We were asked to take a muffin and a pudding bowl cake to our cake decorating class. This was what we managed to create in one evening. Her body is the pudding bowl cake and her head is made from the muffin. It was easier to make the hands larger and with less detail as she is only meant to be a doll. The edges of her dress are just crimped and some patchwork cutters used to emboss a bit of detail onto it. I painted stripes on her tights later with dusting colour raspberry shimmer. Next time I think I will spend more time on the hair and perhaps make plaits.
This was for my son's birthday. He was mad about Pokemon and wanted this particular character on his cake. I traced the picture from one of his magazines then used it to make a template for the cake. I tried to mix the right colours and this was the result. All his friends knew straight away who it was so that was reassuring.
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a lady. As it was close to valentine's day I thought it would be rather sweet to make a basket of chocolates. The brown sugarpaste actually tastes of chocolate and the cake itself is chocolate flavoured. I used chocolate magic sparkles between the chocolates and on the numbers too but you can't really appreciate them in this photograph. When the cake is under a light they look lovely. I made a gift tag for her name and dried it over some foam to give it some shape. I made an icing cord and bow to attach it to the side of the basket. This way she can eat the chocolates and the cake too, double the treat!
As a member of the British Sugarcraft Guild you can attend monthly demonstrations, and also you can pay to participate in workshop days run by various talented sugarcrafters. Yesterday I spent a most enjoyable day at a Maisie Parrish workshop. This cake was what each of us made, although every one looked slightly different. Maisie was a lovely lady with a great sense of humour. I have admired her style and in fact the cake on my blog heading was based on one of Maisie's designs from one of her books called Cakes with Character. My hippo is a bit darker grey than I wanted so I would make it lighter next time, although I would worry about insulting someone by giving them a fat hippo cake!?She is sweet though, I think I'll name her Harriet.
This was a project at cake decorating class. It took quite a while to make all the petals from flower paste and then I left them for a few days to completely harden before I dusted them and taped them together. One of my friends is a florist, and she immediately recognized what flower it was, so that was good.
This was a Christmas present for my parents. It was from a Karen Davies design. The original design used x3 pots of Magic Sparkles on the cake itself, between the ribbons and stars. I used pearl lustre spray instead as I didn't think they would want to eat all those sparkles. This was a fruit cake laced with brandy, then marzipaned and iced. It took more time making all the little parcels than the cake itself. It's nearly New Year and they still haven't cut into it. They say it looks too nice to eat!
I wanted to make a sponge Christmas cake for an Aunt. As you can imagine , with four children, the run-up to Christmas is extremely hectic. This needed to be a simple cake that I could decorate quickly. I used a garrett frill cutter for the five frills then used the same cutter without its inner piece to make a plaque for the centre of the cake. I dusted the board, frills and plaque with snowflake lustre powder. I piped the message and added the holly leaves and berries. Finally I softened sugar paste and piped a snail trail around the tops of the frills and between the cake and board.
