More class projects!

I attended the Mid-Michigan SugarArt Workshops this past weekend in Okemos, MI. I had the best time--like a kid in a candy store!

I took a 4 hr. class with Nick Lodge on stringwork and several other 2hr. workshops with a variety of instructors that included gelatin flowers & butterflies, a stone birdhouse, a crewel embroidery icing plaque, a sculpted Christmas purse cake, baby booties and saddle shoes, and layered painting on a cake.

All of these techniques lead to interesting options for edible art and cake decorating.

The workshop instructors were wonderful and we had a lot of fun. I hope to be able to attend the workshops again next year.

The Euclid Beach Rocket Car----in Cake!

For Jack's 6th birthday, the Euclid Beach Rocket car was going to chauffer the kids around, so what better than to also have a rocket car cake!

The rocket cake and surrounding planets are french vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream filling and icing. They are also covered in vanilla fondant. The 3 cakes together would comfortably serve 30-35.

The rocket was carved into the shape and gum paste accents were added to form the seats, windshield, tail fins, and rocket boosters.

Jack & the martian sitting on the red planet were hand modeled from gum paste, too.

Edible silver luster dust was painted on the rocket to give it a special shine.

Does anybody really know what time it is?

A invitation for an "Around the Clock" bridal shower inspired this cupcake cake. The hostess was expecting about 20 guests and the circle is comprised of 24 cupcakes.

The cupcakes were red velvet with cheesecake mousse filling frosted with cheesecake accented buttercream.

The clock face was made by handpainting the number and hand markers to mimic those on the invite. The surround, alarm bells, and clock feet were piped buttercream.