nanikins's Cake Central Gallery

Monkey Mars Cake

Last minute cake for a girl's birthday. Made with Wilton 3-D bear pan and decorated in buttercream.

0
3
2,328

Ga Tech Helmet

A Georgia Tech football helmet cake for a boy turning 13. (I was hoping he would choose his OTHER favorite team, Alabama, for loyalty's sake, but this helmet was easier.) Covered in MMF.

0
2
1,764

Pony Cake

Large pony-shaped cake for a girl's birthday. All buttercream. Cut from a template made from an enlarged coloring book page. It was A LOT bigger than I realized when I was baking the cakes.

0
0
1,386

Pink & Brown Gift Box

Buttercream with modelling chocolate accents.

0
1
1,761

Musical Birthday

18th birthday cake for music lover. Idea from a clipart image I found online. Red Velvet with crusting cream cheese and covered in mmf.

0
1
1,611

Maui Engagement

Cake for engagement party. Proposal happened on mountain in Maui at sunset with a bottle of champagne. Buttercream with fondant figures, piping gel ocean, and chocolate shells dusted with pearl dust. Sand is made of toasted vanilla cake crumbs.

0
0
1,597

nanikins

Hot Dog! It's Your Birthday

Birthday cake for a hot dog lover. Fondant figures and ketchup/mustard bottles on buttercream cake.

0
2
3,633

nanikins

Bingo Cake

Another cake for WHS band bingo fundraiser/auction. Covered in fondant. Numbers piped in buttercream.

0
11
1,487

nanikins

Whs Drum Cake

Made this for auction at local high school band's bingo night fund raiser. School logo in color flow.

0
2
1,368

nanikins

Backyardigans Birthday

This was a last minute cake (found out about it Thursday night for Saturday morning). The cake is buttercream with fondant flowers and fondant figures.

0
7
1,602

nanikins

Elmo's World Piano

Piano and stool are cake covered in fondant. Elmo is candy clay and fondant. Fish bowl is first attempt at poured sugar.

0
1
6,003

nanikins

Tuxedo Cake & Heart

Along with bride's bodice cake, made for company congratulations party. Covered in fondant. Sugar pearls on side of heart.

0
34
3,360

nanikins

Snowflake Wedding Cake

Snowflake wedding cake for bride married just before Christmas. Bought Sugarshack's DVD's after this and hope the next one will be better. Red velvet cake with crusting cream cheese and MMF. Royal icing snowflakes dusted with edible glitter.

0
7
2,916

nanikins

Bride's Bodice & Heart

This and tuxedo made for company congratulations party for two employees getting married on the same day...but not to each other. Covered in fondant, buttercream piping, fondant rose and sugar pearls.

nanikins

Decorator Elmo

This is my first real 3-D/carved cake. I learned an awful lot about what NOT to do next time. At least my twins recognized it was Elmo!!

0
3
1,485

nanikins

0-70_Birthday.jpg

This cake was for my in-law's friend who turned 70. His son had custom invitations made and this cake matches the invitations. The car is carved RKT, covered in fondant with fondant figure. My first time carving/sculpting anything, so lots of room for improvement there.

nanikins

Baby Overalls

The hostess of the baby shower wanted a cake that looked like the picture on the shower napkins. It was my first time covering a shaped cake in fondant.

0
37
4,937

nanikins

My First Wedding Cake

Also my first time working with cake dummies. Chocolate cake with raspberry filling on bottom layer. Top two layers are dummies. All covered with MMF. Scrollwork and dots piped in royal and painted with pearl dust.

0
9
1,162

nanikins

Rubber Ducky

Lemon cake with lemon buttercream on duck and MMF on base. Fondant bubbles. Soap is fondant with baby's name piped on it.

nanikins

Thanks For The Lift

A sheet cake with FBCT forklift done as a thank you from my DH's business to the business next door.

Experience the world of cake decorating like never before with Cake Central Magazine!