Saturday, November 8, 2008
Go Diego Go!
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Pimply Butt
Here it is.. the post I've been waiting for... the PIMPLY BUTT CAKE!!
Now, truth be told, it's not for the faint of heart. But all in good fun. So, to be fair, I'll put a ton of space between this text and the rest of this post, so you can run away if you want to. Get ready for some gratuitious grossness.
Although any person that is even partially human won't be able to resist the urge to scroll down to see what I'm talking about!
Now wasn't that fun? All that scrolling?
Anyway. Erin's brithday was last week, she just turned 29 again, and wanted a cake "so gross no one will eat it" and so.. after some brainstorming we decided that a pimply butt just might be gross enough. Pimples that you could pop! Hair! Butt!
So I got an air brush, in anticipation of detail and skin tone (was the cake just a really good excuse for an airbrush? you decide).
So here we go. The cake it'self was red velvet. Within the cake I swirled cream cheese lumps (think flesh and fat). Between the cake layers was red cream cheese buttercream and rasperry preserves. (blood, duh)
The cake was carved to look much like, as one co-worker described it "a burn victem"
Next, ivory tinted fondant.
Now, this is where I took some white buttercream in a piping bag, injected it under the skin, and made some pimples in choice locations. Then, airbrushing added detail thoughout. And.. tada! A nasty-ass pimply butt cake!!
Some work needs to be done on my air-brushing skills and technique, as I had to take off the colour on half and do it over - which then made it look a little wonky.. but I'm still exceptionally please with the results. I'm quite proud of this monstrosity.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
KMR Make-Up Academy Vanity
This was a Vanity i made for the Grand Opening of the KMR Make-Up Academy.
This cake is 24" x 16" in the vanity, and 10" diameter in the chair.
The Chair is a white cake with lemon butter cream and MM fondant.
The Vanity is white cake with butter cream and fresh sliced strawberries, all under MM fondant.
The mirror is a combo of poured sugar and gum paste.
The accessories are all gum paste.
The cake stands are wooden bases covered and styled with gum paste.
And here is my original planning design. Mad Photoshop skills here.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Fat and Thin cake
This was a cake planned and executed in two days for my co-worker and friend Ashley's birthday. The idea was a Fat cake turning Thin.
The Thin version was under a fatter facade - peel away the fondant, and reveal the thin cake.
Creepy on many levels, but still a pretty cool idea.
This was made of yellow boxed cake mix, buttercream, and MM fondant. It fed at least 25 people with leftovers.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Ninja Teddy
A Rice Crispie treat ninja teddy bear for a co-worker's baby shower. He is painted thoroughly with white chocolate, his mask and eyes are bittersweet chocolate, and his sai and shuriken are entirely edible gum paste.
This is the original design.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Moroccan Wedding
A wedding cake for my two dear friends Chris and Brandy.
Bottom layer was chocolate with a chocolate mint ganache
Second layer was white cake with a chocolate ganache
Third layer was white with funfetti icing
Top layer was chocolate with chocolate buttercream
All layers done up in chocolate buttercream, chocolate fondant, and chocolate paint. Decorations are white and milk chocolate, ropes and pearls are fondant.
Here is the original design.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Garden
For my Grandmother's birthday. The first multi-teir cake I've attempted. As you can see, it wasn't anywhere near perfect, but I learned a lot of lessons from this one.
The bottom layer is a rich chocolate cake, the middle is the chocolate cake again and half white cake, and the top layer is white cake. The filling is raspberry made by Dan. Frosted with chocolate buttercream and M.M. fondant. The flowers are sugar paste, and the butterflies are sugar.
Quilt
For my mom's birthday, the cake is mimicking a quilt she designed.
The cake is dark chocolate and cherry pie filling (can). Frosted with white chocolate buttercream and M.M. fondant.
This cake served 8 with a little left over.
Rubber Ducky
This is the first designer cake I made. Dan jokingly suggested I try to make a duck cake, like in those cake shows.. and I took that to extremes. A new hobby is born...
The duck is pound cake (from a box). The sheet cake below is a yellow cake (box) with blueberry pie filling (can).
I used M.M. fondant, and frosting from a jar.
This cake fed about 15 peopole with signifigant leftovers.