A Great Cause

Every year at work, we have a Christmas bake sale to benefit cancer research.  This year I donated a cake and two dozen cupcakes to help out.  I had fun making these treats.  Some used techniques I'd seen on my favorite cake web site and some were 'borrowed' ideas from other blogs I visit.  See what you think.

Fortune Cookie

This cake was for a 9 yr old girl's birthday who was having an Asian themed party.  We decided on a fortune cookie.  The client requested chocolate cake with buttercream icing.  I was able to get the 'edges' by building up icing around the 'gap' and used the airbrush to darken them up just like a real cookie would be after baking.  The 'fortune' was hand drawn and covered in contact paper to make it safe for inserting into the cookie. I had fun trying out my sculpting skills on this one!!

Hello Kitty

My friend loves Hello Kitty.  For her birthday, I decided she had to have her fav.  Her color is purple so the bow was too.  This cake is all buttercream icing.