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Nostalgic Gumball Machine Cake
The "glass bowl" was a plastic fish bowl I found at a Pet Store for $5. Gumballs were purchased at Party City. I didn't cover with fondant because the customer was trying to cut the price and they don't like fondant. I had to literally hold the cake by the bowl while my husband drove or it would have for sure fallen!
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Tiffany Box Cake
Styrofoam lid covered in fondant. Tiffany logo hand written with black edible food pen. The ring was a paperweight purchased at Hobby Lobby and I made a "band" for it. I have since found smaller ones that are a complete ring and have 5, but I am sure no one will ever order another cake and want one. LOL!
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Unicorn-In-A-Box
So, this little girl loves unicorns AND jack-in-the-box's. So the Mom was able to find a toy that was a unicorn-in-a-box! I adapted the feel of the toy and the feel of the party which was "mystical, glittery" per the Mom. This is 3 layers, all torted, 6" square cake, made with a dense cake. The unicorn was made with a RKT center. This was very fun!
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Toy Story
This was a last minute change in the design. That's why there's no headboard. Originally I was going to do a toy chest. Then I chickened out and did the bed instead. My first time covering a cake in fondant. I loved the wood grain look I got. That was a scary attempt, but was very easy. I had a Woody doll I made a mold from and then used fondant with tylose to mols Woody's head with. i also didn't have time to make Buzz. The customer put a toy Buzz on there at delivery. I felt bad. Overall, it turned out well I think. Notice the saran wrap under Woody's leg because his leg broke as I was putting him on the bed and I had to glue it back and the saran wrap was my support.
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Princess Pumpkin Carriage Cake
I used the Betty Crocker bake and fill pan which is 2 half balls and put them together. Carved out the indentions for the pumpkin, torted and iced and covered in fondant. The wheels and all the other pieces were made a week in advance. The little pic of the birthday girl was an edible image. There were 3 dozen cupcakes with tiaras on top to match. A very fun cake!
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Popcorn Cupcakes And Circus Tent Cake
I used a really large round tip and piped on the kernels. Then I let them crust, lightly tapped down any pointy peaks. Then I had to take a tool and make the criss cross pattern. This was the most time consuming. I had to wipe off the tool after each kernel, as there was BC on it and then dip it in a cornstarch/powdered sugar mixture. Cause once you push past the crusted outer layer, it of course was soft underneath. There were roughly 30+ kernels on each cupcake times 24 cupcakes! It took about 4 hours total for the cupcakes alone. Then I airbrushed some yellow for the "butter." I will be charging alot more for these if ever asked to make them again!!!