This tie-dye cake was so awesome, and easy to do. I just used a white cake mix, split it into 6 portions and used gel food coloring to create 6 different colors of batter. Put them all into the pan(s), bake and bingo, you've got a tie-dye cake. Groovy.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Coraline cake
This Coraline cake was for R's 9th birthday. It is my version of the cake that Coraline's "other mother" makes for her in the movie. The brown frosting is regular chocolate fudge frosting, and the "drippy" frosting was a basic buttercream, with cream cheese and milk added. The milk makes it drippy, to achieve the effect needed for the sides. The cream cheese is actually a great contrast to the sweetness of the fudge. This cake was fantastic.
Coraline was my first effort with gum paste, and it went horribly awry from my original idea of what I wanted her to look like. I wanted her to look like she did in the movie, but it is nearly impossible to achieve that look with gum paste. Figures tend to appear cartoony, which is ok, once you realize that and stop trying to make it look accurate.
Cat in the Hat cake
This Cat in the Hat cake was for R's 8th birthday. I couldn't find a Cat-shaped pan anywhere, so I brought my laptop into the kitchen with me and drew him freehand with decorating gel. She was so thrilled!
skate ramp cake
My daughter B loves skateboarding, so I made her this cake for her 10th birthday. This is 3 9X13 cakes, stacked, with the middle carved out. I used about 3 cans of store-bought icing. I got the perfect look of wood grain by coloring a bit brown and swirling white into it while frosting the ramp. I intended for the outside of the ramp to be black, but I've found it next to impossible to get it dark enough. I used a ton of black gel food coloring and got purple, which worked for her. I have an easy-going kid.:o)
unicorn cake
The unicorn is gum paste, as are the butterflies. Gum paste was hard for me to work with at first, but I think it was because I expected it to be like playdough, or clay.
unicorn cake
I made this unicorn cake for my hubs' friend's wife. It is done completely in store-bought icing. I piped the flowers on with a tiny round tip, and used the hair/grass tip for the grass.
Friday, May 28, 2010
I've always been artistic, yet not a very good artist. I suppose that I've never really devoted the time to really become a great, but I've finally found a medium where I feel comfortable, where a blank canvas doesn't intimidate me. Cakes! I'm just beginning, but I truly enjoy making them. I want to share them with you, dear reader, so that you can tell me how great they are. Ha! Just kidding. I am learning as I go, so any tips or ideas are greatly appreciated.
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