Back to the Bakery

I stepped in to help at the bakery again and had these cakes to design.  It's funny to try decorating while pregnant.  My belly got in the way!

In the midst of decorating this lego cake, I noticed a glob of green icing on my apron.  Then, as I am piping the borders, I notice a patch of icing was missing on the corner of the cake.  I had some retouching to do but it all worked out.

No day would be complete without a zebra cake.  Funny thing is the shoe cracked all the way through when I tried to place it on the cake.  I attached 2 more cutouts of the same fondant shoe to cover the crack...one on the front and one on the back.  Luckily, they called back and asked for a heart that read "I Love You"!  I knew just where to put it! 

Speaking of a baby belly, this order was for a rocker chick belly cake.  We ended up going a little more subtle than what I would have called "rocker chick" but I think it worked out for the best.  Plus, they wanted the belly to read "Born to Rock".  I opted to use a silver star to draw in the silver dragees.  I was also VERY proud of my bow!!!

Fondant Sculpting

Ihad a great time sculpting fondant into little figures at the bakery the other day.  Most of these were for a safari baby shower.

Monkeys

Turtles 

The zebra was by FAR the most difficult!!!  All those stripes took forever.

Giraffe

The teddy bear was for a 2 year old's birthday.

Another Day, Another Dollar

This was originally supposed to be a 2 tiered cake but the price changed their minds.  Instead of a zebra tier and a polka dot tier, I think their design collaboration was a success.

I am so glad to be able to practice Spongebob at the bakery!  My daughter wants a Spongebob birthday party.  My design will be Spongbob sitting up in actual 3D and a Crabby Patty for her smash cake.  It will be a big challenge but I think I am ready for it.  The hardest part would be deciding how to keep Songebob from sagging.  My theory will be to use a Styrofoam dummy for the bottom half and a pound cake for the top.  We'll see what happens.

For a graduation/anniversary party, a family asked for an 80's themed cake since that is the only thing everyone could agree on.  It was lots of fun researching the terms and the styles...kind of like reliving my youth.

My Latest and Greatest

My cousin needed a cake for her grandmother and sent me a picture of what she wanted.  The cake is pretty much a duplicate except for the colors used and the basket weave.  I also added a fondant ribbon and bow since buttercream bows are NOT my forte.

Aside from the monotony of doing so many zebra cakes at the bakery, I do love it when the order calls for zebra print details.  An example being the "2" on the shirt.  I roll out a thin pin of white fondant, press tiny pieces pinched from the black fondant, and then roll the all together.  I think this gives it a more natural effect because both colors become one piece of fondant to use cutters on. 

This order was for an anniversary and it called for gold roses.  I wish there was a way to make actual gold roses from buttercream instead of just yellow roses.

This was the very FIRST time I ever used an edible image.  I think it turned out nicely.  Not really a big fan when the edible images are over used.  They make a cake look cluttered.

This has a funny story behind it...

As I'm checking out my orders for the day, I notice another order for a Mario cake.  They even attached a picture of what they wanted. (I love having a reference photo!)  As I inspect the picture, I think to myself, "WOW!  This cake looks awesome!  How did they get such detail?  Have I "googled" that cake in the past?"  Then, a moment of clarity hits me like a ton of bricks...I MADE the cake that picture!  That's where I've seen is before.  The only difference was that the little figures are plastic on this cake but they give just the right touch.

Stacked Up

"Oh, I Gotta Brand New Pair of Roller Skates..."

Ooo-la-la!

Can you say..."Deja Vu"?

Even More Zebra...

GO GIRL!!

I twisted the fondant strips and tried a new technique for the zebra.  Instead of the alternating triangle stripes (That look more like tiger stripes), I did more of a ripple pattern.  You know, like this...

Attack of the Zebras...Again

Zebra is still the reigning champ.  There isn't a week that goes by that we don't get a zebra cake order.  It's a good thing I like doing them.

MORE...

Christmas was so much fun to decorate for.

No...they are not twins.  These are for 2 different orders!!

Congratulations...

...on the graduations!

ROAR!

So pretty...

I loved the bows.

I had never done the stars before.  I was so proud!

Christmas is a BUSY time of year!!

i apologize, again, for taking so long to post.  The bakery has been VERY busy!  We scooped over 6000 cookies in just a few days.  And that doesn't include the all the sugar cookies that had to be decorated.  But here are just a few of the cakes I was able to sqeeze in between batches of chocolate chips and sugar cookies.

And then, the Christmas mania began!  More on that subject later.

MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL!!

Happy Halloween!

Are you ready?!??!?!?!

I hope your holiday is awesome!



From Zebra to Camo

 A new pattern has entered my repertoire. 

First it was Zebra...

Now it's CAMO!!!

Zebra and Bows

If you will take note, it seems like the zebra cakes and the cakes with bows seem to be VERY popular!