tmalvey's Cake Central Gallery

tmalvey's Cake Central Gallery

Black Roses - A Hand-Painted Cake

Black Roses - A Hand-Painted Cake

I finally got to do a black rose cake! This is my third painted rose cake, and I used food colors and vodka to paint on the fondant (with a paint brush). The 3d roses and leaves are made from gumpaste. I absolutely love painting roses, and was glad to get some more practice with it! Thank you for looking.

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My Daughter's Beach Cake

My Daughter's Beach Cake

This beach themed cake was created for my daughter Jasmine's 9th birthday. We had her party at her favorite place - a lake that she refers to as 'the beach', so she wanted a beach cake with a sand castle and a figure of her on it. The sand castle is made from rice cereal treats with crushed cookies and brown sugar for sand. The girl, bucket, and shovel are made from gumpaste. I used a mold for the starfish and shells - those are fondant. The cake is frosted with buttercream, and I also added some wave detail at the bottom using fondant and royal icing. Jasmine wanted her favorite ice cream flavors in the cake - so it is coffee chocolate chip cake, filled with vanilla buttercream and chunks of no-bake chocolate chip cookie dough. We had a fabulous day at 'the beach' and all the kids got a kick out of picking off the shells and eating them! :)

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Beatrix Potter Guinea Pig Cake

Beatrix Potter Guinea Pig Cake

I was totally floored when I was asked to submit a cake for Cake Central Magazine! This was published in Volume 4 – issue 6. I was given the theme of Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter to use as inspiration. I loved the poems with the gardening guinea pigs the best, and I wanted to tell the story of these guys on this cake. Each tier is hand painted using food colors. All of the guinea pigs are sculpted from gumpaste and hand painted, as well as the wheel barrow, watering can, veggies, fence, flowers and greenery. When I was carrying it outside, I broke the little guy’s shovel – I was so mad at myself! But luckily I got a shot of it inside. I love the outdoor pic the best though :)

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A Dark Birthday Cake

A Dark Birthday Cake

A very different cake that I created for a young man turning 15. I was asked to make something dark, inspired by his interests, which included scary movies and Stephen King novels. The tree is hand painted gumpaste over a wire frame. I also sculpted the raven from gumpaste. The rock work on the bottom was created from rice cereal treats, covered with fondant. I created texture on the fondant with royal icing, and then hand painted all the colors and also the black vines. The main vine in the middle is gumpaste. I used a mold for the fondant skulls – I would’ve driven myself crazy making all those from scratch! I had fun hacking them up and embedding them in the ‘rock’ at different angles, lol. I am really loving painting on cakes, and am always amazed at how color transforms everything. This cake was all white at one point, and I was afraid of not getting the depth that I wanted into it, but seriously love how it turned out. Each cake I do teaches me something! The top tier was lemon cake with lemon buttercream filling, and the bottom tier was chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling. I enjoyed creating this cake, and am glad it was well received!

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Pink Poodle Birthday Cake

Pink Poodle Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my niece Allison’s 4th birthday. She’s such a cutie – so sassy and spunky! And she loves poodles and the color pink! I always have to do something extra girly for her. It is strawberry pound cake, filled with strawberry buttercream, and frosted with vanilla buttercream. I made the bow and poodle from gumpaste, and also painted the poodle’s features, and added some dots for a little extra detail.

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My Wedding Cake Inspired By Georgia O'keeffe

My Wedding Cake Inspired By Georgia O'keeffe

I was asked to create a non-traditional wedding cake that was colorful, and inspired by one of the bride's favorite artists - Georgia O'Keeffe. I drew inspiration from several of O'Keeffe's paintings. I tried a few new things with this wedding cake, including sculpting a cow skull from modeling chocolate. I created the morning glories and leaves from gumpaste. The tree was made from modeling chocolate. I also tried my hand at painting a landscape - inspired by O'Keeffe's love of Mount Pedernal, where her ashes were scattered. Before painting the cake, I textured it with royal icing. I wasn't sure about how all of this would come together, but I really loved it in the end.

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My First Wedding Cake - Vintage Style

My First Wedding Cake - Vintage Style

I created this cake for my lovely sister Roxanna and her husband Roy. Her wedding theme was vintage, and her colors were ivory and wine. She really loved the hand-painted roses that I did on another cake, so I incorporated that into this one, but made them quite a bit larger this time. The bottom two tiers are covered in buttercream ruffles. I made the tea cup from gumpaste and then hand painted roses on it as well. I also made the other roses from gumpaste. The pearl border is fondant. The cake flavors were cookies and cream filled with cookies and cream buttercream, and then chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and ganache. This is the largest cake I’ve made to date, and I traveled with the entire cake stacked – so thank you to my husband for carrying and transporting the cake – he always makes me feel like we can do anything – such a strong, soothing and supporting person! Don’t know what I’d do without him! Thank you for looking!

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Graboid Attack!

Graboid Attack!

I made this graboid cake for my son Logan’s 12th birthday. He has been obsessed with the movie series for a few years now. The graboid is a rkt/modeling chocolate/gumpaste sculpture. I did use wire to help support the beak and also in the tongues. The cake is chocolate and it is filled with caramel buttercream and a salted caramel drizzle. The cake is covered with fondant. The letters, boards, arm, and hat are gumpaste. The hardest part of the cake was sculpting the graboid, but the second hardest was all the painting! I do not own an airbrush, and instead of coloring my fondant, I hand painted it all with paint brushes and food colors. He loved the cake, and refused to eat the graboid – he wants to keep it as long as he can! :) Thank you for looking!

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My Ruffled Bridal Shower Cake

My Ruffled Bridal Shower Cake

I made this for my sister Roxanna's bridal shower. I used her invitation for inspiration. It is red velvet cake filled and frosted with white chocolate buttercream. The bow is modeling chocolate and the butterflies are gumpaste. Thank you for looking!

