Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Baptism Dress - The Ainsli

A beautiful girl was getting baptized.  Her parents wanted to give a special small cake for their daughter.  This fondant covered-individual size cake's design was customized to match the little girl's dress to make her day seem a bit more special. 
It can be made any size, shape, or color.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Cake Pop Assortment

Cake pops and cake bites are my personal favorites.  They are soooo yummy.  It is made from cake crumbles mixed with butter cream/frosting and hand-molded to shape, and then coated with candy-coating chocolate or tinted white chocolate.  Ultra moist and scrumptious!
 If you want to purchase the cake pops individually packaged, no problem.  Please ask at the time of ordering.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Baby Elmo Cake

Fondant covered 6" round cake with a butter cream Elmo cake on top, which can be purchased seperately.  The Elmo cake adds 4-5 servings of cake. 
Elmo cake pops are perfect to add to this theme as a party favor.

Elmo Pops


Friday, July 6, 2012

Ruffle Vintage Smash Cake

 
This double stacked smash cake, 4" round, was order to take pictures of with an adorable little birthday girl turning one year.  It has an antique white fondant ruffle edge with roses and shiny oversized edible pearls to finish off the top.  Thanks to The Sweetest Moments Photography for the images. 

See more of Emily Jones great photography work: http://www.thesweetestmoments.com




Saturday, June 9, 2012

Vintage Rosette Wedding

 Vintage-inspired wedding cake with antique white fondant on all 3 tiers, gold beading trim, and hand-crafted pink petal rosettes. 
100% edible design.
(scroll down for a rose- making tutorial)

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As you can see, I start with a dum-dum sucker.  I like how it already has a secure stick that can easily be inserted into the cake.  I cut out a series of oval and round shaped gum-paste petals thinly rolled out (careful, they dry out quickly).  After using the cut-outs, I again rolling the edges some more with a small rounded edge tool.  I think the thinner you can make the petals, the more realistic it appears.  Then, I wet my sucker.  Between the wet sticky sucker and the wet sticky gum paste, when they are placed together, it adheres really well and securely as it dries.  The center gets rolled tightly, and then each petal, getting larger in size is added to form a preferred shape of a rose--pinching and curling some edges to prevent uniformity.  Once the gum paste dries, as shown here, I brush on the tips a little petal dust to accent it with a pale pink. 

One neat thing about these roses is that they keep forever--no withering. Though they are brittle, this keep-sake gum paste edible rose can be kept as long as you keep them in a cool, dry place (eating them after a month's time though is not advised).  There are many ways to create an edible rose.  All version make different looks, which I like them all.  This way, I believe, creates a more realistic look if that's the pursuit.