July - August Cakes

The last of the August cakes

Draculara.  This is Dracula's daughter from Monster High.  I was lucky to find the doll but the skirt with its little skulls was a challenge.

 

 This was the back of the skirt, all fondant.                            

The doll even has fangs....

Snow white edible print cake

 

Rose cake for a birthday

Barney cake
 I don't think I quite captured little Barney perfectly.  I need to buy the toy and study the details....


Mom's 70th Birthday

Mom's 70th birthday cake.  I had my husband make me a special cake stand so I could hang the cake. 

I made a 3 tier cake, chocolate caramel, carrot cake and red velvet.  The cupcakes are vanilla with custard filling.

 

 
Buttercream roses for Birthday cake

Justin Bieber cake, buttercream roses around an edible picture.


Ben 10

My little nephew Toma turned 3 and he wanted a Ben 10 cake. 

Buttercream on outside of the cake and then a flickering light was pushed in on the side of the cake.  It is a touch globe, just a small touch on the top and the globe comes on, it flashes all different colours and the speed of the flickering changes from slow to fast.

Inside the cake.  I hollowed out the bottom tier of the cake and poured Smarties and Astros inside.

Charlie and the chocolate factory cake for a 21st
 

All layers iced with fondant icing, buttercream grass tip was used between layers.  Chocolate gnache for the chocolate river down the centre.  Then came the sweets

A special memorial cake for Felly

 

I used the soccer ball cake pan and only baked one side to make a dome cake.  It was iced with buttercream roses.

 without decoration

with leaf and butterfly decorations

End of 2012 and cakes 2013

December 2012

 

Arriving in the USA for my son Wayde wedding to Ashley in Park City.  Of course I decided to make the wedding cake, Chocolate with cream cheese filling, vanilla with strawberries and cream filling for the Groom and carrot cake for the bride.  Not knowing anything about cake support, the carrot cake which was the top tier starting to sink and luckily we managed to stabalise the cake until the happy couple cut the cake.

The happy couple Wayde and Ashley

 

One of the tiers had already been removed by then

Eating cakeThumbs up





Proud mom (me) with my son and new daughter.

 

January 2013

 

Start the year and my little grandson turns 1.  He loves the Lorax, so again google became my friend to find out about this little character.

  Cute cake. Cute baby.

 

 A rocket cake for a little boy, he was thrilled with the lights on the board.

 

February 2013

 

Next came a pirate ship for my nephew.   I didn't have time to make all the little finishes, so I bought a little pirate toy set and added in all the little parts.

 

The same weekend another little girl had her first birthday party.

 

 March 2013

 

Again google was my friend when I got a Dora the Explorer cake.



 A little army tank with lights

Teapot and teacups all edible

First try at fondant roses

 

 April 2013

 

Rainbow cake inside and out.

 Handbag, purse, shoes and cigarettes all edible

Another shaun the sheep cake for my little nephew.  As I hate doing something twice I tried another version of him.

 

 May 2013

 

Avengers cake with a Thor hammer, a torch with a blue light was built into the hammer which was made from rice krispie treats.

 

 

 Handbag and shoe cake for my sister's birthday.  The handbag was all buttercream and the shoe fondant.  Pity the pinks didn't match up.  Oh well next time.....

 A cake for a guy, don't get many of those. I handpainted the fondant with colouring and vodka. Steamed the cake with the steamer to give it a nice sheen.

 Amazing how lighting can change the colour of the cake.

 

 Mother's day cakes for the moms.

 

 

June 2013

 

My son turned 25 and he is a musician, I loved this cake when I saw it so I tried my hand at this.  He loved the cake.

 

 A cute cake for my son's girlfriend, again leaves instead of plain fondant.

 

A chicken cake for a chicken farmer.  I even made a raw egg from fondant and piping gel on the side.

 

 

A 50th birthday cake for a friend.  Bra was fondant but the outside of the cake was buttercream roses.

 

 

 

A soccer shirt for a boy.

 

A special cake for my husband's birthday.  Possibly the biggest challenge.  This was a replica of a shotgun.  The shotgun and carrying bag was all edible, only the barrel of the gun was tubing not edible.

 

I hope you enjoy some of the cakes I have made.  I will be adding the new ones as I do them.