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50Th Wedding Anniversary
Choc with vanilla BC covered in fondant. Simple (coz thats all I can do LOL !!) borders piped in RI and gold ribbons. Plaque is removable and is gumpaste flooded in royal with fondant/paste roses done with a core and circle cutters and horseshoes and numbers. First time doing roses like this - turned out ok I think.
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Smiley Face
Chocolate with vanilla BC fondant accents piping in chocolate. Client liked the other smiley face one I did but a bit simpler/smaller version. Poor photo as it reflects off the cake board. I piped happy birthday around the board after this in choc, but i still think it needed something else - did not have time to roll ball border for the bottom as i
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70Th Birthday For A Line Dancer
Lot of firsts for me in this cake....turned out ok I think. Hat and boots are gumpaste painted black with silver glitter accents as requested by clien, duff roses pastel colours as the lady likes pastels, fondant with hand painted wood on top. Bit of a dilemma where to place the boots and hat as they were bigger than when I drew the design, so I left them off till client arrived as she wanted candles last minute and we placed the hat and boots then.
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Fundraiser
This was made for a fundraiser auction. The bottom was served up and the top taken to the childcare center for the children. I tried to represent the logo as best I could and handpainted the plaque with the children on it. Chocolate with lemon for top. This is my first sort of tiered cake even though probably did not need doweling I did it anyway was good practice !!
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Medical Corps Logo
This is my first ever attempt at a cake. Fondant with royal icing. The scroll at the bottom is fondant with painted shading, piped letters.. Piped rest onto silicone sheet with colored royal and when dry accent/shading painted then attached to cake. Detail is not great as its a photo of a photo that they took as I never thought to take one - looked better for real and had little lollie bits on the crown for jewels. Had several goes at the laurel wreaths with a leaf tip - first time quite happy with outcome. Now i take photos !!!
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Stained Glass Window
Trial run for another cake and practicing the technique. Outline in piped chocolate over fondant. Then filled with coloured turkish delight piped in before it set. Learned a lot mainly to have a good edge/dam and to smooth the top of the cake perfectly flat after etching the design.