time. Its at a Farmers Market Fair - first prize is a whopping $8 (thats about $5us) LOL. It will be in the novelty wedding cake section. I used the instructions out a Lindy Smith book, but as its so hot and humid here she sunk down into herself which made her look like she has no legs! Back to the drawing board I guess :)
This year I made the decision to start getting some proper lessons. I have started with flowers. Here is my first completed attempt the Hibiscus. Boy I had no Idea flower making was so fiddly & intricate huge kudos to you all out there that do them all the time!
This is a cake for a colleague at work who is leaving to study full-time to become a midwife. Hence the To a life of Miracles. My house was littered with Aine2 cake photos. You are such an inspiration! Also thanks to Katskakes for sharing some clay modelling instructions with me (the little teddy)
And yet more babies....
Mare babies for a baby cake
I have to do a cake for someone who is leaving work to study to become a midwife. They want babies all over the cake. Here is the topper. Its from the Lindy Smith book (I did this ages ago), but I totally copied Aine2s version as I think hers is even cuter!!
Boy I wish Wilton would give full instructions on the variations of their pans, I find this sooooo difficult! Had to change the uniform to match our coppers here in NZ. Its for my BIL - his birthday was while we were away a few weeks ago and this is a last minute BBQ. So here is my last minute cake!!!! Oh dear
Thanks to MissyV110 I can not longer make a cupcake and snap off a pic, she has made me think about the photograph and the presentation, she is masterful. And I have a heck of a lot to learn LOL!
Okay okay I know a tad over the top! But Id originally made this shoe for this polka dot mad friend so had to use it somewhere!!! I hope she doesnt expect 3 cakes every birthday! This is a MILK chocolate mud cake, its sweet_as_tisses recipe, it is awesome and she gives out the recipe if you are interested!
This is the second of three cakes for a polka dot mad friend.
This is the first of THREE cakes I am making for a friends birthday tonight. I couldnt decide which cake I wanted to make so I am doing all three!!! This is a dummy cake so she will be able to take it home with her. I cant post a cake with a figure on it without thanking Aine2 without her I would have never ventured into the modelling world :)
I made this the other night. First time working with pre-made chocolate fondant and I really didnt like it. Found it quite hard to work with. Shame as it actually tasted quite nice! Sorry about the bad picture.
I have two handbag cakes to make in the next two months, so did this as a practice. I carved a very fresh cake so this wasnt the shape I wanted, will have to try the freezing thing. Fondant & gumpaste, painted with lustre dust.
I had some left over cake batter so I put in the mini wonder mold. Made this little princess. Fondant top and gumpaste crown painted with lustre dust. Happy New Year!
This cake Ive made for my mum. She loves roses. I had terrible trouble with the buttercream so the squiggly lines were an attempt to cover up the horrid icing job it did! I need to say a BIG thank you to Sweet_as_tisse who let me bombard her with questions about flowers and cake jewellery over the last two nights! This is nothing like what I had planned but then most of my cakes take a dramatic twist somewhere along the line! (dont want to make another rose for a very long time!)
Another mud cake with a chocolate wrap, chocolate slabs, chocolate curls chocolate ganache. This is the second one of three mud cakes I have to make this Christmas. Thanks to Sweet_as_tisse giving me her mud cake recipe I now get asked to make this. Now that ShirleyW has taught me how to do a wrap they will never be plain again!
Big Huge thank you to ShirleyW for her instructions on chocolate wraps. This is my first try. Im liking the chocolate art! Its a chocolate mud cake covered in chocolate ganache, chocolate curls, chocolate slabs and the chocolate wrap.
This is a surprise for a co-worker who is off to Thailand for two weeks. After a really hard year I thought Id see her off in style. Help & inspirations from DianeLM & srmaxwell.... huge thanks to them. Figure is gumpaste as is the straps, the rest is fondant.
Santa has been enjoying a little too much Christmas cheer hes now stuck up the chimney. Not sure if you can see in this photo but Santa is hanging with his feet off the ground. This is an 8 inch square fruit cake (with the end cut off and then tipped on its side), the mantelpiece is the cake, covered in fondant with gumpaste & fondant decorations. This is a surprise for my in-laws on Christmas day. The backing is wrapping paper was supposed to look like wallpaper. All edible.
Chocolate Mud cake - thanks Kylie (sweet_as_tisse) for your awesome recipe!!!! Chocolate transfers, chocolate ganache and chocolate buttercream a heart attack on a plate. This is for my husbands Christmas party (he is a policeman (Dog Section) if you are wondering what the connection is LOL!)
I have been planning this cake for months. My boss asked me to do this for his daughter as she is graduating primary school. Ill try and post better photos later.
Practicing modelling figures (different positions, clothing and hairstyles). Modelling is the most rewarding BUT frustrating, annoying, disappointing part of cake decorating for me! Note to self, marzipan doesnt like being turned into gumpaste :(
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