Go 49ers

 Super Bowl cake for San Francisco fans.  Trophy made from gum paste and covered with silver highlighter.  When time came to put everything together, Murphy's Law kicked in.  The ball broke off the trophy and while trying to fix it the whole thing fell over and cracked the base.  Thank goodness for royal icing to glue the ball back on and some strategic grass at the base of the trophy and everything was good to go.  The magic of on the fly decorating.  White cake with whipped cream and fresh strawberries for the filling.  Buttercream frosting.

Baby Shower

VINO IS KEENO

 My sister was visiting me from Oklahoma and her daughter-in-law who loves wine was having a birthday and requested a special cake for her.  French vanilla cake in three layers, one layer filled with chocolate whipped cream and the other layer was pastry cream mixed with a little cool whip.  Fondant raffia, gum paste grapes and leaves, but the bottle of wine was real for the birthday girl to enjoy.

Competition Time

 AV Fair time and it's also time to get a cake ready to enter into the wedding cake competition.  Knew I wanted to do black and white but I have a bad habit of being a procrastinator.  So three days ago I told myself that if I was going to do it then you better get started.  Thank goodness for cutters and molds.  I like the finished product...let's see what the judges have to say.

The rose was already made so I pulled it out of storage and stuck it on the top



Ruffle look made with rose petal cutter and stacked on top of each other row by row and finished off with small medallion mold and piping.

Lalaloopsy

  Lalaloopsy for Bailey girl on her 4th birthday.  Strawberry cake with a yummy creamy filling and swiss buttercream for the frosting.  The Lalaloopsys are purchased toys.  Disaster almost happened when the refrigerator shelf almost fell down on it.  Minor damage and pretty much fixable.  Whew!

Yeehaaa!

 Request for a two tier cake for a wedding that was to take place in three days that was western theme...hhmmm, three days?  After some research I came up with this.  White cake colored turquoise and all buttercream made with all shortening because it also had to travel to Laughlin, NV where it is predicted to be over 100 degrees.  I am hoping and praying for a good ending to this story.

Full view



Last minute gumpaste sunflowers and the leaves I already had made (time saver there)

Belt buckle using oval and heart cutters with gumpaste turquoise in the center.  The beading  is white spinkles picked out of multicolored ones (I know...crazy and very anal).  Stamped with embossing sticks and painted with silver highlighter.

                                      

Wanted  this to look similar to a bandana pattern so used paisley and flower cutters and then piped dots with royal icing.  I did good getting the gumpaste and royal icing the same color.

Minnie Mouse

 Fourty-five Minnie Mouse cupcakes for a birthday girl.  Half are strawberry cake with lemon curd filling, and half are what I tried to make taste like pineapple cake but it is very subtle so I added crushed pineapple to the cheesecake pudding for the filling.  Tried flour buttercream for the frosting...taste really good and creamy but kind of finicky to make.  Finished product is pretty darn yummy.  Hopefully the birthday girl agrees.