Fantasy Butterfly

A fantasy butterfly from Alan Dunn's Celebration Cakes book.  Picture does not do it justice.  It's looks even better in person.  Body and all four wings are wired separately.  Wings were cut from a template and body from a purchased insect body mold.

                                  

Santa

 Family Christmas tomorrow so what better cake than a Santa.  Made with a heart shape pan.  Red velvet with cannoli filling and all buttercream decorations.  After looking at the picture, the beard is two different colors.  Had to make two batches of buttercream and one was different than the other.  I guess that is why it is suggested to combine the two batches to make sure they are the same.  Still turned out really cute.  Eyebrows were added after pictures were taken.

Update...Did not care for the cannoli filling. 

Just Playing

Getting in some practice on making flowers.

Sunflowers

White cake with buttercream. White chocolate mousse and fresh strawberries for the filling. All decorations are hand sculpted with gum paste. My first try at sunflowers and lady bugs... turned out fabulous.

Graveyard Cake

Graveyard cake for a five-year-old. White cake and buttercream with buttercream and m&ms for the filling. Headstones are made with gumpaste and skeleton pieces are white chocolate. Bats and black birds in tree are piped with royal icing ahead of time and allowed to dry before placing on cake. Trees are carved from gumpaste.

Top of cake with gum paste headstone and white chocolate skeleton lying in chocolate cake dirt.

Fairy Tale Love

Antelope Valley Fair show cake. Made with styrofoam cake dummies.

My first try at daffodils

My grandaughter found a rock at the beach so I made a mold from it and formed a rock with gum paste
Hand made elves from gum paste

all flowers and mushrooms hand made from gum paste. Tree stump formed with rice crispy treats and covered with fondant.

Letters cut using mexican paste

Bailey's Second Birthday

Our Great-Grandaugter's second birthday. First layer is white cake tinted pink and second layer is funfetti. Filling on both layers is white chocolate mousse with fresh strawberries. Most decorations are candy. The number 2, pinwheels, and little girl are made from gumpaste.