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I made this cake for my client who is retiring and is hosting her retirement party today... her only request was for blue pansies, the rest was up to me (hehehe.... I LOVE artistic freedom!)... Each tier was alternated vanilla and choc and each tier was twice split so the bottom split was filled with choc fudge and the top tier was rasp... also each tier was covered with either choc or white buttercream and the whole cake was covered with mmf... then it was airbrushed with food coloring and then airbrushed with shimmer... the flowers were all fondant-gumpaste, and also airbrushed... the peacock was rice crispy treats overlayed with royal icing and then covered wtih fondant... the cage on the top was royal icing and tule... this was a very enjoyable cake to make... I hope my client and her guest enjoy it also...
This is a cake I made for my Best friends 46th bday... The cake is homemade chocolate with chocolate fudge filling and choc bc icing covered with mmf... the jewelery box and all the gems and the flowers are all pulled and handmade sugar items (except the tennis bracelet).... the shoes are gumpaste and the pillow under the shoes is the same flavors as the purse... the cake is surrounded by spun sugar and the candles are sparkling candles for extra 'bling' affect... everything was airbrushed and all the fine detail was done by tiny brush... and a the cake was completed with a overspray of pearl and silver shimmer and then steamed to set.... she LOVED IT!! And I loved making it...
My coworker needed a wedding cake for her daughter, unfortunately the reception was a very 'last minute' experience and so she was unable to find anyone to make a wedding cake for her... so some co workers sent her to me... Anyhow... long story longer - she wanted the 'theme' of the cake to be Dragon Fly since her daughter loves them but she wanted fresh pansies - well, pansies WILT FAST so... I ended up making them instead - here's what I came up with for the cake- it is a vanilla cake with cream filling, bc under a layer of mmf.... the pansies are fondant/with tylose (fake gumpaste - I had no choice, I didn't hat the 8 hours for the real stuff to cure) the dragon fly is pulled sugar and the gels are underlayed with homemade gel sheet cut in the shape of the wings (yup, learned that here)... everything was airbrushed from the flowers to the cake to the dragon fly (time was of the essence)... it was fun to make....
My Niece wanted a cake made to look like her pet Water Dragon Lizard for her graduation/18th bday.... so this is what I came up with... his name is Norbert... the cake is vanilla cake with rasp and cream filling... it is covered with a layer of buttercream and then overlaid with mmf.... rice crispy treastas are used for the head and tail... and the whole thing is airbrushed....
I finished this cake today for one of my clients who is having a brunch. The cake is alternate butter yellow cake with Hershey's chocolate cake, the first layer filling is whipped cream covered with raspberry perserves, the second filling layer is whipped cream covered with chocolate ganach... the cake is covered with butter cream and then overlaid with marshmallow fondant... the egg is pressed sugar... the swans and all the trimwork on the top of the cake is royal icing and the trimwork on the main cake is buttercream... the gems are sugar and the cake is airbrushed with gold shimmer and a nest of spun sugar encompasses the base of the egg...
This cake is 3 tiers, the bottom tier is butter white cake alternated with marble (butter white and hershey's chocolate cake) the filling is Irish cream cream and the top filling is Irish cream and a layer of chocolate ganache... the second tier is alternated also only it has Hershey's chocoate alternated with marble and the top tier is the same, the fillings also are the same in the same sequence... The cake is covered in rich buttercream and overlaid with marshmallow fondant which is marblized... the flowers are all gumpaste which have been airbrushed.. the cake topper is handblown sugar dolphins and hearts which have been airbrushed, the roses are pulled sugar roses which have been also lightly airbrushed... the whole cake was airbrushed with a light layer of Pearl shimmer and the flowers were accented with piping gel togive the 'water drop-dewy' look... all the gems are sugar which I casted from homemade molds .... the piping is royal icing done in a extension technique and the picture is a photo of the couple which I printed on sugar paper with food coloring cartridges.... hmmm... I think I pretty much covered it all.... I hope you enjoy it... it was quite a task, I actually broke 4 dolphins in the creation of this topper and spent the better half of Friday night having to create 2 new ones (which I was NOT happy about! If you happen to hear a LOUD 'F-Bomb' - um.... that was ME!)... but the bride loved it - so it was worth it in the end! ENJOY!
