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Monkey Cake
My client sent me this photo of a cake: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=165451906&albumID=1439881&imageID=30531050#a=1439881&i=30531050 and asked me to recreate it for her dauthers birthday. My bow loops kept breaking, it was SO frustrtating. That and my buttercream kept 'rippling'..... Otherwise the client was very pleased. TFL
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Alice In Wonderland
A client liked my flower basket cake but wanted to make it Alice and wonderland-ish for their daughters birthday. After a bit of brainstorming and a few emails back and forth we decided on a garden on top of Mad Hatters hat, with an Alice and white rabbit. I had a lot of fun making this but I totally underestimated the time that went into it. It's chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream and fondant accents.
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Backyardigans
I love doing Backyardigans cakes. They're always so fun. Sadly, the cake was not served to the birthday boy as it is. The family requested to get the cake early morning and they left it sit in the car for 4 hours on a relatively warm day. Apparently they salvaged some cake, but i have no idea what it looked like. That might be for the best. It was pretty when it left my hands though. :) I used MissInfo1 amazing cake as my inspiration!
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Fire Helmet
I was so excited to work on this cake and it was SO much fun to do! I'm very pleased with how it turned out. The cake mocha cake with ganache and marshmallow fondant. The badge on the hat is the logo that she sent me. (I've added a pic) I'm very pleased with my version. I used Shayesmomma amazing cake as inspiration and followed this super easy tutorial to make it... http://ddpiesslice.blogspot.com/search/label/fire%20helmet%20cake TFL
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Fisherman's 70Th Birthday
Fisherman cake for a man's 70th birthday. My client sent me a photo of him. She told me he would wear grey jogging pants and a light grey tshirt, with a pkg of blue cigarettes in the left breast pocket. He wore a blue knights of columbus baseball cap. Sign says Tulibee Lake, Limit 70. No Limit on Memories. Everything you see is edible. Boat and sign are made of chocolate, the rest is fondant. The cake is fudge marble with chocolate buttercream. Trees are ice cream cones covered in buttercream. I used LadyD31734 Fishing cake as inspiration. TFL!
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Black And White Wedding
EEk. This was a nerve racker. In fact, I refused to do this cake 3 times, until the bride twisted my arm. I haven't done wedding cakes, certainly not 'formal' cakes and I was scared to death. I couldn't get the the idea that I could ruin someones entire wedding day if I screwed up the cake out of my head. How do people do this all the time??? In the end I was pleased. I had no idea how heavy 3 tiers of cake really was. Thank heavens for a strong husband. Cake is half vanilla pound half chocolate fudge, with vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant. 14", 10" and 6" rounds. The bride asked for a black palm tree as a topper. I made a couple and gave her the choice on which to use. I'll try to get a picture of the cake with the palm tree from her. TFL
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Birthday Cake
A client ordered her own birthday cake based on a photo of a cake she liked. (I think it was from the Pink Cake Box website - She's AMAZING) This is what I did. Bottom tier is Coconut cake with coconut buttercream, middle is chocolate chip swirl cake with chocolate buttercream and top tier is fake. Flowers are fondant/gumpaste and "R" is chocoalte. :)
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Furious Client
My client was furious over this cake. She wanted a red and black monster truck cake. To her, this screams a girly cake. She kept telling me that he was a boy.. over and over. I told her that red and black were difficult, I'm a full time working mom that does this on the side, but by no means am I an expert. I feel horrible... in fact, it's making me reconsider doing cakes at all... I'm posting it here as my first disaster, possibly last cake.... ***UPDATE*** I offered the client a full refund because I was mortified of the situation. The third photo is how she returned the cake to me, not even 24 hours later. It had a huge rip in the top, AND the cake underneath the truck was completely smashed. Not to mention, that wasn't even the box I delivered the cake in! This quickly made me realize how inconsiderate this person was.
