Lillie's for Sharon

Made my first gumpaste Lillie's for a dear friends bridal shower cake. She sent me a picture of the wedding cake she ordered so I made my version of the cake for a work wedding party.  Instead of a round shape I used a square pan and I changed the colors from black to more fall tones. The lillies were easier to make then I anticipated.  I watched a video by edna from designmeacake.com.  It only really required a heart cookie cutter, a pointy cup and some powder food coloring. Enjoy the cake!

Here are some shots of the flowers coming together...

I needed cone shaped cups, so I cut up bathroom cups and taped them to form a point. They worked nicely because they were wax coated and the gum paste released nicely when it was dry.   I used 20 guage floral wire and formed yellow stamen's for center of the flowers.

 Measuring up the stamens to make sure they were the right size.  The calla lilies were made with the heart shaped cookie cutter, then wrapped them around the cone cups and frilled the edges.

 The supplied needed to add the coloring and shading.
 

  Making the bows...

Added the stamen and hung the flowers to dry on a pitcher...

 The finished flowers ready to be moved to the cake.






The finished cake

Jaclynn's Bridal Shower

I'm so excited about this cake! I have been wanting to make this design... It is for my cousin who is getting married on new year's eve.  I have the honor of making my first wedding cake for Jaclynn's wedding!!!!  I'm very excited and a little nervous but I have faith I can pull it off.  This cake design was inspired by those on cake central. I used layers of fondant to make the dress. The roses are also fondant. I sprayed the dress with a irridescent food grade spray to give it a special shine.  The cake was a hit!

Here is the cake with the crumb coat

 Added the final layer of buttercream

 Used a cut out template of the dress top and started to add layers of fondant. I didn't really follow a pattern, I would cut strips, lay them on the cake and then cut the ends off...

 Ready for the bouquet...

 Almost done...

 Finished... Yeah.

Baby Morgan's Shower

 Made this sophisticated baby shower cake design for a good friend's baby shower. I had this design in my "favorites" folder for a while and was hoping the right occasion would come along.  I used wilton's rose petal food coloring and it came out a little browner then I had hoped.  I also learned that even though I used the same food coloring the buttercream and the fondant are not the same color... I should have known that but another lesson learned...  Overall I was happy with the way the cake turned out.  I'm looking forward to meeting Baby Morgan!

 A naked cake... waiting for icing...

 Used imprint to trace the lettering.  Fondant flower is finished-made it using a heart cookie cutter.
 
 Lettering is finished...



Cake is assembled on site and finished...

A Cupcake Birthday Cake

 

My Niece's Birthday celebration falls around Halloween which is always fun. I dressed up like a cupcake so I made her a cupcake cake and delivered it in my costume!  So fun.

 

 The birthday girl

 How sweet are they???

 Lindsey got to eat the cherry on top...

Reach the Beach- Slow but Pretty

 

I participated in a 209 mile relay race across New Hampshire in Early October Called Reach the Beach Relay.  It was one of the best running experiences I've had.  My 11 teammates totally rock!  We had a blast.  I was worried about this race for a few months before we left but everything fell into place. Check out the 6 minute video we made of our experience click here. This cake represents more then just a copy of our team logo...Slow But Pretty. I'm not sure an experience like this can be repeated but we are apparently doing it again in Miami in 2012.  We'll see...

Our race shirts...

The turtle was a frozen buttercream transfer of course...

 

Jamie got to cut the cake...

Missing Socrates....

 The girls taking pictures of the boys...

Awaiting My New Nephew

 

Had a baby shower for my new nephew who will be arriving in about a month. We are all very excited to meet him.  I found the inspiration for the cake on cakecentral.com. I combined two cakes I liked and came up with the Onsie and clothes line combo.  Here are some pics of the assembly...


Cut the Onsie out of fondant with a steak knife...


What I used to make the snaps

Making the buttons...




 
Making the washline poles... Best thing I ever did was buy premixed black fondant. Black is the hardest color to mix.

 

The finished iced cake waiting for the pieces to go one... They are all waiting in the background.

 The cake is finished for now.  I assembled it at the shower.  I didn't want to transport it on the cake stand and risk a cake wreck...

 The finished cake...

 Can't resist sharing this picture of my super cute Niece. She was practicing her smiles today and got this one just right...

 The rest of the girls... All looking fabulous!

Snowflakes

I know... It is just October and I shouldn't be thinking about winter yet... But I was asked to make a cake for a bridal shower with a Christmas theme and I couldn't refuse. This is the first cake I've made that has some non-edible hardware but I fell in love with the design when I was looking for ideas on cakecentral.com. Here is a link to the original.  I added some color and I couldn't figure out how to cut that large snowflake so I used the cutters I had and made some modifications to cut out the centers.   Overall I was really pleased with this cake.  To me it sophisticated and modern...

The crumb coat is down...


Inserted the wooden dowels for stability

Snowflakes are dried and sprayed with luster dust...

The finished product