Skating Party Part 2

The other half of the twins requested a chocolate cake that was a disco ball.  ...a disco ball...right....  The ball part was easy. I've got a few 'ball' pans so getting the round shape wasn't a biggie.  My question was how to display it so it looked like a true disco ball?  It had to be shiny and it needed to be raised somehow to give that 'up in the air' effect.  I ended up treating myself to my first ever airbrush and tried my hand at using airbrush colors.  I'm excited for another opportunity to use it.  I think Ms. Caroline was pleased with the results.  The cake is covered in itty bitty squares of fondant, all hand applied and then airbrushed with silver.. To add a little extra shimmer, I used an edible glitter on top of the silver. 

Skating Party

Roller Puppy!

This cake was made for one half of a set of twins.  Victoria specifically asked for a dog on roller skates.  I wasn't exactly sure how to pull that off but I agreed and started looking for ideas.  I ended up combining a few ideas I got off of the internet and some lessons I learned from yummyarts.com.  I love that site.  I learned a lot doing this cake.  The grass tip makes for good 'fur' but makes for bad traveling.  The strands are very fragile.  All in all, I think it turned out pretty well.  This was a white cake, hand sculpted and then covered in buttercream icing.  The ears are gumpaste, the tongue is a pink starburst and the nose and eyes are junior mints I commandeered from my son's Halloween candy stash. 

Wild Child

L is for Lauren

A friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her daughter's 20th birthday.  She said her daughter loves animal prints.  We looked around the internet and found a design we both liked.  This cake is strawberry covered in white fondant with black zebra stripes.  My husband asked if the cake was for Laverne...cause the L looked just like the ones Laverne De Fazio used to wear on every blouse she owned.  Wow...can you tell we're old?  : )