Junior

This was for a little neighbor boy celebrating his 4th Birthday.    It features a 15 x 17 sheet cake; half carrot with cream cheese and half chocolate with fudge filling.

Diego and pal were done as a buttercream transfer.  You outline your art in black buttercream on wax paper and chill completely.  While the outline is chilling, mix all the necessary colors needed for the fill-in. Put each color buttercream in a small pastry bag with a small round tip. Carefully fill in your outline and chill overnight.

Base-coat your cake with white buttercream.  Then airbrushed clouds in the sky and green for grass to give depth to the finished design.  Chill the cake again at this point to allow the airbrush color to dry.  When ready carefully lay the buttercream picture on the cake and peel off the wax paper, add the celebration message.  Happy Birthday little man!!!

Bob

This cake also features buttercream transfer of the Corvette logo.  Bob was celebrating his 60th Birthday. 

The 15 x 17 sheet was half Banana cake and half Chocolate cake with Chocolate Mousse inside both flavors.  The cake was covered in buttercream and I airbrushed the side with the checkered flag pattern and the edge was done in a single side shell pattern.   

Donna turn 90

This cake was for a very loved mother who was having a big birthday...  

The cake was a 15 x 17 White sheet cake with Raspberry Compote.  The base frosting is buttercream and the accents are fondant and gumpaste.  All the adult children went to church with their mother and asked the congregation to stay after the service to have cake and coffee  in celebration of their mother.  Many happy returns Donna!

35th Anniversary

That would be February 18, 1977 when a young couple said "I DO"

The couple;  my husband and myself.  We celebrated this past Saturday.  I read about this cake and decided to give it a try.  First, you will need to bake three 8" layer cakes in one flavor and one 8" layer in another flavor.  Split each of the three cakes in half.  Using a thin layer of buttercream glue three thin layers to create two finished cakes, each three layers high.   Carve the bottom of the heart by creating a well with a pointed bottom.  The top is a little tricker as you need to create an island in the center with a small point.  Next take the single flavor layer and make the "cake ball" mixture and put this in each side of the carved out cakes.  Next put the top of the heart on top of the pointed bottom.   

I covered the exterior of the cake with white buttercream and combed the surface and finished with a shell broader.

This is a picture of the cake after we cut into it.   They say the best way to a man heart is thru his stomach...eat up honey :)

Pansy

Gumpaste Pansy:  The first photo shows all the tools I use.

First I cut two of the smallest petals, two of the medium petals and one of the heart shape petal.  I insert my wire at the base of each of the five petals and thin the edges creating a soft ruffle.  I then insert the wire into styrofoam and allow all the petals to dry completely.

The next step:  I cut two large leaf petals and three small leaves.  Again I insert wire and thin the edges.  I add the veins to the leaves using a silicon mold and then dry the leaves on foam rubber to give then a natural shape.

I colors used to create this pansy, were violet and moss green.  I dust the flower petals close to the center.  The leaves are completely covered in the moss green petal dust.

After taping all the flower petals together I add spike lines from the center of the two small petals and the one heart petal.  This is done using airbrush coloring and a fine paint brush.  When the lines are dry I add a small center in bright yellow and attach the leaves.