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What type of cake does the best mom in the world get? A 4 tier cake with crimped gold edges covered in sugar parrot tulips, peonies and hydrangeas.
This three tier wedding cake was for a small gathering. A couture bow and flower sit on a quilted cake with silver separators.
This 4 tier wedding cake is completely covered with pressed laced. The bottom tier was made a little taller than usual; at 7 inches tall, there is a ruffled sugar band wrapped around the tier with a silver sugar paste brooch.
This 4 tier wedding cake has a piped spider web lace design in a champagne hue. I decided to make plum colored bows since plum is one of the trendy colors at this moment!
I love this cake! Edgy couture at its best! The cake was covered in white rolled fondant them impressed with a cutter for a scallop design. Once stacked, I took black food coloring and brushed away for a streaky, smeary, splattered look. I made blood red roses with moss leaves and edible feathers!
This 3 tier wedding cake is a classic couture, white on white design. The bottom and top tier are covered in fondant pleats, while the tall middle tier is wrapped in a sugar band and a 3-loop bow.
There are moments while I work on a cake that I ask myself, "Will this work?" In this case, it was the pink roses. I've grown to love the muted color palette of white, ivory and mocha; the colors seem to work well together. The shade of pink had me nervous but I had to use that shade of pink in the cake because it was the color that the bride's maids were wearing. This is where I say, "Here goes nothing!" To my surprise, the pink actually worked! The bride was carrying calla lilies in her flower bouquet so I added sugar calla lilies in design as well as the pink roses. The inside of the cake was a vanilla cake with passion fruit buttercream. Here she is!
Tall & Wide... Those are the two words that come to mind when describing myself and this cake! The bottom tier was an 18 inch cake, sculpted down to a 17 inch petal shape. It was HEAVY! When I make cakes, everything doesn't always go "just right." There are times when I have no clue what to do and I have to think and create on the spot. While making this cake, I totally forgot about the base. I have tons of foam core bases (that's what I use) for my cakes, but not one that measured 22-24' inches wide. Getting concerned, I remembered a trip that I took to the hardware store with my dad several months ago, admiring a round piece of wood, thinking to myself, "that would make an awesome base for a cake." Off I sent my dad to Lowe's to find the base and get me a PVC pipe and an adapter. The base has a rounded edges, eliminating the option of putting a ribbon on the board... Walking around the shop, I looked at a can of spray paint... Then I thought: GENIUS!
Quick description: sugar flowers, pleats, swags, brooch, rice paper feathers, sugar mask, brush embroidery.... Was that quick?? :)
This was a super quick order that was placed with freedom, and I have wanted to do a wonky cake of this style, so I did! The customer loved it!
I am not a fan of sports and the closest I have ever gotten to a stadium is the restaurant supply store right across the football field that the Eagles play in. I think I googled, "Phillies Phanatic" 20 times every hour. My phone was covered in modeling chocolate and cornstarch by the end of the project. I built my own PVC armature for the stand up mascot. This cake was for a first birthday party for a pair of twins!
traditional white on white (ivory!) with sugar roses. I love making roses!
modern couture style with a spherical pleat tier. Love making edgy cakes!
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This cake took quite a while to finish. The wonky cake was done with a thick center wooden down, and the cakes were stablelized with wooden dowels. The side cake was a tree stump.... I did not want to give it away! It was decorated with sugar flowers. :)
This was fun to make and carve. Since I am not an owner of an airbrush (cough cough, mom and dad), I usually paint on my cakes with food coloring or petal dust mixed with brandy, when a certain look is called for. Since I am not an owner of an edible image printer (don't really want one), I had to hand paint the logo of bottle as well. Hope you like it!
She was a very simple cake, 2 tiers, small wedding, dots, sugar flower, all white. Voila!
Great color combination, not a tasty mix! I detest olives... Yes, they are horrible. BARF! But I love olive green, it's my new favorite color! This wedding cake was a heavy one... I thank my dad for being an awesome delivery guy who doesn't yell at me for screaming and screeching and cursing during deliveries. These sugar flowers are beginning to become one of my signatures! They are the frilly and dramatic fantasy flowers that look natural! They are fun to make and not too time consuming... Who am I kidding? They are very lengthy to make, but rewarding. I also thank my mom for being so awesome and knowing that I was on a time crunch therefore pressing the lace for this cake for me. She rocks! The cakes were vanilla and passion fruit buttercream filled. YUM!
This is a huge cake! It has a sugar paste poinsettia with 3 Christmas gift boxes... Not to mention the snow man!
This is an 8 inch cake with a sugar paste peony on top. I used a crimper on the edge of the cake and the base. I did some pleating and ruffles witt some swags and a cameo in between each. Hope you like it!
This 3 tier square cake that has a modern feel to it. I choose the color palette of blue, green and black after an invitation I found online. There are also sugar paste gerberas on the cake to soften the sharpness of the design. Hope you like it!
This 3 tier cake "Brush Embroidery Galore" covered in an off-Tiffany blue color with tons of brush embroidery piping and an ivory sugar paste peony.
Pheeew... What a Saturday I had! I had a huge cake to do and a small, last minute (I'm beginning to get known for those) 10 inch round cake. The big cake is a 4 tier square cake that weighted close to a ton. Okay, so not a ton, but definitely a lot. My dad and I both had to carry the cake; no one man could have carried it! The flowers are made out of sugar paste, and the cake was piped with black royal icing, it is not done with the Cricut Cake. I have YET to figure out how to use the Cricut Cake, GRRR. Any who, here are some detail shots of the cake! I have to admit, this is my favorite cake I've made (to date!) ...
This cake was created for a keyboard-playing aficionado. The cake was very detailed and time consuming. I covered the base in fondant and wood-grained it (one of my favorite techniques). Hope you like!
Sugar Paste Hydrangeas grace this wedding cake at the top and bottom and where the swags meet on every tier... Hope you enjoy!
Thise competition cake is over 3 feet tall and traveled it 2 pieces for over 4 hours!
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