This one was fun. I did a lot of new "treatments". Cake is chocolate w/ chocolate buttercream. Nest is chow mein noodles, chocolate and peanut butter. Mama bird is gumpaste base with fondant colors on top. Egg and leaves are also fondant. Cake surrounded by pirouettes. Ribbon is fabric. Inspired by shower invitation above.
Chocolate cupcakes w/ vanilla buttercream icing. "Babies" and shapes made of fondant.
Mandarin Orange/Yellow cake and vanilla buttercream. "Nomi" made out of fondant, beanstalk is pretzel rod. All other icing is buttercream. Writing says, "Fe Fi Fo Fum, Nomi's Crown is a Special One". Happy Birthday Nomi!
Chocolate cake and vanilla buttercream icing. Tigger, Pooh and balloons are fondant w/ black icing piped on.
This was a birthday cake for Zeb who is amazed by God's creation - the Whale Shark! Thank you Shannon, as always, for this brilliant montage! (See her beautiful work at http://www.blu-bambu.com/ ). I love having the birthday boy in the picture. Chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream "painted" with variations of blue color gel. All see creatures piped on the sides are buttercream and the shells are fondant. Whale shark is shaped crispy rice treats (thank you, Cameron!) covered in fondant and "painted" with color gel and silver pearl dust. White caps are royal icing.
My inspiration on this one was the bedding for Krimson's nursery. White Almond Sour Cream cake and Vanilla Buttercream icing. Diamond shapes - chocolate fondant. Tiara and scepter - Royal Icing. Gold dragees.
This was a really fun cake. Our dear friend Shannon not only takes beautiful photography (as evidenced above), but is also a very talented hair stylist. Some of her friends got together a "Thank You, Shannon" party to thank her for her generosity of time and talent. We (my girls and I) found this piece of clipart and it reminded us of something Shannon would appreciate. So, we made it into a cake! Of course it had to be her favorite flavors, chocolate cake and mocha buttercream. Cameron cut the artwork out of black-tinted chocolate clay and I placed it on a layer of white, green and marbled fondant. Cake is oval-shaped and the little sign (made by Greer) says, "Thank You, Shannon/We Love Your Clip Art".
Emma had vanilla cupcakes and blue buttercream for her b'day. Cameron decorated them with "hats" made of marshmallows and red buttercream. Cat in the Hat sign printed on the computer. If you're wondering, we did stabilize the hats w/ toothpicks. :)
Princess Allie had a vanilla cake and pink buttercream decorated with dragees. Pillow is fondant covered doughnuts, rope and tassels are gumpaste dusted with pearl lustre dust. Tiara and scepter are Royal Icing decorated w/ dragees.
Princess Ainsley had a chocolate cake with pink buttercream icing. Pillow is made from fondant wrapped doughnuts, rope and tassle is gumpaste. Tiara and scepter made from Royal Icing decorated with dragees.
My hubby Bill and friend Troy have the same b'day - so we surprised them! Lemon cake w/ lemon buttercream and fresh blueberries.
Cake and cupcakes were half stawberry/half vanilla. Seven-minute frosting (1st request for that!). Pink-tinted coconut. Gumpaste "S" w/ pink pearl dust. Real flowers.
For 1st birthday. Design taken from the party invitation. Chocolate cake; Vanilla buttercream. All other decor - gumpaste.
For homeschool graduation of five graduates. First pic is "centerpiece" cake and there were three others that looked like the one above. Variety of chocolate and White Almond Sour Cream cakes w/ vanilla buttercream on all. Grad. cap made of chocolate fondant and gumpaste. Diplomas are gumpaste as well. Picture is an edible icing image. Congratulations Cody!
I found a great opportunity to try my hand at a gumpaste teacup (been wanting to try this for a while :) This was for my friend Rebecca who likes "having tea" as much as I do. I thought I'd add to her already overflowing assortment of blue and white teacups. Chocolate cake and vanilla buttercream. Gumpaste teacup painted with Royal Blue color gel. Yellow rose - straight from God's beautiful canvas.
I came up with this design while thinking how important "home" is to homeschooling. God led me to these verses (on the grad. cap), Deut. 11:18-19, which seemed to bring it all together.
James' MBA graduation. Though Alyssa and Amanda adorn it beautifully, I still need a little practice at this one. My first attempt at a "book" cake and I didn't have as much time to spend as I needed. Thank you, Cameron, for creating the pipe from modeling chocolate.
Sarah P. completed her Cake Decorating badge with this adorable two-tier cake. She entered it in the dessert auction at the end-of-year ceremony to help raise money for the American Heritage Girls troop. I'm so proud of your hard work, Sarah! You did an awesome job!
Margot did this cake to complete her Cake Decorating badge for American Heritage Girls. She was required to cut a cake into a shape and decorate it. She entered this in the dessert auction at their end-of-year ceremony to help raise money for the troop. I'm so proud of your diligence and hard work - this is a terrific cake!
