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The theme for the nursery was Jungle Safari so I did this for the baby shower cake. All of the animals are made of MMF. The trunks of the palm trees are pirouette cookies. The cakes are frosted with buttercream and then I added MMF stripes/spots.
My two-year old wanted a cookie cake instead of a regular cake so I kept it simple and tried out a new technique I've been wanting to try. Dumbo is a frozen buttercream transfer.
This was a groom's cake and they requested Mario and Princess Peach on it. My Mario didn't come out too bad but Princess Peach looked a bit like a man in drag. Buttercream frosting with the characters made from MMF. Also, I had to use a sugar cone under Peach's dress to keep her upright. After I took the picture I put a question mark on the block Mario is standing on and put Peach's hand on Mario's shoulder.
Super Mario Bros birthday cake. Base, border, clouds, grass, dirt, pipes, and flower stem were buttercream. Other figures were fondant.
This cake was made for an Engagement party but would also work for a bridal shower. The ring was made of fondant and hard candy jems I made with a mold. The rest of the cake was buttercream.
This was a birthday cake for a young man who loves dirtbikes. The dirtbike was a toy, chocolate animal cracker "dirt", buttercream orange cone, shredded wheat hay bales, and fondant tires.
The nursery theme was pink leopard for this little baby girl. Rump and base are cake, legs and feet are rice cereal treat, fondant accents, 100% edible.
Baby rump cake for a little boy whose parents are Steelers fans. Rump and base are cake, legs and feet are rice cereal treats, bear is fondant. 100% edible.
Carved cake (chocolate) with chocolate peanut butter buttercream frosting. Ears and nose are made from chocolate MMF. Party hat is sugar cone covered in MMF. Banana is rice cereal treat covered in MMF and hand-painted.
The bride wanted peacock feathers and a zombie bride cake topper for her wedding cake. Cake is red velvet with vanilla buttercream, covered in MMF with real (food safe) peacock feathers. Cake topper was not edible. Damask pattern was cut from Chocolate fondant.
Pretty simple princess first birthday sheet cake with tiara and sceptor.
This was the smash cake for a 1st birthday. It was a princess carriage, mostly buttercream but the wheels and curls on tops were fondant.
Buttercream frosted, fondant decorations except the My Little Pony's which are actual toys so the birthday girl could keep and play with them. Also ribbon is edible shimmer ribbon.
This was my first attempt at a topsy turvy cake. I made it for my son's birthday, which is the day before Halloween. All buttercream frosting.
This was for a baby shower. Nursery colors were sage and brown so that's the colors I used for the cake. Teddy Bear is made of fondant. Mom was on a diabetic diet for gestational diabetes so the feet were made from a low-carb, low-sugar granola type bar I found in our local health food store. I did cover them in fondant and warned her the fondant was high sugar.
This is a cake I did for my nephew's graduation. He is hugely into the World of Warcraft computer game. It is a Horde Shield with a Murloc, made with buttercream and fondant.
This is a cake that I made for my nephew's 16th birthday party. He loves playing his guitar and loved the cake. The body of the guitar is made from devil's food cake, buttercream frosting, and MMF on the top only. The neck was sculpted out of marshmallow cereal treats. The strings were a food-safe wire. The frets and tuning keys were made of MMF. I put the tuning keys in with toothpicks so they actually turned. I was very happy with how it came out. It was the same size as a standard youth guitar.
My twin nieces love Michael Jackson so I made them this cake for their birthday party. It was a dark chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. I stenciled MJ on a piece of fondant then cut it out tight and put it on the cake. I used a chocolate mousse filling which I think was a bit too soft cuz it bulged a bit between the layers.
This cake was for my sister and brother-in-laws 40th birthday party. He is an avid fly-fisherman and she is an excellent photographer. The people were made out of fondant to resemble them. The rocks, fish, and fly rod are made of fondant. For the fishing line I used a piece of dental floss threader, it is the only part of the cake that wasn't edible. It was a french vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.
I made this cake for my son's 10th birthday party. He wanted a cake with Spongebob and Plankton. It is a marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and buttercream MMF. Plankton was made using a twinkie and fondant. I cut the holes in Spongebob fondant to show the green buttercream through before placing it on the cake, wish I had waited until after I put it on because some of the holes fell where they showed behind his mouth...lesson learned.
I made this cake for my sister-in-law's 40th birthday party as she was born in 1970. It was inspired by cakekim, though she did it better so if you like it and would like to use the idea I recommend checking out hers. When I went to move the fondant onto the cake, I forgot to put confectioners sugar on it so it wouldn't stick to itself and I ended up having to roll it out again which messed up the tie-dye effect a bit. It was chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting then marbled fondant over that. Disco ball is made out of fondant with a plastic ball underneath. I tried to do out of solid fondant but the dowel kept wanting to slowly come up through it. Thanks for the idea cakekim, it was a big hit!
I made this cake for my daughter's 2nd birthday. Thanks to MIRNATKT who I got the idea from. Everything is edible except Tinkerbell and Silvermist. Dark chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. Flowers and other decorations were made with fondant. In all there were 75 fondant flowers on this cake.
I made this for a dinner at the Fire Dept. where my husband is a firefighter/EMT. The shield and eagle that hold it, the brim of the helmet, and the ribs on the helmet are made of fondant. The rest is peanut butter buttercream made with a recipe I got from Serious_Cakes that I tinted black (delicious). I didn't have time to let it crust well so I couldn't get it really smooth like I would have liked to but overall I think it came out well...thanks to the article on here! I was pretty proud of the eagle shield holder, it took me a while to sculp it. Thanks to everyone who willing gives their expert tips for us newcomers to the cake decorating scene!
This was my first attempt at a wedding cake. I made it for my sister and brother-in-law's surprise 25th anniversary party/vow renewal. Fondant covered, silk flowers, satin ribbon. I don't know how everyone gets such clean lines with the piping details. My hand was so shaky and it definately showed. I thought it came out pretty well though considering it was my first. Next time I will be more brave and make the flowers and ribbon out of fondant or gumpaste. Got so many great tips off this site, thanks everyone!
I made this cake for my son's 9th birthday party. I sculpted all the animals out of fondant. The cattails are toothpicks with fondant tops. It looked better in the second picture (before my six year old smashed down on the plastic top that was covering it and smooshed the blue cake into the real cake and I had to fix it) but that pic is fuzzy (my camera stinks). It was entirely edible except the toothpicks in the cat tails. I was pretty proud of it even though I took a short cut and decorated it in the pan.
Here is different view of a few of my graduation "pupcakes".
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