Cake Territory: 2013

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Princess Themed Quinceanera Cake

Hello Everyone! I wanted to post my latest cake. I made it for a family members Quinceanera. The theme was Granny Apple Green mixed with a Princess theme. The main attraction was the fondant tiara atop the cake! I mixed the fondant with tylose powder and made my own template. I then used my clay extruder to lay the little fondant snakes over it. They were all stuck together with cake glue. It's basically tylose powder mixed with water and warmed in the microwave until it's clear and thickened! I love that stuff!
This cake served approximately 200 people! It was 4 tiers, a 14" square, 12" square, 10" round and 8" round. The top was chocolate cake with chocolate bavarian filling, followed by, strawberry with cream cheese, red velvet with cream cheese and on the bottom was marble with bavarian creme! I used Edna's buttercream icing recipe and Satin ice fondant for the accents and tiara. The borders were rhinestone mess and a fondant pear border. I used so many different molds for this cake. I loved them all but especially the Moroccan Lace mold! It's such and elegant design I can't wait to use it again!
So hopefuly, you all like it and please if anyone would care to leave a comment that would be great.

P.S! I almost made the base and backdrop for the cake! At first I wasn't sure if it was even necessary but now I'm glad I did! The only problem was all the glitter it left in my living room! LOL

Thursday, April 4, 2013

It's Definitely Feeling Like Cake Territory

Wow! I posted my pics and didn't realize how seriously behind I was! Well, I might as well get all of my pictures up! Some of my work will hopefully improve as it has slowly over the years. I've learned to stop fearing the cake! I really want to make cleaner cakes and more sculpted cakes. As you've seen I've sculpted a car, guitar and skull and that was a huge challenge! I really stressed out about them falling apart but they all came out fine in the end! Anyway, I sculpted a camera and made some other birthday cakes during my time off. Which, now that I look back to, it's no wonder I haven't had time to post! It was no hiatus if I was working on all these cakes! Wow! A hobby sure can take over your life pretty quickly if you let it. Even though I made all of these cakes I still had to turn away a lot of orders, believe it or not.
So for now, here's another update on cakes during my non-hiatus!

Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Cake

Sweet 16 Topsy Turvy Masquerade Cake

Topsy Turvy Makeup Cake

Hello Kitty Cupcake Birthday Cake

Simple Wedding Cake

Tangled Birthday Cake

Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

Sonic The Hedgehog Birthday Cake

Cannon Camera Birthday Cake

Spongebob Squarepants Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

Mario Kart Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

White Chocolate Wii Remotes

Toy Story Birthday Cake

With Wings!!

So there you have! During my time "off" these are the cakes I made. I hope I can keep up with my posts in the next few weeks. I have Lots of cakes to make during the month of April and May, back to back to back! Hope you all can let me know if there's anything that you'd like me to post more about.

Posting Past Cakes

I'm ovbiously behind on my cake posts, but I wanted to add some of my favorites that I've made since my last update. I hope you all like them. I'd love to hear from anyone who has ordered or tried any of my cakes. Leave a comment on my blog. I'll try to post more later. I'm currently taking some courses on craftsy.com so I'm excited about some future cakes and will be posting on those. Right now things will be hectic (what's new) as we try to purchase a new home and start packing and moving out in the near future. So here's the pics I promised....hope you like them:)