Pink Purse
11x13 pan cut in half, then shaped. Pink is MMF and brown is modeling chocolate. Used the simple modeling choc. recipe found in the CC recipe section.....fantastic tasting and super easy to make and work with. Cake bubbled but I was able to poke a tiny hole and release some air and press back down. Just forgot to take a photo after I fixed it.
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Birthday Wish Granted
Thank you to KodiM for her cake inspiration! This was my 3rd purse cake and I think I finally did it! It looks semi-real. I used an 11x17 pan, divided into 3, stacked, iced and carved. All details are MMF. Added some patterened "tissue" paper and a fondant ring for fun. My C's were not the greatest but I handpainted them with gel colour and that alone took almost 2 hours. It was a good challenge and so fun to make.
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Jack Skellington
Cake iced in BC. Fondant moon and fondant mountain highlighted w/ pearl glaze. Jack was freehand painted with Americolour gel. I used my gumpaste tools to scrape out some of the black to give some shading to the character. Jack's face and hands and neck are also Pearl Glaze. Did this for a friend's son who is a HUGE Jack fan.
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Drivers.....start Your Engines!
A big thanks to cakelady48 and debdvo for letting me borrow your ideas. I combined elements from both of their cakes to come up with this cake for my son's friend. I did handpaint some trees into the background using gel colour. My fire ring is royal icing piped onto an empty masking tape roll. Used candy stix to lift it off the cake. Everything is MMF and signs are 50/50. This was so fun to do and the bday boy loved it. Thanks ladies for your inspiration!
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Fun At The Lake
I did this cake for a friend who asked that I do the body of water in the shape of the lake her cottage is on. A lot got lost in the cross between topographical design and "fun". All decs are made with fondant or 50/50 fondant gumpaste. Used spaghetti (painted with gel paste) for seagull legs and stems for cattails. Nilla wafers used for sand effect. Too humid and did not want brown sugar to melt. Lots of fun little details.
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Off Duty
I did this for my childen's school Principal's retirment. She adores sheep and has 2 Golden Retrievers. I thought the idea of the dogs being Off Duty and the sheep slacking off, relaxing was cute. I followed Aine2's Youtube Tutorial for both sheep and large dog. Thanks Aine! Sheep are MMF/royal icing combo. Dogs are just MMF. Dog house is RKT covered in fondant. I did a poor job with my buttercream but for the most part, I liked the way this little stage cake turned out. Bucket is MMF/GP mix and water is Wilton gliitter gel. Hope you like it!
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Gnome In The Garden
I did this cake for my friend's mother who was turning 80. She LOVES garden gnomes and adores gardening. I used an arrangement of fresh flowers which were set into floral spikes. Gnome is RKT covered with 50/50 fondant/GP and shaded with Americolour Gel paste. The little mushroom is just 50/50. Basic buttercream and chantilly lace effect. Roses, Gerbera Daisies, Freesia and not sure of the green flower, also added pussy willow stix
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Hawaiian Luau Party With A Personal Touch
Did this for a friend's husband's 40th bday. Pig is in keeping with Luau theme plus bday boy collects pigs. It's made of RKT covered in fondant and handpainted with gel paste. Cards, poker chips and die are 50/50 MMF/GP as are the orchid and other flower. They are part of the Personal Touch as bday boy loves to play Poker. The top tier is an edible image of bday boy's favourite Hawaiian/Party shirt. He actually thought we had cut his shirt and wrapped the cake in it. This was a really fun cake to do and I was thrilled with the way the pig turned out.
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M&m's Turned E&e's
MMF was used for most of the cakes details. The arms are 50/50 fondant and GP. Characters were carved out of pound cake, iced and then fondant covered. This was for a friend's son turning 30 whose name begins with "E". Since he was little his mom always told him they weren't m&m's but that they were E&E's.
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Raising Awareness
I did this cake for a group of friends that were trying to raise money for their Weekend To End Breast Cancer Team. They are doing a cake auction and I thought this was perfect! My first shoe and gift bag cake. All toppers are 50/50 fondant and gumpaste. Shoebox is cake covered in MMF and base cake is covered in MMF. I hope it helps raise them some extra $$$$. TFL!
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Done for a kids movie party. One meatball accidentally rolled out of place, which was replaced before giving to the customer. Meatballs were a combination of fondant, rice crispies and, green ju jubes. I molded the character out of fondant and lightly shaded character's face with regular past colours using a dry brushing technique.