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This was for a kitchen themed bridal shower. I decided to try fondant basketweave. Kitchen tools are gumpaste airbrushed, bow is gumpaste, potholder, towel and flowers are fondant. Cake was traditional yellow with milk chocolate ganache. These are her wedding colors - dark pink, clover green and plum. Thanks to luvtodecorate for the basket inspiration (only in buttercream).
My client that ordered the starfish wedding cake ordered a birthday cake for her husband for the same weekend. She promised even though it was their wedding weekend he would have a birthday cake as it was the day after their wedding. She loved the golf cakes I had previously done so we went with the same design. I added elements such as a golf bag and towel, additional clubs and changed his clothes a little bit. The flag is not on the top of the cake as it was traveling 3 1/2 hrs with the wedding cake. The cake is strawberry lemonade with SBC, lemon curd filling and strawberry lemonade BC. The cake is covered in fondant with gumpaste and fondants accessories.
My client saw a picture of a cake she loved and wanted it for her wedding cake. She found it through Google so if the design is posted on Cake Central I'm sorry I don't have a name of someone to thank! She did cupcakes for her guests and this cake was for the couple to cut and of course save the top for their 1st anniversary. The cake is covered in fondant and all the starfish and shells are gumpaste, covered in luster dust, painted with petal dust, sprayed with pearl sheen and glittered in blue topaz edible glitter. The pearls are individually set around as borders, they were unfinished and I used pearl luster dust to color them. The top tier is chocolate cake with VBC filling and frosting. The bottom tier is traditional red velvet with cream cheese filling and cream cheese frosting. It had to travel 3 1/2 hrs assembled! Everything went well.
This cake was for a client's sons 2nd birthday. She wanted colorful dots, his name across it and the #2 at the top. I tried something a little different on the bottom tier by adding streamers coming out from the border of colorful balls. The cake was orange dreamsicle on the top with VBC filling and frosting and yellow with milk chocolate ganache filling and VBC frosting for the bottom tier. Covered in fondant. The "2" was gumpaste, all other elements fondant.
This cake was for a group of 11 ladies who were having a beach weekend to celebrate a couple of birthdays. They wanted beach theme with lots of cocktail reference. The cake is marble with chocolate ganache filling and fondant. All elements on base are gumpaste, sand is sugar in the raw.
This was a 2nd cake for my daughter's 21st birhtday (other cake just uploaded). It was for her to share at work. Her favorite saying is this one in italian which means "live without regret". I love it too! The cake was vanilla sponge and chocolate with alternating layers of chocolate ganache and VBC. The lettering and numbers were tinted royal icing - cake covered in fondant bow and ribbon in fondant, flowers were gumpaste with royal icing centers.
This was a cake for my daughter's 21sr birthday earlier this week. I found this ribbon and loved it so much I decided to build the cake around it!. Fondant with gumpaste accents, fondant cut outs of drinks. Top tier is vanilla sponge cake with VBC filling. Bottom tier is marble cake with alternating layers of chocolate ganache and VBC. She just loved it!
My client gave me a picture of a wedding cake for this design. Her colors were brown, white and silver. It was a more natural, rustic cake. She loved the willow vine. I wrapped the wire with brown floral tape, then brown satin ribbon. Fondant with gumpaste flowers. Ribbon trim done in fondant - 3 layers: 1st brown, then white, then brown on top. Cakes were 8"/10"/12". Top tier was chocolate with VBC, middle tier was red velvet with strawberry buttercream filling and VBC icing, bottom tier was marble cake with raspberry chambord filling and CC icing.
My client wanted the beer bucket with sugar bottles and Jimmy Buffet themed. This is what I came up with!
This was for a client hosting a baby shower. The mommy-to-be doesn't know what she's having so she wanted to go neutral. Thanks to all the inspiration here on CC - client saw this design several times and loved it! The duck and soap are gumpaste, all other accents including wood planks and water are fondant. Cake was traditional white with VBC filling and icing. This was my 5th cake since last Saturday and I'm doing this on the side!!! It's a great problem to have!
This cake is for a client whose daughter is being baptized. Her invitations were pink and peach polka dot so I followed that theme in the cake. WASC 9" cake with VBC frosting. Gumpaste bow and tails, fondant plaque and polka dots.
This was my first attempt at sugar bottles and sugar ice. The cake is chocolate with Raspberry Chambord Cream Cheese filling and CC icing. Planks are fondant stamped with wood grain pattern and painted with food coloring. The client said her husband liked beer and his bulldog so I named the beer "Eric's Bulldog Beer". Underneath the picture of the bulldog on the label was "49 years and going strong" and on the collar of the bottle "established 1961" with a paw print.
One of my co-workers' birthday was today and she loves Betty Boop. The cake was strawberry with fresh strawberry buttercream filling and VBC icing under fondant. Betty was gumpaste, sugar ice, plastic martini "glass", fondant accents and fantasy flowers.
