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Accoustic guitar cake for a young lady who wanted red roses added to the design. Guitar body was chocolate cake filled with whipped chocolate ganache. Neck and headstock carved of styrofoam and covered in fondant. Tuners, string holders, frets and faceplate made of hardened fondant. Strings were silver crochet thread. Guitar top was covered in fondant. Sides, borders, and roses were BC.
Inspired by others on this site. For my niece's birthday. The dog looks like her pet "Tiny." It was made of cupcakes and pieces of cake, then BC "hair" was added with a No. 233 tip. Bottom tier in chocolate with chocolate buttercream filllin, iced in BC. This was so much fun to make and to see my niece's face when she saw it!
Monkey cake for a girl's birthday. Monkey/banana shaped tier in chocolate cake was cut from a 9X13 and details added in BC. Bottom tier was 10 inch round in white chocolate filled with chocolate buttercream. Small bananas and trees were fondant. All iced in BC.
My version of the Fist of Rock inspired by Duff Goldman and others on this site. For my musician son's birthday. Fist was carved of molding chocolate. Bracelet, chain, and flames were fondant. Top tier covered in fondant; bottom tier was BC.
Finding Nemo birthday cake for two boys, inspired by cakes seen on this site. Sign, coral, and seaweed were fondant. Nemo characters were purchased toys.
Made this for my nephew who is a huge fan of WWE and the Hardy Boyz. Inspired by others on CC. BC with fondant sides. Posts were marshmallows sprayed with Color Mist. Hardy Boyz edible image.
Made this for my grandson's 18th birthday. He is a Legend of Zelda fanatic and has the real shield that I used as the model. Carved from an 11x15 sheet cake - Single 2 in. layer lemon cake - torted and covered in BC. Details made of fondant then silver luster dust was added to the gray pieces to look metallic like the real shield.
Birthday cake for an avid Bingo player. 8 in. round marble cake covered in BC. Base of Bingo card and balls were fondant. Card was printed on rice paper and applied to the fondant base. Pearl lustre dust was used to add a bit of sparkle. Numbers on the card and balls were significant in the life of the birthday girl. The three balls at the front were her birth date (30), her age (49), and year of birth (59).
Carved Elmo done in pound cake covered in BC on 8 in. chocolate round covered in BC. Fondant eyes, nose, mouth, and dots on cake. Arms, legs, and feet were carved from a separate pound cake and attached to body and cake with skewers. Small circle of cake board on dowel rods supported Elmo and one dowel inserted through Elmo and round was used for further support.
My first attempt making a guitar replica! 3/4-lifesize of my son's favorite guitar. Overall length - 36 in. Body of the guitar was carved from a 12 x 18 sheet cake, torted and filled with BC, covered with BC, then fondant placed on top only. Airbrushed dark color shading and painted lightning bolts with thinned white food color. Neck and headstock were carved of styrofoam then covered with fondant. Accent pieces were gumpaste. Did not add strings - couldn't find anything that looked right. My son loved it!
BC with fondant and edible image trims. Wilton's guitar pan and 12X18 sheet pan. So much fun to make for cousins sharing a birthday! They both loved it!
This was for a little girl's 2nd birthday. It is chocolate cake decorated in BC.
Another view of my medieval castle cake.
My first castle cake - done for a medieval theme party! It was huge - served 120! Bottom is a cake dummy covered in fondant stones adhered with royal icing. Top is enhanced white cake w/ white ganache filling; towers are dark chocolate w/ chocolate ganache filling. Top and towers covered in gray tinted buttercream. Drawbridge, pavers, windows, and battlements are fondant. Water was done with piping gel. Royal icing grass surrounds the moat.
This was for a friend's 25th anniversary. Butter yellow cake with lemon filling and chocolate cake with raspberry filling. Iced in BC with gumpaste flower cascades. Separator was a glass compote turned upside down over a large gumpaste rose. Gave a nice effect.
My first doll cake. Made for granddaughter's 5th birthday. She is crazy about Barbie. Made from Wilton's Wonder Mold and Barbie doll pick. French Vanilla cake iced in strawberry BC. This was a fun cake to do!
My first attempt at a cake like this; wasn't happy with the bear, but will get better with practice. Made for a friend's baby shower - she loved it! Bottom cake was French Vanilla with raspberry filling; bear was chocolate pound cake. Both iced in BC; decorated with fondant blankie and purchased baby shower favors.
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