Sunday, March 27, 2011

Tinkerbell Cake

I didn't think ahead to the delivery of the cake. It was pretty heavy, just the base cake. Minnie and I got it there, and Angela had to carry it in. Yikes. Miuccia loved the cake. I saw her asking her friends if they saw the cake...made all her friends look, and they oooh'd and aaaah'd. It definitely was over the top. As I say with every cake, I learned something.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Tinkerbell Cake


So far, things are going well.
I have most of tomorrow to play with it...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Tinkerbell Cake

This is a cake due this weekend, for a special 4 year old. None of this is complete yet, lots of details to go. I will take more pictures tomorrow, and you can see the progress.





Tinkerbell is hovering over the dixie dust. The plan is to have a" glow" come from the pixie dust.

The pixie dust container is made out of rice crispy treats.













Roseta lives in a rose cottage.

The cottage is also made out of rice crispy treats.















Fawn is known to take care of animals. She is going to help this baby blue bird take flight.
I made the nest by extruding fondant thru the garlic press.






Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Stella's Art Show Cake

Peggy was hosting a neighborhood art installation at Stella's Restaurant. She commissioned this cake for the closing party, for the staff and artist who participated.
It was pretty big, and weighed a ton, but I heard it was fabulous. It was a chocolate cake, filled and covered in chocolate ganache, and embellished with fondant. I painted the window reflections with food coloring, and the hand is made of rice crispy, and covered in white chocolate.







Perfect Present Cake

This is a wilton class cake. In this class I used the wilton fondant, but decided to try making my own because of the taste issue. It is such a simple recipe and such a cost saving.

When I do this type cake in the future, I would add some gum paste to the bow and the curly cues, which would make it less likely to crack.






Wackie Jackie Cake



This is Jackie, and she loves to make things. She is a smart kid, and loves to be involved in whatever is going on. She made this cake, pretty much on her own. It was fun spending time with her, and seeing how proud she was of her finished cake.

We are all proud of Jax!!!




Coconut Cake


Minnie's request was for a coconut birthday cake. This was a white cake, filled and frosted in buttercream, and then the coconut was pressed onto the buttercream. She love it!

Debbie's Birthday Cake


Debbie wanted nothing to do with a fondant cake, so this white cake was filled and covered with buttercream, and it gave me practice with my piping skills.
The purple flowers and green leaves were left-overs from class. I love the ruffle border.
Debbie loved the cake, and that made me happy!!





Easter Basket Cake


This cake was a wilton class cake. It showcases a basketweave pattern and flowers made ahead of time. I learned alot making this cake. I hate the wilton class buttercream frosting recipe because it contains crisco shortening, so I ended up sending this cake to work with Minnie because we wouldn't eat it.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Double Chocolate Supreme

This is a beautiful chocolate cake covered in a homemade chocolate marshmallow fondant. It tastes just like a soft tootsie roll.
You would be suprised how much time difference is between these two similar cakes. The roses on the top cake take 15-20 minutes each, while the roses on the bottom cake are casual roses which take 1 or 2 min.

The top cake was made for my sister-in-law Stella. We had a barbeque at her house on the day of the 2010 floods!
The bottom cake was given to Gen, who shared it with her bingo gang.