A coworker asked me to make a cake for his partner who is into World of Warcraft. He wanted me to use his partner's character as the theme of the cake... this is what I came up with... I used white modelling clay for the figures and gumpast for the weapons and vestment... the cake it homemade choc with amaretto cream and choc ganache filling.... the cake is covered in choc buttercream and then overlaid with mmf, the crystal garland around the tiers are spun sugar and the whole cake is airbrushed... I used false tealights for the fire and put spun sugar to illumiate the flame
My co worked asked me to make a dragon cake for her son, she wanted it blue and orange... this is what I came up with... the dtragon in white cake with bc and cream filling... the overlay is mmf and the scales and most of the details are mmf, the legs are rice crispy treats as is the head and covered in white chocolate modelling clay and the whole thing is airbrushed in food coloring and detailed in food coloring...
Santa and Christmas tree made of rice crispy treats covered in vanilla choc clay, rudolf made of choc modelling clay, the cake is Hershey's Choc cake with cream filling covered in bc and overlaid with mmf, and then air brushed. The gifts and pointsettas are both mmf. It was for a dinner event for a coworker.
A friend of mine requested I make her husband a cake with a budda on it, this is what I came up with. Budda is rice crispy treats covered in choc clay and airbrushed with gold shimmer, the cake is choc with cream filling overlaid with vanilla bc and mmf and airbrushed, the dragon is choc clay airbrushed gold and the pics around the cake are chinese characters with pictures next to them brushed on with a tiny brush dipped in airbrush paint to give it a watercolor look, the palettes were mmf cut in small rectangles.
I made this gingerbread castle for my son's German class, his teacher was giving out extra points for anyone who brought in a 'homemade' gingerbread house. The Ginberbread is basic recipe, i cut out templatels and then cut out the parts of the castle, the dragon is white chocolate modelling clay and the mote (sp?) is colored piping gel icing (recipe from here) the whole thing later airbrushed... it was kinda fun to make...
My son's gf asked for a Dragon cake for her bday today, so here's what I came up with... I uploaded two pics of the cake, since I usethis sight to get new ideas and learn new things, I figured I'd show the cake with and without airbrushing... the cake is a basic golden yellow with bc icing it it covered with mmf, the scales are mmf, the neck and tail are rice crispy treats covered in mmf and the wings are white chocolate modelling clay ... the whole piece is airbrushed in food coloring....
I made this 'Divine' cake for my dad's partner's 73rd birthday. She is made of rice crispy treats covered in white choc modelling clay, the cake is rich chocolate wtih chocolate ganache cream filling, covered in white buttercream and then overlaid with mmf...
A co worker asked me to make her a turkey cake for Thanksgiving... Here's the result... it is a golden vanilla cake with white buttercream icing over laid with mmf, the legs are rice crispy treats overlaid with white chocolate modeling clay and fondant, the potatoes are rice crispy treats overlaid with fondant and the white chocolater modelling clay... and the whole thing was airbrushed.... The stuffing was the carved cake remains mixed up with buttercream....
I made this cake for myself for my bday... it wasn't particularly a special numbered bday, but I just wanted to make something special that I would like, and so I decided to make my own cake... it was a HIT at the restaurant! The Cake was golden Vanilla with cream fillining, buttercream iced and overlaid with mmf. The dragon was rice crispy covered with mmf, all the flowers were gumpaste, the castle was pastillage sugar and royal icing... and everything was airbrushed to give it age and depth. I learned a LOT about making this type of cake, it was very challenging (my first time with this type of structure)... but I'm all ready to make another!!(please exucse the mess, I had to take a quick pic before i left for the restaruant and I had just finished the cake moments before I had to leave)
I made this cake for my client's best friend's 55th bday, they are both horse lovers. The cake is choc cake with ganace cream filling... choc & white mmf over choc buttercream, the boots and hat I got from your template section from this site (thank you to the gal who uploaded them - you ROCK! )The flowers and all the trim work and the hat and boots were made from white and choc modeling clay and the horse was airbrushed copying a pic from her website. Very fun cake to make!!
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