Monday, March 29, 2010
Topsy Turvy with Roller Skates
This was for a 10 year old's birthday party at a skating rink. She chose lime green, orange and black for the cake colors, with a pair of roller skates on top. The cake is a 6" on an 8". Each tier is 3 layers of cake carved into a topsy turvy style. It is frosted in buttercream and covered in marshmallow fondant. The skates were hand sculpted from mmf as well.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Thomas the Tank Engine
I am so happy with how this one turned out! The trains were a lot of fun to make. They are hand-sculpted from marshmallow fondant. The cake is a 6-inch on top of a 10-inch, both strawberry flavored, frosted in buttercream icing and covered in mmf. The trains on the cake are Thomas, Percy and Charlie.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Snoopy and Woodstock
I made this for a baby shower. This is the first time I sculpted an actual cartoon character from mmf. I hope they love it. It seems so sweet! It is an 8-inch round vanilla butter cake with blue buttercream covered in white mmf. I sponged baby/sky blue on the fondant to give it a "sky" appearance. The clouds around the base are mmf, as are the stars, Snoopy and Woodstock.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Hot Wheels Sheet Cake
This cake was for a 4 year old's birthday (bet you couldn't tell!). It is an 11x15" sheet cake. I made the two-tone sides using a cake icer tip and large decorating bag, in which I had 2 disposable decorating bags, one with yellow icing, one with orange icing. The sides had to be smoothed with a spatula b/c the colors separated as they came out of the bag, but it still worked pretty well. The #4 and flame are mmf. The birthday boy has Hot Wheels cars of his own to place on the "road".