This is my first wedding cake! It was top tier - Chocolate cake with Raspberry Chambord Cream Cheese filling and CC icing, middle tier - Red Velvet with traditional CC filling and icing and bottom tier Yellow Cake with Chocolate Ganache filling and VBC icing. Covered in ivory fondant with ivory ribbon, rhinestone cake banding and gumpaste roses and leaves in the bride's colors brushed with disco dust. TFL!!
I got a last minute request for a 3 tiered birthday cake. I was given creative freedom - found out she loved gardening. I was given the order Saturday for delivery Sunday! I was limited on elements drying!! The cake is: top tier - Strawberry with fresh Strawberry BC filling and VBC icing, 2nd tier Orange Dreamsicle with Orange Creamsicle filling and VBC icing, bottom tier is Pina Colada with Pina Colada filling and Crusted Cream Cheese icing. Cake covered in fondant, all other elements fondant with some gumtex! After delivering the cake I realized I had forgotten the ribbon around the top tier!! TFL!
This was for my beautiful Mom for Mother's Day. She is my inspiration! Cake is strawberry with strawberry buttercream filling and vanilla buttercream icing. Ivory fondant covers it. Edible pearls, all accessories are gumpaste. Fondant napkin. TFL!
This was for a client who was hosting her sister's bridal shower. She wanted something a little different than the corset shaped cake so I came up with the gift box with the lingerie in it. She wanted La Perla which is a high end lingerie store as the box. I added the Chanel cosmetic case. Her wedding colors were deep eggplant and dark pink (boy that was fun figuring out)! The box is the cake - red velvet and the cosmetic bag is also red velvet with cream cheese filling and crusting cream cheese icing. The lid was a gift box lid enforced with cake board and covered inside and out with fondant. The bow was gumpaste as were the flowers and gift tag. The cosmetic bag and lingerie were covered in fondant. It's hard to see because of the dark colors but it's a bustier and then laying sideways an embossed bikini with garters. TFL!
I was asked by my client to incorporate 2 - 60th birthdays into one cake for 2 very good friends. She loves animal print, accessories - anything diva like. He is a die hard Jimmy Buffet fan and they both adore the beach!! This cake is all fondant and gumpaste except the beachball which is styrofoam covered in fondant. They wanted each tier a different flavor so the top is orange with orange dreamsicle filling and VBC, following by pina colada with pina colada cream cheese filling and icing and finally strawberry cake with fresh strawberry filling and strawberry buttercream. This was by far the most fun cake I've done yet! I pulled out all the old Jimmy Buffet cds for inspiration!
I surprised my niece for her 19th birthday with her favorite....Chanel! This was my first attempt at a shoe or shoebox and accessories. The shoebox is cake with fondant - all other elements are gumpaste. The cake itself was WASC w/ VBC filling.
Customer wanted Alice in Wonderland theme because their 5 year old is crazy about it! All handmade gumpaste figures. Cake all covered in fondant - all 3 tiers are cake. Flavors were teapot - yellow cake with chocolate filling and chocolate bc. Middle tier WASC with strawberry bc and bottom tier is white cake with vbc filling.
This customer has 2 children with birthdays one week apart. She wanted 1 cake for both. The little boy turning 3 loves dragons and knights and the little girl turning 5 loves anything princess and pink. I divided the cake in half and made one side hers and one side his!
This customer's nursery theme was lambs. All figures, fencing, flowers, butterflies are made out of gumpaste. MMF on both tiers. Top tier white cake w/ raspberry buttercream filling, bottom tier chocolate w/ raspberry jam filling.
This cake was for a young man's 10th birthday. He loves basketball and his team colors are orange and royal blue and his number is 23. He wrote me the most beautiful thank you note - that makes it all worthwhile! The cake is all fondant. The basketball cake is a pound cake and the bottom layer is white cake with VBC. The net was a challenge but fun!
Customer had 3 or 4 cakes she liked and so I tried to incorporate all her wishes and not overwhelm the cake! 6" and 8" cakes - top tier traditional yellow cake with VBC filling, bottom tier devil's food cake with CBC filling. All MMF covering. Characters, bumblebees and lettering gumpaste/MMF. Polka dots all MMF fondant. Characters are all free hand painted. Bumblebees stripes and facial features painted on.
8" chocolate cake with CBC filling. MMF with fondant accents and gumpaste loopy bow. Thanks to cib for the inspiration. This is the my first square and bow - can't wait to do another to get sharper corners!! TFL!
6" and 8" white cake with VBC filling. MMF tinted in ivory. 63rd wedding anniversary - got the call on Friday night for a Monday morning delivery!! First time with full roses/rosebuds and not rolled roses. Drapes fondant/gumpaste tinted. Hand set edible pearls for borders.
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