World Of Warcraft "theolion" Dragon Cake
Bottom cake is carved into an open book, iced in buttercream, and covered in marshmallow fondant. The page marks were done with a pizza wheel. Then is was lightly dusted with bronze luster dust. The dragon was made out of krispy treats and covered with fondant...The scales were made with the large round icing tip by pushing it sideways into the fondant. The horns, spikes, spines, and other fine details were made of gumpaste. The talons were fondant. All were airbrushed with blue, violet, and green airbrush color, then lightly airbrushed with pearl.. The "W" was supported from the back by a dowel which was screwed to the supporting base board. It also helped support the neck of the dragon during transport of the cake..
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Grand Piano
Cake is pound cake. Since the cake was very heavy, it has a plywood base support directly under the center along with wooden pegs. I covered the support with the same foil as the bottom board to make it less noticible. I baked 9 sheet cakes and stacked the keyboard end, then carved out the keyboard. The sides were narrow shorter pieces "glued" on with icing and carved. The entire piano was covered in black fondant and airbrushed in black to give it a shiny look. Gold details were handpainted. The inside of the piano (soundboard) was a foam core board covered with fondant; all of the details on the soundboard were made of gumpaste. I airbrushed the soundboard with edible gold and handpainted the rest of the details. I made the soundboard several days in advance to allow for drying time. I layed the soundboard inside the cake. The piano lid was also foamcore as it is light in weight and traveled the long distance well. I also airbrushed it in black. It is held up by a long dowel painted black. The bench and the decorative legs of the piano were made of wood, painted with edible black with gold details. The sheet music was actual music that was written by the honoree and reduced in size to fit the scale of the piano. This cake served 100.
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Flip Flops Cake
Cake base is carved into a mound, iced in buttercream and covered in brown sugar. Flip flops are each on their own board; carved and iced in buttercream, then covered in marshmallow fondant. Straps are gumpaste and daisy is also gumpaste. Sunglasses are handpainted gumpaste and seashells are molded white chocolate.
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Pizza Girl
2 tier lemon cream cheese pound cake iced in buttercream; decorations are marshmallow fondant; top tier has a fondant red and white "tablecloth" layed over it. Girl holding pizza is gumpaste. The dress she is wearing matched the dress of the birthday girl. The cupcake on top is a small cake, all iced in buttercream with a fondant cherry on top. This was the birthday girl's own little cake. The wires all have fondant decorations on them.
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Puppy Birthday Cake
The base cake was a one layer 10 inch cake iced in buttercream and airbrushed witht the colors from the birthday plates and tablecloth. The puppy body is is carved from frozen cake on a small board. I iced with a crumb coat of buttercream, then covered with fondant and added "fur" marks with a clay tool. After placing supports in the bottom cake, I placed the dog body on the cake. I then skewered through the center of the dog, through the board to the bottom cake board to keep the dog from sliding. I smoothed the fondant where the skewer went through. I made the legs out of modeling chocolate covered with fondant and placed them on the dog, smoothing the fondant at the attachment point on the dog. I added the "fur" marks and the toe marks. The tail is fondant. I made the head separate on it's own board. I compressed the cake with my hands and got the general shape of the head and snout. I lightly iced with buttercream and placed in freezer for 20 minutes. I used modeling clay to add features to the face and skull of the dog. I then covered with fondant, pressing into the crevices made by the modeling clay. I also made deep sockets for the eyes. I made the eyeballs out of brown balls of fondant and placed them in the sockets. I then made small rounds of black fondant and centered them in the eyes. I made "eyelids" out of fondant; then added "fur" marks to all the added fondant pieces. I attached the head to the body using a little icing and skewered the head in place, again smoothing the fondant where the skewer went through. I then added the fondant ears, nose, and tongue. I added "light" marks to the eyes with white airbrush color on a small brush. I lightly airbrushed the dog with brown color for dimension and shadowing.
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Alabama Purse
Chocolate cake 3 layers high iced and filled with light cocoa buttercream; carved in the shape of a purse, then crumbcoated again; chilled, then covered in ivory fondant.I layed a strip of fondant longways in the middle of the purse and marked it like a zipper, then painted it with edible silver airbrush paint. Then, layed 2 strips of fondant along the top to partially cover the zipper like a real purse. I covered all 4 corners and the bottom edge with strips of black fondant. All pieces were marked with "stitches". I cut a 31/2 inch wide strip of black fondant and centered a strip of edible image (black and white design), then folded the edges of fondant inward. Then I marked the strips with the stitching. I made buckle loops for each end of the purse out of ivory fondant. All of the "metal pieces were molded and painted ahead of time out of gumpaste. I make my own molds out of silicone. I attached the black fondant purse strap to the silver rings and layed it over the back of the purse. All make-up was made ahead of time out of gumpaste and fondant. Everything is edible.
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Pointsettia Wedding Cake
3 tier white cake iced in buttercream and covered with ivory fondant then piped with corneli lace; band of ivory fondant rolled around the bottom of each tier and scroll work piped in royal icing; scrolls touched up with edible gold; pointsettias are gumpaste. I made them ahead of time one leaf at a time, then wired them together and painted the tips with edible gold. Then the flowers were dusted with pearl dust. The Cake topper was wooden, provided by the bride.
