Saturday, October 31, 2009

Oriental Temple with Panda

This cake was a fun challenge. It is a 10-inch round frosted with buttercream with a fondant ribbon and Korean characters on the bottom. The temple is carved from an 11x15 inch sheet cake, which I cut into squares and stacked. There are 3 layers in the temple itself, and the roof is 2 layers. The gold accents on the roof, the door and #1 and the panda are all fondant. It was for a boy's first birthday... I hope he had a wonderful day!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Stan & Wendy's Wedding Cake

This cake was designed by the bride and groom. The monkey's and bananas are hand-sculpted from marshmallow fondant. The cakes are torted to be 4 layers each and the flavor is white with raspberry filling. The tiers are covered in a basket-weave design done with tip #47 and the sizes are as follows: 11" sea-foam green square, 8" yellow round, 6" pink round. Congratulations Stan and Wendy!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Horses!

I just love this cake! It is a 6-inch on an 8-inch, both tiers are 3 layers tall. It is covered in marshmallow fondant, with hand-sculpted horse's peeking over the fence, out of the barn and laying on top. The corn or hay stalks are mmf that has been pressed through a garlic press... a very easy way to achieve several strands at once, rather than hand rolling them individually. I hope the birthday girl likes her cake!










Sunday, October 11, 2009

Spongebob

This cake was so fun... I love all the bright colors! It is a 10-inch round with a an almost 5 inch pineapple. The leaves on the pineapple (and the stovepipe) are made of candy. Spongebob and Patrick are part of a cake kit I purchased at Ingles.