A Toast to Shopping, Curling, & Real Estate

A big surprise party was planned for Liz's 60th birthday.  The hostess wanted to showcase the birthday girl's interests in curling and shopping, as well as her position as a realtor for Howard Hanna.

The shopping bag IS the cake.  It is a yellow cake with chocolate buttercream filling & icing.  It will serve 45.  In order to maintain clean lines, the cake is covered first in fondant and then gum paste panels painted with the store logo.  The panels are then applied to the cake with melted white chocolate.  The tissue paper is very thinly rolled fondant.  The pearl necklace is fondant, too.

The For Sale sign is hand painted gum paste.  The curling broom is cereal treats covered in chocolate & fondant with a plastic handle inserted.  The curling stone is cake with a gum paste handle.  The martini is cake crumbs mixed with icing, a buttercream "froth", and fondant olives, accented with a fondant napkin.

Fit To Be Tie (Dyed)

My, how time flies!  Jordan is now 11 !  It seems like yesterday that she was turning 9 and wanted butterflies and polka dots...............Now, it's Tie Dye and peace signs!

In addition to the photo of the completed cake, you can see the batter in the pans before baking and also what the cake looked like when cut.

Everything is edible, except for the peace sign topper (it is made of fondant, but it has a wire in the center and is covered in pixie dust).  I made a mold for the small peace signs.  The smiley faces are done with edible marker.

The cake is white cake with malted chocolate filling and would serve 25.

A Custom Gown for Dessert

This was a small cake for a bridal luncheon.
I designed the fondant dress based on the current styles of strapless and with voluminous "pick-ups" for the skirt.  There are "crystal" bands on the bodice and dropped waist made of sanding sugar.
The edible bouquet is a group of miniature fondant roses and leaves with fine pink fondant ribbons.
The cake is pink velvet with malted buttercream filling, iced in bright pink buttercream and would serve 20.

Coat & Tie Required............

My younger son just completed his 3rd year in pharmacy school. Parents were invited to a ceremony at which the students received their white pharmacy jackets and took a pledge of professionalism.

To surprise him, I made this "white coat" cake. The cake is lemon with vanilla buttercream icing. The shirt and tie were made of fondant in the school colors. The white coat is vanilla fondant.

Reports from the dorm were that the cake was a hit and that even the girls who "don't eat cake" really enjoyed it.

A Lavender First Communion

This cake was for Allison's First Communion held at the Manakiki Golf Course in Willoughby Hills, OH. Her mom and dad found a picture of cake that they liked and asked me to replicate it.

The 3 tier square cake, to serve 80 guests, is covered in vanilla fondant with vanilla buttercream icing. The lavender draping is also fondant. The top and bottom tiers are lemon cake with raspberry mousse filling. The middle cake is pink velvet with vanilla buttercream filling.

The roses are modeling chocolate and the cross is molded white chocolate. The plaque is gum paste printed with edible marker. The rosary is also gum paste. Everything on this cake could be eaten!

ICES Day of Sharing Spring 2010

I spent today having fun at the International Cake Exploration Societie Day of Sharing for the Ohio Chapter. It's sort of like a union meeting for people who enjoy cake decorating.

I took a class from Jing Palasique, Certified Master Sugar Artist, creating roses, orchids, and lilies from modeling chocolate. I love the results and I learned some great tricks. He's a delightful instructor, too.

The OH ICES chapter asked for members to make cakes with chocolate icing to be used as centerpieces for our luncheon. The cakes would then be donated to the Columbus, OH Ronald McDonald House. The theme was a colorful birthday.

I made a chocolate fudge cake with cookies & creme mousse filling and malted chocolate icing.

I created an edible bow and ribbon out of fondant and modeling chocolate to match the decorative paper on the cake board. I then trimmed the bottom of the cake with fondant balls in the color pattern on the paper. The 8" round would serve 20.

Fruits of the Holy Spirit Confirmation Cake

Cousins, Marija & Michael, were being confirmed today. Marija's Mom requested an open book cake to serve 60 decorated with a white dove on a red disk on one page and a list of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit on the other.

The cake is hand carved into the open book shape. The bottom layer is chocolate. The top layer is white with mini chocolate chips. The cake is filled with raspberry mousse and iced in vanilla buttercream. The pages and decorative accents are fondant and all edible.