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Our Troop had a ceremony for 5 new Eagle Scouts yesterday. This is the cake I made for the boys. The merits badges and charity organization logos are gum paste, hand painted with Americolor gels (my new favorite food colorings!) the boys are made out of fondant and the eagle is rkt covered in first melted chocolate (to make extra sure it would stay together :-), then modeling chocolate feathers. This one just about gave me a heart attack as I watched in my review mirror as it started to fall apart on the way to the venue...I had to basically re-ice the bottom layer when I got there because the boarder fell off almost all the way around it (darn FL heat!) thank goodness I always take my 'what if' bag of icing and implements with me! So, it wasn't perfect, but passable by the time the guests got there and everyone loved it. Thanks for looking and thanks to everyone on this forum for all the inspiration and helpful info!
The cake I made for my son and 3 of his fellow scouts that just received their Eagle Scout rank. The decorations are fondant and gum paste. The eagle ended up having to be made from Styrofoam (got really hot really quick here in Florida), he is covered in modeling chocolate with gum paste eyes and a fondant beak/feet. The feathers were all 'textured' one line at a time - if anyone knows of a good feather mold/press please comment and let me know where you found it. :-) The tree is dowel rods rods and PVC pipe. Thanks for looking.
Vanilla cake with basic buttercream icing... a nice change from fondant, gumpaste, luster dust. :-)
Hamburger cake (with Scooby Doo cake topper).
Space Shuttle cake for my son's Cub Scout Pack Blue and Gold ceremony. 'Fins' made from fondant/gumpaste.
First time with a shoe and a shoebox. Shoe made from modeling chocolate using a template found here on CC. Other decorations in fondant and gumpaste flowers. "Disco dust' for the glitter (fun stuff - but MESSY, be prepared.) I was amazed that the shoe box was harder to get right than the shoe! I was very proud of the gold (paited with luster dust) compact. I reallly thought it turned out well.
For a beach themed Wedding. Shells are white chocloate painted wih peach luster dust.
A friend ordered a cake for a pig roast... actually wanted a PIG... I couldn't bring myself to make a dead-roasting-on-the-spit type, so this is what they got. Made with the Wilton Easter Egg pan. (snout, ears, and tail are fondant)
Surfboard/Beach cake for my nieces Hawaii themed birthday party
Giant Burger Cake with a Scooby Doo Candle topper.
Made this cake when the best boss ever retired from work... sad day.
BCT of a silly old bear for my niece's birthday. She was amazed (it was one of the easiest cakes I've ever made... but don't tell her that).
My son's cub scout pack Blue and Gold Banquet cake. The theme was American Indians (obviously).
Blue and Gold Cake for local Cub Pack. Four scenes (pinewood derby, popcorn sales, scouting for food, and crossover). Most pieces made with gumpaste or fondant (the boys). Signs are gumpaste painted with food color and vanilla.
This cake is in the Christmas section of the 2005 Wilton Yearbook. I've been itching to make it for a long time. It was a lot of fun and a LOT of hard work. Thanks for looking
my son's cub scouts blue and gold banquet cake. I make the men and blankets and other decorations from fondant. The plates, cups, and coffee pot are fondant 'painted' with silver dust and vanilla. To make the rope I pushed fondant through a play dough press (reserved exclusively for fondant) and twisted the strands together.
My son's cub scout blue and gold banquet cake. I made the 'boys' from cookies and decorated them in royal icing and did the hats and scarfs in fondant. The 'tents' are graham crackers covered in fondant. The 'rocks' are candies I found at my local cake decorating store.
Tulips made from gum paste.
Baby Shower cake with angels and stars made of fondant
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