zgreenwood
zgreenwood
Minnie Mouse Cake
This cake was done for a two year old's birthday party. I was working on a limited budget so instead of using all fondant accents I opted for a cheaper version of real ribbon. The mother was more concerned with servings and having the bow. I also added fondant daisies with Wilton's new sprinkles as the center.
zgreenwood
zgreenwood
Chocolate Ganache Wedding Cake With Fresh Flowers
This was my first wedding cake and first ganache cake. I made this as a gift for a dear friend of mine who was finally marrying her long time beau. The bride wanted a square cake with chocolate ganache with fresh flowers. I had practiced and practiced and finally got the technique down. When it came time to ganache the actual wedding cakes go figure I can't get it smooth for the life of me! I don't know what was different about that time, but it just wouldn't work for me. At this point it was getting to be sorta late and if I was going to make and design changes I didn't want to do it without the Bride's permission. At 10:30 the night before her wedding I have to say she was surprisingly calm about me telling her the cake so far looked like crap! At that point I decided it was time for me to learn how to pipe scrollwork. Thanks to a lot of cakes on CC and google images I was able to figure out the basic principle behind scrollwork. A little bit of practice in my sketch book and on the counter with the whipped ganche and voila'! Scrollwork! As for the fresh flowers I have never arranged one in my life. 30 minutes (thanks to stand still traffic on the freeway for about 2 hours) before wedding we show up and I still have to assemble the top tier, do the scroll work, arrange the flowers. AAAGGGHHH! As you can see from the picture I was able to complete it and I still got to see my friends get married!
zgreenwood
Dora The Explorer Cake
This was made for a 3 year old's Birthday Party. The woman wanted the Dora cake but again for 60 people. So again I made a sheet cake to go along with it. The entire cake is all BC with Royal Icing Flowers. I made over 100 Royal icing Flowers to decorate the cake with. I used the grass tip for a border.
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Cross Cake
I had a woman order a cross cake but she wanted it for 60 people. AGHH! I used the Wilton cross pan and covered it in MMF. I also made a sheet cake and and covered that in MMF. the cakes are bordered with a silver ribbon, and dusted with white shimmer. I then used gumpaste daises for additional decoration. I also used Wilton's new ball sprinkles and attached them to the sheet cake around the cross.
zgreenwood
zgreenwood
zgreenwood
zgreenwood
zgreenwood
Carriage Baby Shower Cake
This is the third cake I ever made and it was also my first order. I used a 14in round for the carriage and cut out a fourth of the cake. The wheels are 6 in. rounds. The majority of the carriage was done in basket weave. I also made a bunch of pastel royal icing flowers for additional decoration.












