Minnie Mouse!

This is a tiered cake made with a vanilla butter 10-inch, strawberry 8-inch and chocolate half-sports ball pan.  It is frosted in buttercream icing and covered in mmf.  The bows and mouse ears were made from mmf a couple of days in advance to allow them time to dry.  The ears have a wire frame that rests just inside the outer edge of the circles and has a stem at the bottom that fits into the cake to hold it in place (the wires are stuck into straws to keep them from being directly in the cake).  The bow on top is stuck on with 2 toothpicks and some candy glue (melted marshmallow fondant and water).  The mouse heads on the bottom tier were cut using a 1 1/2 inch circle for the head and 1/2 inch circle for the ears.  The bows were applied with candy glue and hide the seams where the ears meet the head.  Happy Birthday Autumn!

Slumber Party Personalized Mini-cakes

These were cut from an 8-inch square cake.  Each one measures approximately 3"x4" (in cake, plus icing/fondant).  They are frosted in buttercream, with a buttercream built-up "body" beneath the fondant blanket.  The blankets were cut to size with rounded corners and "stitching" added with a tracing wheel.  Each girl's head is sculpted from mmf with hair color and style to match the real-life girl.  The heads are resting on fondant pillows.   The headboards are sugar cookies stuck to the back of the cake with buttercream icing.

Sports 1st Birthday Cake

These were for my nephew's first birthday in August, 2010.  The large cake is an 11x15 sheet cake, the smash cake is half of a sports ball pan.

Fall Wedding Cake

This is a 3-tier, 10", 8" and 6" wedding cake.  It is covered in cream colored mmf and decorated in same-colored mmf ribbon at the bottom and mmf pearls around the tiers.  The leaves are shown in an earlier post as well, and are made from modeling chocolate, as are the acorns and pumpkin.  The cake stand was made by the brides brother, and really is the perfect touch!!

More Modeling Chocolate!

These fall leaves are made from several shades of modeling chocolate.  I made a batch of milk chocolate modeling chocolate and white chocolate modeling chocolate.  I blended them in different ratios to achieve different shades.  I used fall leave cutters I purchased at hobby lobby and added the veining by hand using a toothpick (tedious, but effective!).  I curled the edges and bent the leaves in different shapes to make them more realistic then set them aside to firm up.  After an hour or so, they retain their shape, as long as they are handled gently.  They are to decorate the top and around the bottom of a wedding cake for this weekend.  I will post pictures tomorrow when the cake is decorated.

Pink bows and dots Baby Shower Cake

This was for my wonderful sister in law, who is due in November to have the first granddaughter on my husband's side of the family (after 4 grandsons, we are all happy to buy pink baby clothes!).  This is a 10", 8" and 6" tiered cake.  The top is light pink buttercream with medium pink fondant dots and dark pink ribbon and bow at the bottom.  The middle tier is medium pink buttercream with dark pink dots and light pink ribbon and bow.  The bottom tier is dark pink buttercream with light pink dots and medium pink ribbon and bow.  The baby booties on top are made from mmf.  I followed instructions I found online and they were fairly simple to make, but added so much to the cake.  The bows and booties were made several days in advance to allow time for them to dry.