I've been working like a maniac on lots of different projects. I had 3 cakes to get done in one week. Which felt like a lot while already working a day job and being the head of my household, but it was a lot of fun.
To start of we had Dea's birthday. She requested a light, lemony cake. So she got a vanilla lemon cake with a really nice light lemon pastry filling. Some of my favorite gum paste lily/azalea like flowers, and yellow heart accents. This was also my first try using my quilting cutter...and I hate it. I'm gonna have to try something else for larger areas of quilting.
Then i had a small birthday cake for a surgeon who comes in to do our orthopedic repairs. He came in on his birthday to help up fix a lab who fell down the stairs and broke his leg. Jokingly I told him I'd bring him a cake for his trouble and he requested black frosting...because he was old. So I tried. This was the closest I could get to black with what i had...which wasn't much. The candle is made out of gum paste and is inspired by some of Andrea Sullivan's work. I really think her candles are amazing and I figured I'd give it a whirl. A thin bow at the bottom, nothing to girly, and a simple happy birthday finished this quick thank you gift.
Last, but certainly not least I had Lindsay's good-bye cake. Lindsay is an awesome chick who we're gonna miss! She's a goofball too. She requested "fun-fetti"....so after researching WTF "fun-fetti" was. I decided to try my hand at a sculpted cake. So I used a pound cake (with "fun-fetti" in it) and gave it a slightly top-heavy look. Nothing too drastic for my first try. Again, inspired by some of Andrea Sullivan's work, I wanted to do a patchwork look. so blue and white fondant shapes "stitched" together with butter cream icing. Inside, to honor lindsay's inner goofball, I gave it strawberry AND lemon fillings, separated by tiny little butter cream icing dividers. I was really proud of this cake overall and learned even more that store bought icing is not your friend...no matter how yummy.
More cakes coming next week including my very first Paying order!!
This cake however I did get good pictures of. This cake was for Barbara's birthday. The tree was royal icing the the little blossoms are gum paste. I really think this one is very pretty, and a lot easier than I expected.
To start of we had Dea's birthday. She requested a light, lemony cake. So she got a vanilla lemon cake with a really nice light lemon pastry filling. Some of my favorite gum paste lily/azalea like flowers, and yellow heart accents. This was also my first try using my quilting cutter...and I hate it. I'm gonna have to try something else for larger areas of quilting.
Then i had a small birthday cake for a surgeon who comes in to do our orthopedic repairs. He came in on his birthday to help up fix a lab who fell down the stairs and broke his leg. Jokingly I told him I'd bring him a cake for his trouble and he requested black frosting...because he was old. So I tried. This was the closest I could get to black with what i had...which wasn't much. The candle is made out of gum paste and is inspired by some of Andrea Sullivan's work. I really think her candles are amazing and I figured I'd give it a whirl. A thin bow at the bottom, nothing to girly, and a simple happy birthday finished this quick thank you gift.
Last, but certainly not least I had Lindsay's good-bye cake. Lindsay is an awesome chick who we're gonna miss! She's a goofball too. She requested "fun-fetti"....so after researching WTF "fun-fetti" was. I decided to try my hand at a sculpted cake. So I used a pound cake (with "fun-fetti" in it) and gave it a slightly top-heavy look. Nothing too drastic for my first try. Again, inspired by some of Andrea Sullivan's work, I wanted to do a patchwork look. so blue and white fondant shapes "stitched" together with butter cream icing. Inside, to honor lindsay's inner goofball, I gave it strawberry AND lemon fillings, separated by tiny little butter cream icing dividers. I was really proud of this cake overall and learned even more that store bought icing is not your friend...no matter how yummy.
