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Gumpaste Peony
I've been admiring the sugar flowers of PetalsweetCakes (on Flickr) and wishing my flowers looked like hers. Unfortunately, I can't afford to travel to take classes right now. So, I decided to buy some cutters and see if I could teach myself the peony and some other flowers. After reading an online tutorial on making a peony and attempting one, I decided I needed some serious help! (Not posting that peony picture - lol!) I purchased a DVD from Nicholas Lodge on the peony and gardenia, and here is my first attempt at a peony after watching the DVD! I'm not up to PetalsweetCakes level, but I'm pretty tickled with my first attempt!
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Girly Softball Birthday Cake
Just finished up this cake for my niece's birthday party tonight. She just started playing softball this year, so she wanted that on her cake (plus the pink and purple girly stuff)! It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting on both. Fondant and gumpaste decorations. Softball is fondant covered styrofoam ball. I plan on adding some stars on wires once we get to the party. This is my first time attempting a topsy turvy. Not sure that's what it ended up looking like though - lol!
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Yellow & Brown Present Cake
This birthday cake is for a couple celebrating their 60th and 65th birthdays. I was asked to create one cake to celebrate both. So, I did a stripe on the bottom to be slightly more masculine for his birthday and quilted the top with little flowers for her birthday. I decided to top it off with a bow and the daughter asked me to be sure and include their ages. It's a 4" almond cake with almond buttercream frosting and a 6" chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.
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Fez Hat Birthday Cake
This cake is for a gentleman celebrating his 40th birthday. His wife said he loves Fez hats and asked if I could make a cake like that and to be sure and put the 40 on there. This cake is about 6" tall and starts with chocolate cake, then vanilla, then strawberry, then two more layers of chocolate at the bottom. Carved down to create the shape. Covered in vanilla buttercream and Satin Ice fondant. Other decorations are fondant and gumpaste.
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Dirt Bike Birthday Cake
Here's a birthday cake I did for a party this afternoon. The birthday boy loves his dirt bike, so his wife asked for a cake with that on it. You can see the inspiration cake here: www.flickr.com/photos/30530695@N05/4107786232/in/faves-92... It's a 1/4 vanilla sheet cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.
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Bowling Party Birthday Cake
Just finished up this cake for a bowling birthday party this afternoon. It's a double layer 1/4 sheet cake. Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Bowling ball is made from Rice Krispie treats and covered in fondant. Pins and stars are gumpaste. The diamonds, rectangles and lettering were cut with the Cricut Cake. Customer just loved the inspiration cake and asked for one like it, but just with a blue bowling ball. Hope the birthday boy likes it!
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Polka Dots & The Stork Baby Shower Cake
Here's a cake I've been working on for a baby shower. It's a chocolate 1/4 sheet cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Trim is chocolate buttercream with colored sugar pearl decorations. Polka dots are fondant and the words and stork are gumpaste and were cut with the Cricut Cake machine.
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Black White Yellow Damask Birthday Cake
Just finished up this cake for a party tonight. I've been wanting to do a cake in black, white and yellow, so I was very excited to get this order. It's a 4" lemon cake with raspberry filling and lemon buttercream and an 8" vanilla cake with chocolate filling and vanilla buttercream. Fondant decorations cut with the Cricut Cake. Gumpaste flowers and numbers.
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Construction Birthday Cake
This is the cake I've been working on for a 1st birthday party today. It's a 6" strawberry cake, 8" yellow butter cake and 10" chocolate cake. The 6" smash cake is chocolate also. All vanilla buttercream frosting with fondant and gumpaste decorations. The dump truck is made from Rice Krispie Treats and then covered in fondant. Entirely edible. See inspiration cake here: www.flickr.com/photos/34259685@N08/3184049198/ They loved it!
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Wizards Of Waverly Place Birthday Cake
Here's a cake I worked on for a Wizards of Waverly Place themed birthday party. See inspiration cake here: www.flickr.com/photos/cakesuniquebyamy/4464896394/ I totally copied her fabulous design, but that's what the client picked out. It's a 4" strawberry, 6" vanilla and 8" chocolate cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Fondant accents. There was also a gumpaste #6 for the top that I added when I delivered it. Client loved it!
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Luau Birthday Cake
Here's the cake I worked on today. It's for a luau themed birthday party. The invitation had a pink flamingo with a green ribbon on it's head, so I wanted to include that on the cake. It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. The decorations are fondant and gumpaste. Can't wait to see what the client thinks when they pick it up this afternoon! Thanks for looking! And a big thanks to all the luau and tropical cakes here and on Flickrl for inspiration!
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Frog Birthday Cake
Here's the cake I worked on yesterday for my niece's 2nd birthday. She's been telling her mom she wanted a frog cake, so that's what I made! It is three - 8" chocolate cakes and one 4" half ball chocolate cake. The top part was carved down to create the correct shape. Vanilla buttercream covered in white chocolate fondant. Decorations were fondant and gumpaste. There were also lily pad cupcakes to go along with the cake. Thanks to www.studiocake.com for the inspiration cake!
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Blue & White Wedding Cake
Here's the wedding cake I worked on for Saturday. It's an 8/10/12 combination. All vanilla cake. The top tier had raspberry filling, the middle had strawberry and the bottom had oreo buttercream filling. Buttercream frosting with a cornflower blue fondant ribbon. The top and bottom tier had piped swiss dots and the middle tier had scroll work. This was my first time doing any piping on a cake. My sister usually does the piping, but she is out on maternity leave, so I had to bite the bullet and pipe decorations! Really pleased with how it turned out, especially once we got it set up!
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Black & White Wedding Cake
Here is the wedding cake I worked on for Saturday. This is the only picture I have of the cake because the venue did not want to set the cake up until after the wedding was over and it was time to cut cake. Both the wedding and reception were outside in 85 degree heat. Flowers were added before it was set up. (I heard from guests that it made it to set up and cutting just fine.) It's a 4/6/10/14 combo. Bottom tier is Funfetti and the top three are strawberry cake. Frosted in vanilla buttercream and then covered in Jennifer Dontz's white chocolate fondant and the swirls are cut from Satin Ice fondant. Pleased with how it turned out. This is my first cake this size covered in fondant.
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Golf Birthday Cake
Here's the cake I worked on today for a 30th birthday. It's a 9" vanilla cake filled with chocolate buttercream and entire cake is frosted with vanilla buttercream. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste. The golf ball and bag are Rice Krispy Treats. You can see the inspiration cake here: www.flickr.com/photos/perfect_cakes/3544496898/
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Graduation Cake
Tonight is our local high school graduation and this in one of the cakes I worked on today. It's a 1/2 sheet strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste and the cap is a Rice Krispy Treat. The flat part is fondant covered 1/2 inch foamcore.
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Graduation Cake
Tonight is our local high school graduation and this in one of the cakes I worked on today. It is a 6" yellow butter cake filled with chocolate buttercream and a 9" strawberry cake. Entire caked is covered in vanilla buttercream. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste and the cap is a Rice Krispy Treat. The flat part is fondant covered 1/2 inch foamcore.