Wednesday, November 17, 2010
3rd wedding cake for the summer. This may not look that big, but it was. 3 layers of vanilla poundcake get extremely heavy. 16" bottom, 12" middle, 8" top. Iced in vanilla buttercream with purple fondant daisies. Each tier trimmed with silver ribbon. The color scheme for the wedding was silver, purple, and black.
#1 Racecar birthday. This little boy was born on one of Nascar's race weekends so the mom came up with the idea to do racecars. The cake was vanilla with buttercream. It has a fondant track and I made the cars from fondant. The flags I printed and added to candy sticks. The cupcakes were half chocolate and half vanilla. The stars and #1's were fondant. Iced in buttercream. Really liked this one when I finished.
Don't let this one fool you. This is actually a cookie cake. The bottom is double chocolate chip and the surfboard is sugar cookie. Vanilla buttercream covers the cookie. The characters on top I did cheat a little. I printed them out on cardstock and attached to candy sticks. Still think it turned out cute.
The second version of a disney princess castle. This little girl wanted all pink with lots of flowers. The family didn't need a very big cake so I did and 8" strawberry with vanilla buttercream and the12" on the bottom is a dummy cake. It turned out great and I even got a thank you picture drawn by the birthday girl that is still on my refrigerator.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The groom's cake for the all white wedding cake. Both bride and groom were huge GA fans. GO DAWGS!!! So he wanted something GA and I came up with the idea for the football field. He loved spice cake. So this one is spice with cream cheese icing. I'm not that big of fan of spice cake, but this one was delicious. I think its just something different from the normal vanilla and chocolate. My niece was in town and she helped me with all the fondant letters for this one and the goal posts. She also helped with the wedding cake as well. 11x 15 sheet
This cake took on a transformation after I got to the reception. The bride originally wanted an all white cake with a simple pattern on each tier. I liked it and it was pretty, but felt like it just needed something else. So took it upon myself to ask the wedding planner to get me some flowers. Once we added the fresh white hydrangeas, baby's breath and greenery it just really came together. The pictures don't do the cake justice, that's just my bad photography and being in a hurry. That's why I bake and don't take pictures. But the bride and groom loved it even with the flowers.
4 tier vanilla poundcake with strawberry cream cheese filling. This cake was heavy but yummy. The cool part is that the reception was the same place I got married 10 years ago. It brought back so many memories.
The groom's cake to go with the red scroll cake. Groom was a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan and also loved Xbox so we combined both ideas and did the controller. I was super excited about how this turned out. It was great surprising the groom. 12x18 vanilla sheet cakes cut in the shape of the controller. Fondant accents.
My second wedding cake. 4 tier alternating strawberry and vanilla. 12", 10", 8", 6" rounds with red scroll pattern all over. The bride had brought me a picture of a cake very similar. I hope Idid the first cake justice. The flowers on the top were fresh that I added at the reception site. Was a little nervous about the delivery but everything went fine. The bride and groom said it was great and I heard there was nothing left. I guess thats a good thing!!! Was glad to be a part of someone's special day.
The famous Toy Story bed. The bed is chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream covered with a fondant quilt. The cake board is covered in fondant and rolled with a wood grain pattern to look like the floor. The headboard and footboard are fondant/gumpaste. Very pleased with how this turned out. The mom had found all of the characters and they were the perfect size for this cake. Just too cute!
One of my biggest feats to date. Yes this is all cake. It took several 12x18 sheet cakes, and a few 9x13 to make this one. It consisted of vanilla poundcake, french vanilla, and chocolate cake. All iced in vanilla buttercream. All of the windows, lifeboats, deck, and other trim were made from fondant. The control towers were rice krispie treats. The line across the top was dental floss. The pool was blue piping gel. I made the ship to look like the same one the retiree would be traveling on. It was very big and heavy. The picture just doesn't show that. Probably one of my favorite cakes to date.
Monday, August 9, 2010
For my youngest son's 3rd birthday. He wanted Diego and I came up with doing the Rescue Center. So the house is vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream. The bottom is a 8" square chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. The tree is dowel that I covered with brown fondant and added the vines. Characters were some we already had around the house. I made the rope ladder from a piece of string and fondant for the wood pieces. He loved it and I had so much fun making it for him.
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