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My Chimps In The Treetops

My Chimps In The Treetops

I made this cake for my little sis's baby shower. It is chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache and vanilla buttercream. The fondant is detailed with royal icing and painted. The trees, vines, flowers, and leaves are made from modeling chocolate. My first time sculpting chimps - the mommy and baby chimps are made from modeling chocolate and gumpaste. I was attempting to capture that precious feeling between mommy and baby - as my sister will soon be experiencing that herself :) Thanks for looking!

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My Kraken Cake

My Kraken Cake

Release the Kraken! Lol :) The sea beast has ripped the boat in half and is dragging the remains down into the churning sea. My oldest son has been wanting me to do this cake for a while. So this is for him. He helped with the design and told me how he wanted all the tentacles on there and even helped me stamp out all of the suction cups. Vanilla cake with fudge filling, detailed with fondant, modeling chocolate, royal icing, and piping gel. Thanks for looking!

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My First Pregnant Belly Cake

My First Pregnant Belly Cake

My first pregnant belly cake! It is banana cake filled with vanilla bean buttercream and a caramel drizzle. It is covered in fondant that I embossed a rose pattern onto, and is detailed with lots of red ruffles made out of modeling chocolate, and finished with a red modeling chocolate bow. Thank you for looking :)

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My Hand-Painted Rose And Ruffle Cake

My Hand-Painted Rose And Ruffle Cake

I love roses! My first go at painting roses on a cake, and at making gumpaste roses as well. Thank you for looking :)

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My Wintry Christmas Cake

My Wintry Christmas Cake

This wintry Christmas cake is vanilla cake filled with peppermint buttercream and chocolate ganache, and frosted with vanilla buttercream. For the decorations - the snow flakes and snow are made from modeling chocolate. The trees are made out of rice cereal treats, ice cream cones, and modeling chocolate. I also added sparkling sugar to the trees and snow.

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My Rose And Lace Christmas Tree Cake

My Rose And Lace Christmas Tree Cake

I love lace and roses! This Christmas tree is carved from vanilla cake and filled with chocolate mint buttercream. It is covered in lace modeling chocolate and decorated with modeling chocolate roses.

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My Dragons And Cave Cake

My Dragons And Cave Cake

I made this dragon cake for my nephew's 8th birthday. The board is covered with fondant that I textured and painted. The 'cave' is chocolate cake, filled with chocolate ganache, and covered w/ modeling chocolate and fondant. I used food colors to add different colors to the cave, and I also tried to paint on 'moss' as well. I really enjoyed the painting part. My dragon pair are sculpted from rice cereal treats and modeling chocolate, and a tiny bit of black fondant.

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My Lady Dragon Topper

My Lady Dragon Topper

Lady dragon topper I made from rice cereal treats, modeling chocolate, and fondant. www.facebook.com/madhousebakes

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My Dragon Cake Topper - Male

My Dragon Cake Topper - Male

Dragon cake topper I sculpted from rice cereal treats, fondant, and modeling chocolate. He's part of a set that went on a cave cake. www.facebook.com/madhousebakes

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My Froggy Birthday Cake

My Froggy Birthday Cake

I made this froggy cake for a little boy turning 4. He loves frogs, so there is one for each year on his cake. It is vanilla cake filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream. All other decorations, including the frogs, are made from modeling chocolate.

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My Basketball Birthday Cake

My Basketball Birthday Cake

An extremely last minute cake I made for my daughter's teaching assistant - as a huge favor to my daughter :) It is vanilla cake, frosted with vanilla buttercream, and filled with vanilla and chocolate buttercream. The basketball is rkt and fondant, and all other decorations are fondant.

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My Monster High Bed Cake

My Monster High Bed Cake

For my niece - a huge Monster High fan. The cake flavor was orange vanilla filled with chocolate buttercream and a chocolate ganache drizzle. The cake is detailed with a fondant/modeling chocolate blend on the sides in a quilted pattern, and has a buttercream 'shag carpet' on the top. The curtains, blanket, and pillow are fondant. The bed is made from rkt, chocolate, and fondant. The bed frame is actually constructed from wooden dowels. I then applied modeling chocolate over the frame, detailed it, and then finished with edible gold spray.

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My Monster High Dress Cake

My Monster High Dress Cake

Monster High inspired cake. The cake flavor is cookies and cream, filled with chocolate ganache and cookies and cream buttercream. The bottom tier is covered in black modeling chocolate ruffles to resemble a skirt. The top tier is covered in vanilla buttercream and fondant/modeling chocolate zebra stripes. It is topped with a black modeling chocolate bow and a skull also made out of modeling chocolate.

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My Flower Fairy Cake

My Flower Fairy Cake

I made this for my daughter's 8th birthday. The cake flavor is apple spice filled with brown sugar cinnamon buttercream, and is covered with white chocolate fondant. I modeled the fairy and all of the flowers out of modeling chocolate. The leaves and vines are fondant.

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My Penguin Cake

My Penguin Cake

I made this cake for my niece's 3rd birthday. It is chocolate cake filled with chocolate chip mint buttercream and is covered with white chocolate ganache and white chocolate fondant. I made the bows out of fondant/gumpaste and the penguin out of rkt, modeling chocolate, and fondant.

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My Zebra Stripe Cake

My Zebra Stripe Cake

This was my first time attempting zebra stripes. It is chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling and is covered with fondant and detailed with fondant accents and hot pink gumpaste flowers.

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My Mermaid Cake

My Mermaid Cake

This mermaid cake is chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling. Covered with fondant. Sand is graham crackers and brown sugar. All other decorations, including the mermaid, are made from modeling chocolate and/or fondant.

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