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Clifford has dug a hole, and come up right under where Buddy, Tiny, and Elmo were playing on the Merry-go-round!
Ugh! I totally copped out when I was almost done and exhaustion set in. This was for my nephew's birthday. His only requirements were that it was Dinosaur Train themed and that it had a big "E" on it for Eli. The E is on the back of the train... characters were scultped and he placed them on top. The only part I'm REALLY disappointed in are the wheels. Any input as to how better to make train wheels, I'm all ears... would love to learn. Thanks for looking!
I made two of each of little Buddy and Tiny, and other figures this week such as Elmo and Jungle animals... Can we say 'running out of space in my kitchen'?
Just a dummy cake for practice - I'm pretty sure I got a slanted dummy cake - how weird is that?
The kids loved taking the food coloring markers to create their own cake drawings as one of the many doodling activities at this doodle party. Lucky for me, I managed to capture a shot before as well as after!
Flowers for an upcoming project. So fun!
From The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, a scene called Aslan's Camp, (for my daughter's 13th birthday). Gumpaste flowers spelling her name and bordering the cake board, a centaur made from gumpaste and modeling chocolate, and a gumpaste Aslan (lion), a modeling chocolate table on a fondant blanket with gumpaste weapons around it. The main cake, Aslan's tent, covered in fondant and decorated in Royal icing, then handpainted gold.
I didn't have time to make a cake for a customer, so I agreed to make her the topper and a sign instead. Love being flexible!
They were to add flowers to it after I had set it up, and a topper, but all in all, this was my first. I worked sixteen hours on this - is that normal? And I was devistated at the results, I'm completely open to suggestions on how this could have been better... here were my issues: The cakes baked up smaller than the cake boards, I trimmed them, but was using the SPS system, and the cake plate was showing after they were stacked. My "tried and true" vanilla buttercream recipe failed me this time, in that I couldn't for the life of me get a smooth finish regardless of the three different methods I tried... Viva, hot knife, and roller. The crumb coat never crusted, so when the final coat went on, some crumbs made it to the top. I'm going to try refridgerating the crumb coat next time to avoid this. Thank you so much! ~H
Lush dark chocolate cake, dreamy strawberry buttercream filling, wrapped in naked chocolate.
I thought it an odd theme, but all said and done, it came together well. Toy Tractor linked to a gumpaste/fondant trailor carrying a fondant baby.
I was asked to bring a Christmas display for my contribution to the family dinner. I made a "white Christmas" truffle tree, but included a royal icing sleigh, and a little baby Jesus with a little santa's hat made of fondant.
My mother's birthday cake - she'd never be one to show disappointment, but certainly wouldn't want to see a big 60 on her cake... so she got three 20's instead. Her figure is perched on top in gumpaste, as well as her two pugs. The petal effect isn't something I'd do with a ribbon again, but it she loved it - and that's the mark I was aiming for.
My first cake for a paying customer - LOVED it! Ladybug head is RK covered in fondant, leaves are gumpaste, and the tiny ladybugs are fondant... Everything else is all cake!
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