Pink Cancer Ribbon
my sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer, i made this cake to help cheer her on for the battle ahead--more tests, surgery, chemo. cream cheese frosting with fondant ribbon roses and center ribbon. didnt sag too much after the 240 mile journey! next time i wont put raspberry puree filling in a cake that has to travel, it caused the center seam to bloop out a bit.
lalaine
lalaine
Pizza Cake
cake covered with cream cheese frosting. fondant used for olives, onions and mushrooms that were painted with food coloring. green frosting for bell peppers. sprinkled grated white chocolate over the whole pizza. pepperoni made from fruit rollups with jimminies stuck on the underside to look like spices and fat. got the idea for this cake from fellow cc'ers, thanks again for a great idea that went over well.
lalaine
lalaine
Baby Bassinette
The base is 3 layers of 9x13 cake, the hood is one 9" round cut in half, standing upright on the cut side, supported on a cardboard base. I used cream cheese frosting for everything except the decorations which are all fondant/gumpaste mixture. Thanks to the many talented people here on cakecentral for the ideas for the bassinette and the booties.
lalaine
lalaine
lalaine
lalaine
Tiara Cake
i have to give full credit to fellow cc'ers for the idea, this is a compilation of several cakes. the middle and bottom layer are cream cheese frosting, the top layer is covered with fondant. the tiara is gumpaste, reinforced with white chocolate in the seams for stability. silver luster dust and edible pearls. it was for my daughter's 21st birthday, she just loved it!
lalaine
Orange & White Tiger
a variation on prior tigers, this time incorporating the white with the orange for a more realistic color combination. all frosting is cream cheese buttercream with the exception of the eyes, i used colored piping gel. cookies for the ears, and uncooked japanese noodles for the whiskers.
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Snowman Cake
this is a 2 tier cake. the hat is 6" round, 2 layers of orange and vanilla cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting, covered with white fondant that was painted black with food color gel. accented with fondant hatband and holly leaves. the snowman face was 3 layers of orange and vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting. face, nose and scarf made out of fondant.
lalaine
lalaine
lalaine
lalaine
Brush Embroidery
raspberry marble cake with chocolate buttercream frosting on sides, cream cheese frosting on top. top plaque made of fondant in advance, with royal icing brush embroidery design, accented with 2 fondant flowers. design came from book called Fabulous Cake Decorating, no author listed, it is a compilation.
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Beer Bottle Cake
this is a modified version of the cakes i made before. the fondant is swirled with 2 colors, rather than painting the wood design with a brush. the bottles and ice are made of a ratio of 2 parts granulated sugar and 1 part corn syrup, stored in the refrigerator a week until ready to use, they kept much better in the summer heat. this was for a special 70th birthday.
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Hearse Cake
Lemon cake with buttercream/cream cheese frosting, covered with fondant. All details are fondant. Silver luster dust painted on bumpers, coach lights, mirrors and door handles. Food coloring used to paint windows. I made this for my son who is visiting from out of state for a belated birthday cake. He always said he wanted a cake that looks like his first car (a 1978 cadillac hearse).
lalaine
lalaine
Cactus & Desert Scene
thanks to all the help from fellow ccers, i was able to combine 2 cakes into one. the top layer is cactus using sports ball pan, cream cheese/buttercream frosting, i had to use toothpicks for needles because my gumpaste ones werent thin enough. flowers are 50-50 gum paste/fondant, painted with food color and brushed with luster dust. middle layer is 8 inch round cake, slighly sculpted to angle in at the bottom, covered with terra cotta colored fondant. bottom layer is 2 ten inch layers of carrot and pineapple cakes, with cream cheese frosting with slight orange flavor. covered with fondant, painted like a watercolor with varying shades of food colors. silouettes are chocolate frosting, piped out to look like joshua trees and coyote. rocks are gumpaste/fondant, sand is crushed nilla wafers. all 3 cakes are dowelled together. this was for my niece's reception out in the desert, she wanted a cactus theme.