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This was a surprise birthday cake for my husband. The cake was beautifully dense Madeira cake filled with chocolate orange buttercream. All the details on the cake were individually handmade to give that realistic look. To date this cake was the most challenging and by virtue the most rewarding so far...
I was asked to do an 80th birthday cake for a friend's mom who just had a brain tumor removed. She's been given 1-2 years to live with treatment.
The family just told me to do whatever I wanted, as the birthday girl doesn't have any major likes or hobbies. Thus, I blew the dust off of some of my cake decorating books, and chose this design from Colette Peters' "Cakes to Dream On".
I gotta tell you, I'm usually a pretty fast decorator, but this thing really knocked me off of my high horse. This was SO labor intensive!
I think the end result was worth it, though. I wanted it to be really special for my friend's mom, and I *think* I did an O.K. job of it! :) I just wish I'd done a better job with marbling the fondant. ARRGH!
Lemon chiffon cake filled and frosted with Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
Centerpiece, all made from gumpaste includes a fireman's helmet, axe, hose and a fire hydrant candle holder. Used a leaf tip to pipe out the flames.
This is a close up of the cute Tinkerbell cake I did for a little girl's 4th birthday (see other photo for full picture). It was sooooooo cute that I nearly cried when I handed it over! Her mum wanted pink and cute, and I think it met that request!
The cake I made for my husband's birthday. Carrot cake with white chocolate cream cheese topping. Recipe from Rose Levy Beranbaum's "Rose's Heavenly Cakes" .
Homemade of course.
For Strobist readers: lit by an SB-24 at 1/4 power bounced off the ceiling and a 580ex set to 1/16 power and using a coroplast grid. Both triggered using cheap ebay triggers.
Yellow cake buns with sesame seeds, buttercream ketchup and mustard, chocolate cookie burger and starburst candy "cheese." The buns were baked in jumbo muffin tins and then the bottoms trimmed off to correct the proportions. I sprayed the tops with a little water (very fine mist!) to make the sesame seeds stick. The cookies were store bought chocolate (Meijer brand). I warmed the Starburst up in the microwave for about 15 seconds on 50% power so they would be soft for rolling. The flavors shown are pina colada and mango (I think).
Chocolate chip cookie cake for a good friend who is obsessed with it. LOL..his wife had me make it as a surprise for him. Ribbon is fondant but lets not eat it as I was out of time and used a black felt tip marker to write on it! LOL
Novelty cake for Manchester Cake International.
No supports in this category, very tough!
Gold medal and 1st overall, pretty chuffed!!
9" square chocolate cake.
An 8" Vanilla cake ordered as a surprise for her daughter (who's one of my customers!) - the brief was to include her 3 favourite toys from the 80's - her Care Bear, My Little Pony and Red from Fraggle Rock! x
Here is our new signature three-layer floral cake. It comes in six-inch, eight-inch, ten inch and twelve-inch sizes, and you can choose the cake flavor, icing and filling. We'll pipe an inscription on the top if you want!
I made this cake for my sister-in-law who loves oreo cookies and Tweety. She turned 30 but didn't want to celebrate because it's the big 3-0 so I didn't it on purpose and snuck in a 30 lol!
Claudia - www.vanillaandcocoa.com