Jungle Pre-View

I had a jungle cake order for this last weekend. I got these gum paste pieces finished and then learned that the birthday boy was sick and the party was postponed. Luckily these pieces will last a while, so they will go on the cake once the party is rescheduled.
Here is a pre-view until the final cake is done.

Gumpaste monkey in the gumpaste tree.

The Lion will have a buttercream mane once he is placed on the cake.

I molded all of these little guys by hand. I am really pleased with how they turned out.

Hard to Please

The other day I was working on a new frosting recipe and I gave my oldest son a taste. I said "You are my food critic, how does it taste? Do I get 4 stars?" He looked at me and said "ummm, 1 star!" I made a big deal out of him saying one star and then he looked at me and reluctantly said "Okay Mama, 2 star." Talk about a tough food critic :)

Thinking hard about how many stars this frosting deserves!

Kenzie's Baptism Cake

Here is a special Baptism Cake. This was a chocolate cake with Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse (seems to be the favorite lately!) This feed 44 people and cost $55. It is 100% edible. It is white chocolate that is piped on the bottom tier, and all the decor is attached with white chocolate. (sorry for the night time picture quality!)

Finished Science Cake

Here is the finished Science cake. There were some VERY scary moments with it, but it all worked out great. Once again I learned a lot while working with it. The cake was Chocolate with Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse filling. Buttercream icing and Milk Chocolate Fondant. It looked and smelled YUMMY and I hope the Birthday boy was happy with his creation!

Second Display Cake

This is the display for the second Wilton course

Science Preview

Here is a preview of the science cake I am making this weekend. These little things will go on top of a cake that is made to look like a science text book. The up right bottle is molded/carved cake, the tube is rolled fondant, the "glass and goo" are made of sugar candy. The up right bottle is going to have bubbles coming out of it like the "potion" is bubbling over. Stay tuned for the full cake picture tomorrow.

Simply Beautiful with Flowers

Here is the wedding cake with the gumpaste flowers added to it. This cake was for a display case (the cake will most likely be in there for several years.) So that is the reason for the gumpaste flowers being white. With time the colored flowers would fade, but white will still be white in 5 years. Also, that is why this cake is only on a silver cake board...no need for a fancy cake plate if it is just a demo cake.