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Cowgirl Birthday Cake
I baked a 1/2 sheet cake and split it horizontally down the center, then cut it down the center from top to bottom, and right to left, making 4 2 layer oblongs. I filled and iced the layers using 3 layers to 2 of the cakes and 2 layers on one. I iced the layers with golden yellow and lemon yellow butterdream icing using the cake icer tip with the ribbed side out to make lines in the cake. I then ran a sharp knife up all sides and across the top of the cakes to make it more straw-like. I melted white chocolate in a disposable decorating bag in the microwave, cut off the very tip, and squirted thin lines of chocolate onto waxed paper. I chilled them and carefully broke them into small pieces and stuck in all surfaces of the cakes to look like straw pieces. I then airbrushed all the haybales with a light brown. I ran a skewer across the haybales where the wire would go and piped gray buttercream" wire". I made the boots out of krispy treats and covered them with fondant. The scarf is fondant that I handpainted, the sheriff star and horseshoe are gumpaste, and the cowboy hat is a small cake for the birthday girl. I made the brim out of a gumpaste/fondant mix. The vest is fondant, and the small "happy birthday " sign is gumpaste.
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Oh 58
Hazelnut/choc chip cake with hazelnut buttercream icing and filling/also fudge filling. I drizzled the cake layers with Kahlua. I made a raised stand out of plywood and dowel rods and carved the cake on the stand to the helicopter shape. I iced in butttercream and covered with marshmallow fondant. I then added all of the parts which were made of gumpaste, some handpainted with airbrush colors. The base was iced with buttercream and airbrushed with brown color. The skids were made of heavy floral wire covered in fondant and the rotar blades, stabilizer, and tail rotar blades were made of foam core.
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Betty's Cake
White sheet cake iced and filled with buttercream; plate made of gumpaste; taco shell is gumpaste. "Meat" is brownie, crumbled; cheese, tomato, and lettuce are fondant. Grilled cheese sandwich is a slice of brownie iced and covered in fondant, then handpainted. Broom and flowers are gumpaste.
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Pirate Cake
Yellow cake iced in buttercream. Skull is a single layer of cake carved and iced in buttercream then covered in fondant and airbrushed. This was the birthday boy's cake. Treasure chest is rice crispy treat covered in fondant and handpainted. All jewels and other decorations are made of gumpaste and fondant.
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Two For One!
!/2 sheet cake on base. Carved the breasts out of cake then covered them with a layer of krispy treats. Iced the assembled cake with breasts with crumbcoat of buttercream and chilled. I then covered the entire cake withmarshmellow fondant. The areola and nipples are fondant. The clothing was made of fondant with details done by painting with food color mixed with vodka. I made the penis out of krispy treats, then covered it with modeling chocolate, sculpting the details, then handpainting.
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"starscream"
3 layer chocolate sheet cake, carved into the jet shape; filled and crumbcoated in buttercream icing. Covered with marshmellow fondant. All hard parts were made out of peanut butter candy coating, melted and poured onto cookie sheets, then cut into shapes for wings, flaps, etc. They were then covered in the fondant and attached to the cake. The wings were supported by plastic dowels that were placed under the wings and pushed into the cake. The guns were straws covered with fondant; the nosecone was gumpaste. I pressed all the details into the cake with the handles of paintbrushes, then airbrushed.
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Ariel Cake
I baked a white cake in a doll cake pan. I iced the cake in vanilla buttercream and covered in turquois/ green marbeled marshmellow fondant. Small sea creatures and shells made out of fondant; I removed the legs off the Ariel doll, covered the lower part of the doll with Saran wrap, then pushed her into the top of the cake. I made the mermaid tail out of fondant; made the scales of the tail by pressing the base of a metal decorating tip into the fondant;I painted the entire cake with shimmer dusts and rainbow colors of purple, blue, fuscia, and green mixed with lemon extract.
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Summertime Birthday
Yellow cake baked in a 13" x 9" pan;I made a template for the flip flops by using a new, un-used pair of flip flops. I outlined the flip flops onto a cake cardboard and cut them out. With gumpaste, I cut and shaped the straps copying the real flip flop straps. I left them to dry on the real straps with a narow strip of amuminum wraped around them to hold them in place. I made these the night before so they would have plenty of time to dry. I made the gerbera daisies and the sunglasses also out of gumpaste the night before . I made the seashells out of a fondant/gumpaste mixture, then airbrushed them and handpainted some details with paste color mixed with lemon extract. Using the templates, I cut out the flip flop cakes; iced with buttercream crumbcoat, and chilled. I took the left-over cake pieces and mashed them onto foiled cake board and formed a slight up-hill shape, tapering down in the front. I iced this with a crumcoat and chilled. While the cakes were chilling, I ran vanilla wafers through the food processor until very fine, like sand. I iced all cakes with final buttercream; on the base cake I pressed a good layer of vanilla wafers until it looked like a sandy beach. On the flip flop cakes, I covered with marbeled , white chocolate fondant. I placed 2 plastic dowels into the base cake, then put the flip flops on it, side by side. I sharpened 2 wooden dowels and pounded them through all layers at the point where the toe straps enter the flip flops, I piped a thin zig-zag around the bottom of the flip flops; made slits in the fondant where the straps enter the flip flops; "glued" the daisies to the toe area of the flip flops with buttercream; Added the sunglasses and seashells and starfish.
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"for My Cinderella
Chocolate fudge cake layred with rasberry fudge filling;chilled, then carved into a pillow shape; crumb coated with vanilla buttercream then chilled again; iced with a thin layer of buttercream then covered with blue/white marbeled white chocolate fondant. Dots and scroll work done in royal icing which I painted with edible gold by hand; Tassels are made of fondant, then also painted with edible gold color. The shoe was made of gumpaste and so were the roses. I dusted the roses with deep red petal dust to deepen the red color. I placed it on gold foil covered cake board with white tuk-n-ruffle.