Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Baby Shoes

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!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cake Class

I will be holding a cake class on December 10th at 2pm.  Please contact me if you would like to attend!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Shotgun Cake

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.