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When I was asked for a "Squidward" cake, I realized I'd have to get creative to find a way to make the cake cheerful & bright despite the character's characters.... LOL... I had some help from my sister in getting this done! We incorporated fondant/gum paste figures to add to Squidward's fun!
My sister's birthday cake. It was my first effort to make a gift box cake, and also my first effort to use a textured rolling pin. This was FUN!
The tinkerbell figure was ordered online (I didn't use the base that came with it, but some food-safe wire that allowed me to make a larger cluster of flowers beneath it.
A little fellow wanted a Karate Sponge Bob cake... and with the help of the internet, I found the pics of what I was modeling from cake!
stacked cakes atop a larger base cake, with rice cereal treat "arms". An incredibly easy cake, I discovered. I have made three since this one! LOL
Inspired by a photo provided by the birthday girl's mom, this was quite a fun cake to make! the fondant bandanna was less challenging than I had originally expected, thankfully!
A gift for a lovely little girl in my neighborhood who was having a birthday party at the local skating rink. I thought it was appropriate. She was literally "tickled pink!"
I was asked to make a "Jagermeister" cake for a bar tender, friend of a friend of a friend. I hadn't a clue as to what a "Jagermeister" was, and THAT got a laugh! Anyway, a local restaurant offered to let me take a photo, which made making this cake easier. So... thanks for my friends, THIS friend of a friend of a friend got his birthday cake! And for the record, it is totally alcohol-free!
One of my coworkers asked me to create a cake for her mom's birthday, who has a collection of the delft figurines and other collectible items. We both felt that a windmill would be appropriate for the occasion!
A young student of mine (no, I'm not a cake decorating instructor! LOL) asked me to help her with a baby shower need. I provided the cake. It was fun! I wish I had had more time to work on the building blocks, but otherwise, I enjoyed the outcome. The cake was two 12x18 cakes, with buttercream under fondant. The bear, basketball, and football were all rice cereal treats covered in fondant; everything else was fondant or sugarpaste. I created the wood texture by rolling grooves in the toybox, and painting the toybox with a mix of vanilla and brown gel color "stain."
A friend of mine asked if I could do a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake... so I jumped in & gave it my best shot! It was quite fun! The "head", slide, and hands were formed from rice krispie treats covered in buttercream & fondant, but the rest is buttercream covered. It was quite fun!
A special princess (my granddaughter) was having a "princess birthday party," so I decided I'd turn my hand to try a princess castle. I didn't have time to order one of the kits that I'd found online, so I made the turrets from cardboard tubes & covered them in fondant. The turret tower tops were of gumpaste/fondant mix. It was a fun cake to make, and even more fun to watch her reaction!
My Grandson wanted a Super Mario cake for his birthday, and since I had just started experimenting with Fondant, I went looking. This cake emulates one that I had seen online, although I knew I couldn't replicate her expertise with my novice level of experience, I was willing to give it all I had. With the helping hands of a fun-loving sister and a friend, we were able to pull off a hit for a special little guy's sixth birthday party!
A very special young lady wished for a baby shower cake, and had no theme except the "Tiddly Winks" Bedding set from Sears that she was purchasing for her new addition. The colors and butterflies, ladybugs, and flowers were "borrowed" from the bedding set photos I found. The baby bottom & feet were not my original idea; I had seen a wonderful cake on Cake Central that I thought was absolutely adorable, and couldn't wait to try my hand at this. This was one of my earliest fondant cakes, and it was truly much easier than I had expected!
This big 3-D cake was made for a 40th birthday cake for a wonderful family member. It was designed to feed 150 people. I got a call that evening, and he had allowed the base cake to be served, but wanted to keep the tractor cake "for show!" What a compliment! It was a fun AND challenging cake for an amateur like myself!
A Zebra striped cake for a friend of mine. The inside was even more exciting to make: it was a "tie dye" cake with shades of blue, purple, and pink on the lower tiers, and the upper tier in red, orange, and yellow. FUN stuff! I only forgot to "go green!" LOL
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