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Building Blocks - Halloween Themed Birthday Cake
Cake baked in Silverwood bakeware, giving very square corners. Square 6" and 8" cakes filled with meringue buttercream and coated in ganache before applying fondant. Chocopan Dream rolled fondant in Purple Passion and Chocopan Gourmet Dark Chocolate fondant in black. Mixture of fondant and gum paste used for all blocks - moulded and those cut on a grid for side blocks. Moulds created using MakeYourOwnMolds.com CopyFlex™ Silicone. Wilton CandyMelts used for spider webs and name on cake. Spooky eyes created with small oval cookie cutter and smallest round cutter from Wilton fondant cutter set. Jack-o-lanterns formed around Wilton 2" globe pillars. Mini figures from LEGO Halloween sets.
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Janet's Sugar Art - Wilton Advanced Fondant Class Project
Three tier "cake" from class with Colette Peters @ Wilton School of Cake Decorating. Bottom tier - Marbled fondant with brush embroidery. Middle tier - Marbled fondant, quilted. Top tier - Mold from Colette Peters collection. Hand made peonies, hydrangeas, sweet peas, roses.
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Emily's Ruffled Rosette Wedding Cake
Ruffled rosettes using 50/50 fondant & gum paste on 14"x4" round. Lace mold and flexible lace - Claire Bowman products on 10"x6:" tier. 24 k gold dust on 8"x2" dummy tier (trellis) and on gum paste monogram (wired). Isomalt jewel (purchased on eBay) on 6"X4" tier. Gold Pearl dust (GSA) for satiny look on lace and swag. Super Pearl dust (GSA) on aqua (10" tier). Colors made with Wilton ColorRight color system. Aqua = 2 drops blue, 1 drop brown per 3 lbs. fondant. Blush = 3 (or more) drops brown per 2 lbs 50/50 fondant/gumpaste blend. Carma Massa Ticino Tropical fondant and Satin Ice gum paste used on this cake. Flavors: Peanut Butter & chocolate chip, Dark Chocolate Fudge, & Vanilla cake. Chocolate truffle filling (ganache with bittersweet chocolate) and Swiss Meringue Buttercream for some filling and layer under fondant.
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Bride And Groom
From Lindy's "Bake Me, I'm Yours: Cookies" (pattern included in book). Decorated with Chocopan fondant. Gown and vest dusted with pearl dust. Bride's gown pattern uses a fondant mat. Groom's vest imprinted with a petite flower cutter from a gum paste flower set. See my posting for "No Fail Sugar Cookies" - a recipe from FancyFlours.com.
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Fun Flowers
Sugar cookies (recipe and directions from fancyflours.com) covered with Chocopan rolled fondant. Flower decorations cut from various gum paste flower cutters (use gum paste or fondant). After cutting the white fondant backgrounds with matching size cookie cutter, chill the fondant pieces on the mat in fridge for about 10 minutes for easy removal. Attach to cooled cookies with water or a little corn syrup.
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Valentine Heart Cookies
Sugar cookies (recipe and directions from fancyflours.com) covered with Chocopan rolled fondant. Designs from fondant mats and imprinted rolling pins. Cut the heart shapes after pressing pattern into fondant rolled out onto silicone mat. Chill the fondant pieces on the mat in fridge for about 10 minutes for easy removal. Attach to cooled cookies with water or a little corn syrup.


















