Here is my first baby shower cake!
This cake is a vanilla cake (8" and 10") with raspberry buttercream on the inside and vanilla on the outside.
I used a template to cut out the 3 main pieces of the shoe and then attached them all together. For the laces, I used a clay extruder fitted with a small round hole. It helped make the laces nice and even in size.
This bow was actually my second bow. I made a mistake with the first one by letting it dry near a window...sun is a no, no! It bleaches the color right out of the fondant! I guess you have to learn something new with each cake, right?!
I made the flowers before assembling the cake and let them dry on a curvy surface. I used my ribbon cutter for the big stripes and cut the small brown stripes by hand.
I also made a small pacifier to sit on the top and decorated that with a small version of the flowers.
In the end I think it turned out real cute! Having 3 boys, it's always fun to make a girly cake once in a while!
I will be holding a cake class on December 10th at 2pm. Please contact me if you would like to attend!
Yes....another gun cake!
This one's a bit different than the last one. It was originally supposed to be just the gun, but in order to make it proportional, it would have ended up being a very small piece of cake. I decided to make the wood base as the cake instead and just add the gun to the top as decoration.
I made the whole gun out of Rice Krispie Treats and covered it with fondant. I then etched the design into the fondant.
I always try to do something new and different with each new cake I make. This time I got to create wood out of fondant. It really was a lot of fun! I practiced first on a small piece of fondant to check out the effect.
First, I etched lines into the fondant and gently swirled them around with my hand. Next, using a brush, I added some brown airbrush food coloring to the fondant. It's basically like staining real wood. The creases and imperfections pick up the darker color.
I then added small holes and made areas to look like knots in the wood. You basically can't go wrong with it. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I have plans to make a Thanksgiving cake with this newly discovered technique.
This cake is 3, 8" square cakes cut to fit the size of the gun. It is coffee flavored cake, topped with a layer of caramel and then chocolate buttercream frosting.
I also made a small pacifier to sit on the top and decorated that with a small version of the flowers. 
