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Uss Enterprise
This was fun. A child requested aircraft carrier cake. Fondant covered ship. Top is flooded royal icing. Worked well, but might try chocolate next time. Island is rice krispy covered in fondant. Gumpaste airplanes. Due to a slight inward carving of ship sides, gravity worked its magic overnight and fondant was falling away from sides. Next time, I might try using piping gel to glue fondant on inward slope.
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Marching Band Season 2009
Made cake for a back to Marching Band Season potluck dinner. Decided to make at the last minute. I knew the people wouldn't have time to dry, so I had lots of skewers to support. AC was not turned on at venue and by the time it was served, the boy,s leg and arm had broken and the girl's support started causing the side of the cake to droop. Luckily it stayed together and all the kids thought it was incredible! Didn't have time to finish like I wanted. Bulldog was unpainted with no eyes and I wanted to make musical notes instead of stars. All was good - knew I was taking this chance when I started. It was really just for fun and the kids enjoyed it!
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Sweet Sixteen Cake
Sweet Sixteen colors of silver and fuchsia. Party decorations included fuchsia peonies. Theme was "Candy Bling". Fondant covered cake with fondant decorations (flowers, bracelets, ring, necklace, purse, and girl) with silver and pink dragees. Flowers and jewelry painted with luster dust and lemon extract. Dress was a copy of birthday girls. Thanks inspireddecorator for tips on making necklace!
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Daisy Volunteer Appreciation
Gerber daisy cake. Bees and butterflies from Mich Turner book. First time flooding with royal icing. Mini-cakes were cut from a rich dark chocolate cake. Unfortunately, it was a moist, but very crumbly cake. Had huge amount of issues with crumb coating the buttercream. Buttercream would not stick to cakes and ended up having to freeze before coating. Definitely need to use a different cake recipe. Other than bulges in mini-cakes, very happy with results.
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Easter On The Beach
I'm still experimenting with fondant and stacking, but thanks to ellyrae (tips on marbling) and chilz822 (tips on rolling fondant), I think I'm getting there. Ran out of time and didn't get to complete my decorating plans, but I'll work on timing next. So much great info on CC! Lots of inspiration from Sugarshack and I just received three DVD's yesterday in the mail. Can't wait to watch them!