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A customer provided a napkin for me to use as a guide in making the cake. She gave me free rein, and this is what I came up with. I saw many wonderful ideas on CC. The cakes are iced in buttercream, and the monkey is made from fondant.
I was asked to make a Mickey's Club House cake and Mickey smash cake. The customer found several designs on CC that she liked, so I had wonderful pictures to follow, thank you! The cakes are iced in BC, and the accents are fondant. The stars are gum paste and glued to sucker sticks. The smash cake is an inverted jumbo cupcake, which was very hard to ice since it was so light. TFL
A customer ordered this cake for her daughter's birthday. The young girl LOVES the African spurred tortoise, so I did my best to mimic one. I used the Wilton soccer ball pan and cut away some of the cake to sculpt it. I then mixed the scraps with icing and molded the back. I used RCT for the head and wings. Everything else is buttercream.
A customer ordered this cake for her 9 yr olds birthday. My poor hand was dead after all of the stars, lol.
A customer requested a 2-layer 1/4 sheet cake decorated in a farm motif for a Sunday school picnic. Everything is buttercream.
A customer requested this cake with figurines of her and her husband on motorcycles. I had a very hard time with the motorcycles, but it was the best I could do.
A customer requested this cake for her 18 year olds birthday. The young lady loves The Beatles, so I downloaded an Abbey Road image and cut each figure from black gum paste. The 8 inch cake is covered in fondant and all decorations are gum paste/fondant. TFL
A customer ordered a ukulele cake with lei flowers. I carved the cake and decorated it in buttercream icing. The flowers are gum paste and strung together with thread. TFL
A friend ordered a cake topper for a baby shower, but she wanted it to be decorated in camouflage like Mossy Oaks, lol. The baby is on an autumn orange oak leaf. TFL
I thought I had dodged the Barney bullet when my kids were younger, but now he's back...lol. This is a 2 layer 14in marbled cake iced in buttercream. I made a FBCT for Barney and added balloons and a boarder.
A customer gave me a picture from another cake deocrator's website and asked me to copy the cake. Well, mine is a poor copy of Quaintcakes, but I gave it my best. I love her work, and I wish I could have done her design justice, but I learned a lot. It was challenging to say the least. TFL
A customer requested a birthday cake with a 2003 Harley Davidson Fatboy motorcylce topper. Unfortunately, I was only given one day to make the topper, so I didn't get to put as much detail into it as I would have liked. But, for a short notice request I thought it looked ok.
A customer ordered a cake for his father-in-law who likes to surf the net and watch his 2 big TV's at the same time while lounging in his recliner. His favorite shows are Fox News and Swamp People. I'm not too good at people yet, but the customer said his FIL LOVED it and wouldn't let anyone cut the cake for a long time, lol.
OK, so I didn't realize the Wilton soccer ball was not proportioned to make a perfect sphere and attempted to make a "ball" 3 times! The last ball still looked squished around the middle, but I had to go with it, lol. Lesson's learned and all that...The field is a 2 layer half sheet cake, which was another problem all together. I had a horrible time leveling and stacking the cakes, so they were very uneven. Luckily, the grass covered all of the many flaws. After all was said and done I ended up making a whole $10 on this cake after all of the ingredients alone. I never seem to estimate the costs right, but I'll know better next time.
I still have a little trouble with my filler icing not looking as smooth as I'd like. However, I thought the UK Wildcat turned out OK. My color for the poor cat was off too, but I hope I get a chance to do it again to do better. TFL
This is a graduation cake I made for my nephew. His school colors were red and black, and his mom asked for a 10 in square cake covered in buttercream with diamonds. I made the cap, tassel and numbers from gum paste following Sharon Zambito's Book Smarts tutorial. TFL
A customer ordered this for her friend's baby shower. They chose a few pictures from CC, and I tried to incorporate what I could. I followed Lorraine McKay's tutorial for the lamb, and I love it. This was a lot of fun to make, but I had a little trouble with the book pan. I'll use parchment paper next time. TTL
A customer requested an electric guitar cake for her son's first birthday. She wanted the main colors to be red, white and black.. I followed a video on youtube and the template provided to make the cake. TFL
A customer requested a birthday cake for his wife with a Mercedes Benz in a car garage as in inside joke. He asked for a garage that was made of light brick, a shrub in either side, and a black driveway curving away. This is an 8in cake, so I had to make everything pretty small. I had a great time making this one. TFL
I love Anne Geddes photoes, so I did my best to make a gum paste baby similair to one of her pictures. I made a little gum paste lady bug costume and placed it on a gum paste flower. I will add some color for the hair and facial features next. TFL
I followed a template from CC that someone shared, and added a UK emblem. This was a lot easier to make than I thought it would be.
I found a wonderful template on CC and made this baby bootie with gum paste. It was very easy and fun to make.
A friend's daugher wanted a pink pirate birthday cake. She found the picuture on the birthdayexpress.com site, and wanted the purse and lipstick too. Since the party was after gymnastics class my friend didn't want to worry about plates and forks, so I suggested a pull-apart cake. It was much easier than I thought to make, and I loved how it turned out. TFL
A customer requested a Mary Kay cosmetics cake b/c she is giving a party as a new consultant. The makeup is made of gum paste and fondant, and the cake is WASC with vanilla/almond buttercream. TFL
A customer requested a 3 tiered birthday cake for her twin daughters who were turning 16. The dots on the bottom tier and the design on the top tier are buttercream. The daisies are gumpaste, but everything else is fondant. TFL
A customer requested a WASC cake with the colors purple and green. I made roses and rose buds, and she loved it. The cake is covered in vanilla buttercream icing.
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