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Hairdresser Cake
I had the cutest request from a guy who lives in another province who's girlfriend was living in my city studying to be a hairdresser... It was her birthday and he wanted to send her flowers and a cake. Thanks to Ladiesofthehouse I TOTALLY copied her cake, it was PERFECT for what the client wanted. I can't wait to see the girls face!!!!
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Argyle Cake
I was asked to do a 50th cake for my aunt. My uncle called and said he didn't want anything over the top, but he wanted it to be 'her'. So I asked if he had any ideas, what she liked, favorite colors. He couldn't answer any of them. So I talked with my mom and we thought her favorite color was yellow, mom was sure she wanted a round cake so everyone would get the same ratio of cake to icing and she loves golf... SO this is what I came up with. Simple, but she loved it. It's a chocolate fudge cake with buttercream frosting. TFL
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Dora And Diego Cake
I made this cake for my daughter. Everything except the characters are edible. I fell sick the day before her birthday and only had Boots made, so I had to cave and use the characters from her lego set. Obviously my daughter who's 2 didn't mind. Treehouse was made with pretzels, chocolate, graham crackers and modeling chocolate. Cake is a 2 layer 10" and a 2 layer 8". Chocolate fudge cake with buttercream and MMF. Thanks for looking.
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Sex In The City Bachelorette
I was asked to do a Sex in the City themed bachelorette cake. It's red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. The recipe made a massive amount of cake and icing. Hopefully the girls will be hungry. Everything you see is edible. All of the 'accessories', like the shoe, hand bag, martini glasses and even the city skyline are made of chocolate modeling cake (first time making a shoe, first time using modelling chocolate). Much more tasty than fondant. Hopefully the girls will be pleased.
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Girly Cougar
Thanks for amazing inspiration on CC I was able to tackle this. It did not quite meet my expectations but it's ok. Everything you see is edible. (Except for the foil on the chocolate coins)Hand carved "cougar" made of fudge marble cake and vanilla buttercream, covered in Marshmallow fondant. Carved handbag made of same products. Lipstick, change purse and key are all hand made with fondant. This was MANY firsts for me! First time carving, second time covering anything in fondant. First purse cake, first time using RKT. First time attempting a RI crown (it shattered, twice, so I opted for fondant crown. lol)
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Princess And The Frog
I was asked to do a Princess and the Frog "Barbie" cake. I made the skirt from half ball pan and 2, 6inch rounds. The cake is Chocolate fudge, with buttercream and marshmallow fondant. (My first time working with marshmallow fondant, so happy it turned out!) I made the frog and lily pad from marshmallow fondant. I hope the birthday girl will like it as much as I did! :) TFL!
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Mr. Snowman
This turned out ok. There were lot's of great snowman cakes on here for inspiration. It's all buttercream with fondant accents. the hat is chocolate ganache dyed black. TFL! (it's partial cake, partial styrofoam. My first time working with styrofoam as a layer!) Nose is an ice cream cone.
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Wrapped Cake
this was my first time trying the rocky road filling and wrapping a cake in chocolate. Both turned out ok. I'm not sure how to do a successful join, and next time I think I'll wrap the top first, then the bottom. The Birthday girl sure did love this cake though! Chocolate fudge cake, filled with CC rocky road filling ( http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7467/rocky-road-fillingfrosting ), covered in vanilla buttercream wrapped in chocolate with fondant flowers.
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Halloween Cake
Halloween Cake. All edible. Pumpkin and bail of hay are chocolate fudge cake with buttercream, the 'grass' is vanilla pound cake. The leaves are fondant, the spiders are 'puff' desserts, (marshmallow and cookie dipped in chocolate) and spaghetti. This is the front...Add a captionHalloween Cake. All edible. Pumpkin and bail of hay are chocolate fudge cake with buttercream, the 'grass' is vanilla pound cake. The leaves are fondant, the spiders are 'puff' desserts, (marshmallow and cookie dipped in chocolate) and spaghetti. This is the front...