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The top tier of Stephen's birthday cake was decorated with edible images on fondant discs of many of the famous country music stars. He particularly loves the older performers.
Almond-vanilla cake, filled and frosted with almond-vanilla buttercream, finished with white chocolate ganache. The cup is covered in fondant and the accessories are fondant or gum paste. The cake in the photo sent to me was made by Fancy That Cake, so not my design.
This was made for a gentleman celebrating his 60th birthday, This was a very special day because Stephen has Down's Syndrome and it's rare for the sufferer enjoy a 60th birthday. He loves country music, especially Vince Gill. The order was sort of last minute, so I was fortunate to already have Dolly and Willie, whom I refurbished and added to the cake. The bottom tier is chocolate, filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream, finished with bark made from modeling chocolate. The top tier is strawberry, filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream, finished with white chocolate ganache. The figures are made from modeling chocolate with fondant and gum paste clothes. The Black Eyed Susans were made from Sugarin Flower Paste by Arati Mirji.
The shoe and flowers are my contribution to the "Love Is" collaboration. The shoe is a combination of pastillage, fondant and gum paste, textured with wafer paper and accented with sugar pearls and pearl dust. The flowers are made from flower paste.
The third and final cake created for Betty's birthday. This is her other kitty, T.K., my second fondant painting.
This was another cake done for Betty's birthday. This is her beautiful kitty, Sam and this was my first attempt at painting on fondant.
Four layer, souped up carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. My one and only piped cake created for BettyA's birthday, several years ago.
This is my half of the couples collaboration, "Let's Dream Together - Again", hosted by Rosa Guerra and Daniel Casero. My partner, Mania Mistiloglou, and I chose to represent Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow), as portrayed by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Last year, we did Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Bonnie is made of modeling chocolate and her clothes are Saracino Modeling Paste.
Made a couple of years ago, this is my one and only 4th of July Cake. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, decorated with strawberries and blue berries. Not fancy, but good.
I recently participated in the Twisted Treats Collaboration, honoring Colette Peters' new coloring book of the same name. It was so much fun. My piece is made from Saracino Modeling Paste and wafer paper.
Bottom tier is a 10" fresh strawberry, top tier is a 6", double barrel, vanilla-almond, both filled and frosted with vanilla-almond buttercream. All cake decorations are fondant and the characters are hand modeled from Saracino Modeling Paste. This was the third year I've had the honor of making Cody's birthday cake.
The Leopard is my contribution to the Spectacular Pakistan Collaboration. It is painted on an 8" x 11" fondant panel with petal dusts mixed with vodka.
Made of modeling chocolate with a wire armature and airbrushed to resemble bronze, Leonardo's Horse stands on a base covered in fondant and painted to look like marble. He is my contribution to the Leonardo Da Vinci Challenge on Bakerswood.
This is an Icing Smiles cake delivered today. The bottom tier is 12" chocolate and vanilla swirl with milk chocolate ganache and vanilla buttercream. The 8" top tier is chocolate with vanilla buttercream.
This is my contribution to the I Guerrieri Collaboration to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. She is a portrait of a beautiful lady who just completed her third set of treatments for cancer. As of April of last year, she was pronounced cancer free. My sculpture is made of Rice Krispy Treats and modeling chocolate, fondant, gum paste, wafer paper, sugar pearls and edible colors.
Achilles is my contribution to the Greco Roman Sculpture Challenge. He is 12" tall, made of Saracino Modeling Paste and Gum Paste.
This was my contribution to the Dali in Sugar Collaboration. Made of Rice Krispy Treats, modeling chocolate and Saracino Modeling Paste, my piece is 14" long and 10" high.
Three layer spice cake, filled and frosted with pumpkin mascarpone buttercream and decorated with an orange drip and assorted sprinkles.
This is my best friend's birthday cake to celebrate her 70th. It is Elderflower-Lemon cake, filled with lemon curd, frosted with white chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream, decorated with gum paste roses.
Applejack is the 6th year birthday cake for a sweet Icing Smiles sibling. Because the family is traveling for the party, I chose a 2D carved cake which is much easier to transport. The cake is almond and strawberry swirl, filled and frosted with vanilla-almond buttercream, covered and decorated with LMF fondant. I made three My Little Pony models as a keepsake for the birthday girl.
Elmo was made for the 10th birthday of a very special Icing Smiles child. It is lemon funfetti, filled and frosted with lemon buttercream, covered in white chocolate ganache (colored red) and fondant. The arms and legs are Rice Krispy Treats with modeling chocolate hands and feet, all covered with fondant. The large eyes and nose are made of styrofoam covered with fondant. Elmo's birthday cake is the same lemon cake as his body.
My tiger is an 8" x 10" painting on fondant with powdered, edible colors mixed with vodka. He was my contribution to the Incredible India collaboration.
My contribution to the Sugar Skulls 2018 collaboration for Dia de los Muerta, she is 9" high, made of modeling chocolate and Saracino Modeling Paste, painted with powdered colors mixed with vodka. The puppy is 3" long, the roses are gum paste.
She is 13 inches tall, made of Saracino Modeling Paste and painted to resemble marble. My inspiration was Toscano's Rememberance Redemption Angel.
A celebration cake for a young man who just became an Eagle Scout. The bottom tier, 14" x 5-1/2", is dark chocolate cake filled and frosted vanilla buttercream, the bark is made from modeling chocolate. The middle, 10" x 5-1/2", and top, 6" x 7", tiers are French vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream filling and frosting. Cub Scout Xander and Eagle Scout Xander are made of modeling chocolate and Saracino Modeling Paste.
This Arabia horse was created for The Arabian Nights Collaboration and illustrates the tale, The Magic Horse. He is made from modeling chocolate, supported by a wire armature with harness made of gum paste. The sand on the ground is rye flour.
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