65th Anniversary

I recently purchase some new cake pans in unique shapes, triangle (seen here), comma and teardrop. This will give my clients more options for their cake design. Now I offer, the three shapes above as well as round, square, heart, petal, rectangle, and diamond.

This cake was in celebration of a 65th wedding anniversary. The sides of the cake featured buttercream stenciling and filigree. The flowers were blue and green hydrangeas. The bow was dusted in luster dust with edible glitter representing 65th anniversary "diamond".

Stargazer Lilly

The four pictures here show the process of creating the Stargazer Lilly.

In the first photo I have taken a small piece of gumpaste and rolled it down a 32 gauge wire that I have bent slightly. I then make three very small balls to attach to the end finishing the pistil.

Then I took six 32 gauge wires and six small pieces of brown gumpaste to mold the stamen and while the paste is soft, I dip it in sugar tex to create the pollen of the flower.

Once the Pistil is dry it gets its color from petal dust and is all taped together along with the stamen, creating the center of the lilly.

The six white gumpaste flower petals are cut and dusted before setting in a curved tube to allow the petals to hold this shape. Once the petals have rested an hour or so, they are now firm enough to hold shape and yet soft enough to tape together and bend into final shape for the finished flower. Small spots are added as the last step.

Hello Kitty

A long time customer requested a cake for several birthday being celebrated at once and featuring Hello Kitty. The 8" cake was Chocolate with a peanut butter mousse filling. As winter has been quite long in the North East, this just said spring to me....