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Four layers covered in homemade MMF. I learned the hard way that gumpaste figures can be WAY too heavy to put on top of a cake. The tree branch (yes, that's what that is :)) is made of chocolate clay and the leaves are fondant (the light ones) and sugar sheetz (the dark ones). Thanks for looking!
Chocolate buttercream cupcake bouquet using the "tiny plastic solo cup" method. Thanks for looking!
"S" emblem is made from Sugar Sheets (edible paper) brushed with pearl dust for the highlight effect. Everything else is BC. Thanks for looking!
Two layer 8" covered in buttercream. Logo is made from edible sugar paper. I wanted a less-frilly border so I went with a round tip. (Hard to get a smooth border!) Thanks for looking!
This is a 4-layer 9" round iced in buttercream made for my son's 10th birthday. Thanks for looking!
The hat is made of RK treat coated in butterceam. It sits on a two-layer 9x13" cake also coated in buttercream. I'm glad the hat didn't topple over in the trunk during delivery!!!
This was made for a huge fan of the band Nirvana. Just a two-layer coated in BC decorated with Nirvana's band logo, a drunken smiley face.
This is a 9x13" single layer with buttercream made for an 8-year-old girl's birthday. The sand is graham crackers. The flip flops are homemade MMF and the seashells are chocolate. Thanks for looking!
All buttercream. I used the Wilton method for transferring the rainbow onto the cake. Got lucky centering the rainbow but the writing is crooked!!! Practice makes perfect...
This is a 9x13 carved freehand and coated in mocha buttercream. I used store-bought edible paper and edible letters and numbers. Thanks for looking!
This is a 4" square atop an 8" square covered in buttercream with fondant ribbons and bow and buttercream roses. Thanks for looking!
I made this for my son's 9th birthday which falls on July 4th weekend. He designed the cake idea on paper and I followed his lead. To make this I baked two 9x13"s, filled and layered them before I carved the cake into the shape of a 9. (Note: To make the template for the 9, I simply typed in a "9" in MS Word on my PC. Then I printed and enlarged it on my copy machine until it was 13" long. Worked great!) I may try to add sparkler candles or something to this more Oomph! Thanks for looking.
This is 20 cupcakes pushed together and slathered in buttercream. I goofed and forgot to put a cake board underneath! Duh! So after I finished decorating the whole thing, I had to wedge a cake board underneath. *Do*not*try*this*at*home!* What a mess. Thanks for looking!
This is three 8" layers with a RK treat top. Covered in homemade marshmallow fondant. (Kudos to DMJ69 for the great recipe: Buttercream Flavored Marshmallow Fondant!!!) Thanks for looking!
Aggron is my 6-year-old son's favorite Pokemon character, and so that's what he wanted on his cake this year. This is all buttercream with a frozen BC transfer. It was pretty easy -- the key is to leave the transfer in the freezer for at least a few hours to allow it to harden. My son was pleased. I just wish I hadn't attempted to free-hand the writing. Never again!
This is two 9x13s placed end-to-end to create a 26"-long bowling lane. I used vanilla buttercream tinted brown with some darker brown streaked in for a wood effect. I used the rack from my toaster oven to create the lines. The pins are plastic (store-bought) and the balls are jumbo gumballs. Fun! To see my very first attempt at this cake, go to http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1167074
Just cupcakes covered in buttercream. The antennae are made from strawberry fruit rollups painted with blue food coloring. I decided to try and make the whole thing resemble the book, hence the computer printed "Happy Birthday" instead of buttercream writing.
This is for my mother's 72nd birthday, which happens to be on Valentine's Day. She's a HUGE Sinatra fan. My 8-year-old son came up with the idea to do a Frankie cake, but I have to give credit to Sisa on this site for the image idea. This is all buttercream with a frozen buttercream transfer. Thanks for looking!
This is a two-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. All lipsticks and nail polish bottles are made of white chocolate clay. Fun!
This was made to resemble a little girl's favorite blankie/doll, complete with matching cupcakes (See additional photos).
This is just a two-layer 8" round for a drag racing friend. It's meant to look like a Hoosier tire. I made the letters via the frozen buttercream transfer method. Next time I will tint the frosting clack so it looks more like a tire! Thanks for looking!
This is a Cupcake-Cake -- 24 regular size cupcakes lined up in a rectangular pattern and then slathered with buttercream frosting. The secret to making this work is to pack the cupcakes in tight before you add the frosting. Otherwise the frosting sinks down in between cupcakes and it's impossible to get a flat surface. The grass took forever, but it's worth it for the realistic effect!
These were for a Mad Hatter birthday party. Sugar cookies with royal icing glaze and buttercream lettering.
This was my first topsy turvy cake ever. It was an absolute disaster. It took a few hours to salvage it and this was the result. (I knew it was a bad idea to try and fill the layers with lemon curd. Too heavy!!) Thanks for looking!
This was made for a man who traveled to NYC for work all week long, but returned to his loving family at their rural home every weekend.
This was really quick to make for a friend's 9-year-old son, Pascal. Single layer 9x13" carved to the shape of a shirt. All buttercream, including FBCT (frozen buttercream transfer).
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