Saturday, September 25, 2010
James Turned 2 with a Choo-Choo Cake! (Click photos to enlarge.)
Making this cake might have been the most fun I've ever had making a cake. This experience was exactly what cake decorating is about. I didn't break a sweat, I didn't pitch any hissy fits, I didn't curse out loud. (I didn't even curse under my breath.) While my family was busy with school work in the evenings this week, Gary grading papers and Molly doing homework, I sat at the kitchen table and made a train out of Rice Krispy treats. Playing in fondant is theraputic. It's better than a book or the t.v. or the internet. On top of the fun fondant work involved with making this cake, I loved that it was only one tier. I also loved that it was finished in a joyful shade of sky blue buttercream. I had a blast making the trees, the trunks, the hills, the rocks for the tunnel (totally stolen idea), the railroad sign (totally stolen idea), the flowers, the tiny apples. Thanks to Nichole Patrick for the inspiration cake. Triple layers of white almond sour cream torted and filled with whipped vanilla bean buttercream. Everything on the cake is completely edible. Happy birthday little James!
Grandma Patty Got a Cake (click photo to enlarge).
I wanted to make my mom a birthday cake, but knew she didn't want a full-sized cake. I also had 2 other cakes that week and didn't have a lot of spare time. Molly (my 12 year old daughter/baby genius) came up with the idea of doing a "mini" tiered cake. This was a 6" torted bottom tier and a 4" torted top tier. Each layer was white almond sour cream cake filled with whipped vanilla bean buttercream filling. The entire cake was iced in butter cream then covered with chocolate ganache and chocolate covered fresh strawberries. Just for kicks, I piped on a giant border of a whipped version of the chocolate ganache. I wish I filled these cakes with chocolate ganache, but I didn't think about that until it was too late. I want to try that and can never remember to do it. I didn't make time to take a great photo of this cake, I just snapped a picture of it on the kitchen table before we ran out the door with it (taking it down to my mom's house). I wish I had taken a better photo - and I also wish I had taken a picture of the inside when we cut it, because the inside was prettier than the outside. Happy birthday, Momma!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Molly's Fisher Price Rainforest Baby Shower Cake (click photos to enlarge).
I had a blast making this cake for a new mummy who loves monkeys and was using the Fisher Price "Rainforest" party decor as her shower theme. I was asked to make a cake to match the decorations and given free reign on what I wanted to do. I searched and searched for ideas, but in the end, couldn't find what I wanted, so I just did my own thing. This cake was a basic white almond sour cream cake with whipped Madagascar vanilla butter cream. It's 100% edible - even the palm tree which is solid fondant, not a dowel wrapped in fondant.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Jan's Lazy River Cake (click photos for a bigger view).

Sunday, September 12, 2010
Cake Update: Ryleigh's "high heel shoe and pearls" cake


Saturday, September 4, 2010
Zoo Vet Cupcakes (click to enlarge photos).

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