Monday, October 13, 2008

More fun with fondant!

Not 100% happy with these - especially the dog! But still think they are cute - will know how to improve them next time.

Teddy Bear

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Next to a $2 coin to show size

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Duck

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Bumble bee

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Puppy

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Piggy

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Check out the tail!

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All together

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Using the right tools makes a huge difference with decorating - this rose is much better - I just made it up with leftover fondant, so not a good colour, and probably not enough petals!

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

Thought I would make a cake for our special day tomorrow (4/10). I was a 'make it up as I go' cake. I had originally wanted to make a bit of a copy of our Wedding cake, but wanted to do a tiered cake, so went with something totally different! My writing is terrible, but didn't bother fixing it since it was just for us LOL. I think it's pretty cute, and not too bad for my first attempt at this sort of cake.

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My second 'customer'!

This time I was asked to make some sort of soccer cake! I am pretty happy with how it turned out - my first cake decorated with buttercream! I just hope the Birthday boy likes it!

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That soccer ball was soooo hard to decorate! Maybe I'm crazy, but I just couldn't figure out the pattern LOL.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Fun with Fondant!

Just wanted to do something today - I can't wait until October - I have a few orders in next month! Yay! So just did a little flower, and that little yellow and black blob is supposed to be a bee! hahaha. There is a reason I have posted a blurry pic - the bee is terrible! I was going to make black fondant, but ended up just using some gel - terrible stuff to use! So here it is - just needs a cupcake to go on!

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Sunday, September 7, 2008

My first 'customer'!

I was asked to do a Wests Tigers NRL Jersey cake! Ok, so it isn't exactly like the real jersey LOL But I am hoping the man the cake is for, can recognise what it is LOL

I had a few problems with the fondant, but it turned out ok in the end!

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Would be great Wedding cakes!

Made this today - it is about the size of a cupcake, but is a round cut from a cake. I put a bit of a design in the fondant, then a butterfly on top with some gold shimmer. Was a real quick rough job, but still looks pretty cute. I think these would be gorgeous as wedding cakes, but with a flower on top instead.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Buttercream rose & Mum Cake

I tried a new buttercream recipe today - it was wayyy too buttery for me, but it was nice and stiff - great for piping roses! I did have trouble getting the icing to sit on the flower nail though - maybe too stiff?

My first try at piping a rose - ok, but could be much better!

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Then later on I made another fondant rose - only bigger. I thought, what am I going to do with this now? So I made a cake LOL. I tried another buttercream recipe, but it was too soft to pipe! So I thought I would try icing the cake with it instead of fondant. For something different, I cut 2 circles out of the cake with a scone cutter, and layered them to make a small, but tall cake. Once finished, it looked too plain, so I put a little banner at the bottom with Mum on it, as it's Mums Birthday today. Trouble is - she lives 600+kms away LOL Ahhh I'll just send her a photo and tell her how yummy it was bwahahaha.

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