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This was made for a little girl's dance recital. All figures are fondant except for the ballet barre (wooden dowel painted brown). Buttercream icing.
This was made for a school's fund-raising auction. I chose these colors b/c the school colors are green & yellow. NFSC topped w/ marshmallow fondant & royal icing.
Santonio Holmes making the winning catch of the 2009 Super Bowl. Wire frame for support covered with choc. candy clay & then covered in fondant & hand painted
This was for a Vegas themed 16th birthday party. I was given a photo of what the girl wanted & tweaked it a bit keeping the major elements the same. Poker chips and dice are made from gumpaste. Coins are foil wrapped chocolates & the cards are real. The Vegas Welcome sign on the middle cake was printed on regular paper & mounted on fondant then adhered to cake. Cards are real playing cards, however, the "grease" from the buttercream started to seep under the lamination... had I been given more time I would have ordered edible images instead, but I was given the final design 6 days before it was needed. Live & learn, right?
Try as I might I can't find the cake here on CC that inspired mine. So, if you've posted a cake like this one, Thank You! I was asked to make a cake with :"whimsical" bugs...this is what they got :o) All flowers & bugs made from MMF.
A customer requested a replica of her antique clock for her jeweler friend. Apparently, he was the only one willing to repair it for her & she wanted to thank him with a b-day cake. The Bible is a standard request from this customer. The rest of the cake is a bit plain, but it was for a man & flowers didn't seem quite appropriate...any ideas on what else I could have added?
30th birthday cake for an avid hunter. Modeled after the birthday "boy" and his hunting dogs. Customer wanted two different flavors of cake so I came up with scene to make them work together.
Anniversary cake for a tropical themed party. Leaves of palm trees made of paper b/c the original gumpaste ones kept wilting in the humidity.
This was made for a birthday "girl" whose family owns a jewelry store. Flowers made of fondant, diamond molded with white chocolate & covered in luster dust. Bible is a standard request from this customer. TFL!
My daughter requested a soccer cake for her birthday. Ball baked in a bowl & covered in MMF. 10" round made of White Velvet Cake & covered in buttercream with the grass tip. TFL!
White chocolate pecan cake with white chocolate & cream cheese frosting. Snowflakes piped from white chocolate. TFL!
I was asked to make a cake for my friend's work Christmas party. She works for The Bicycle Shop. She wanted Santa, his reindeer or an elf riding a bicycle. Since I was unable to make a bike (modeled after store logo) strong enough to hold any weight without it looking too large, here's the story I came up with. Santa was biking through Central PA when he got so tired from carrying his heavy sack that he had to take a break. Rudolph came by just in time to give Santa a much needed pick-me-up. TFL!
I was asked to make a cake for a 16 year old's b-day party. She is a huge Penn State fan & the mom wanted a mini JoPa & Nittany Lion "and maybe a football & goal post & paw prints, & We Are Penn State..." Well, this is what I came up with. My firt time making a "person" - hard work, but fun! TFL!
This is a 10" & 6" tiered cake with buttercream icing & gumpaste figures. The igloo is a rounded-top cake & small cupcake covered in buttercream This was inspired my the many beautiful penguin cakes I saw here on CC. TFL!
Another cake for a Benefit Auction. This scarecrow is inspired by one I saw here on CC. I had four cakes & 1 basket of cookies to get done & I realized later that I forgot to add leaves to the pumpkin patch - oh well, at least I got it done! The scarecrow ended up sinking b/c it was so heavy - any tips on how to improve that are welcome!
This was my first attempt at working with candy clay & color spray. Made for a local auction benfitting The American Cancer Society. 8" white cake with chocolate ganache filling & chocolate buttercream frosting. Bucket made of chocolate candy clay & leaves made of gumpaste. I used the chocolate buttercream to "glue" the leaves together, but next time I'll be more careful that it doesn't show. TFL!
This is the second of 3 cakes for a bird themed baby shower. White cake with buttercream icing, gumpaste flowers. The bird & nest are not edible, but are placed on top of gumpaste to avod contact with the cake.
This is a tree stump for a bird themed baby shower. Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. I wasn't sure how this would turn out, but I had lots of inspiration from all of you! I thought it was fitting to "carve" the welcome baby rather than pipe it. The soon-to-be mom loved it!
My first attempt at gumpaste roses, though, I have been making them with playdoh for my children for years. Thanks to all of you here on CC for your inspiring photos & tutorials!!! White Velvet cake with buttercream frosting & raspberry filling. TFL!
I made these cookies for my husband's soccer team's season kickoff picnic. NFSC with Toba Garrett's Glace' Icing
Smash cake for 1 yr old bday. Buttercream icing with MMF animals.
Cupcakes to match smash cake. Animals made with MMF - my first time ever making anything with fondant - wow was it fun!
A "thank you" cookie bouquet for my daughter's teacher. This was my very first attempt at decorating cookies with Royal Icing. Thanks to all of the wonderful photos here I was inspired to try it out. I still have a lot to learn, but it sure was fun!
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