Heather's Cake Cake

Tinker Bell Fairy Cake

2011-05-27T22:32:00.000-04:00

This cake is inspired by Freed's Bakery Fairy pond cake. I ordered the Disney fairies from Amazon.com and they can be reused as stamps by the birthday girl.

50th Birthday Cake

2011-05-17T19:11:00.000-04:00

This was my 1st time doing a cake in silver. This was a test of my patience and confidence - but I prevailed--yay!!! A wonderful lady had her 50th birthday this past weekend and commissioned this cake. Her colors were silver and white and when I was discussing her cake with her- I had a picture of a cake that I thought was lovely and would be perfect adapted to the and colors that she wanted. This is how it turned out and I couldn't be happier.

Note on Silver-- It takes a lot of silver luster dust to create this wonderful shade of silver. I started spraying it first with chefmate silver spray--since I don't own an airbrush machine yet--soon hopefully-- and then because our local cake store didn't have anymore in stock, I had to switch to the dust. Overall thoughts are- I think the spray works better at covering large areas since the luster dust has to be painted on and you can see the brush strokes in the right light-- luckily her party was in the dark and the lines weren't visible

I was given the advice to color the fondant with a couple drops of black gel color and a couple drops of royal blue gel color. I thought it looked too gray- didn't have the shiny affect that I was looking for. Learned a lot on this cake and am ready for the next one.

Baby Carriage cake

2011-04-29T21:30:00.000-04:00

This baby carriage cake is 3 layers of chocolate chip pound cake with white chocolate cream filling--ummm-yummy!!! I am not a seamstress, but took on the task of sewing this carriage skirt and attaching it to my board. I think I did a pretty good job considering I don't work with a sewing machine much. It has actually inspired me to try and make some of my chidren's dresses. We will see how that endeavor works out and who knows-- I might have found another hobby!!!
Back to the carriage-- I threaded some floral wire through some powder blue tulle and shaped it to form the cover of the carriage and then covered some dowel rods with fondant and sprayed them silver for the handle. I have done a cake like this before and have learned from both experiences on ways to improve this cake.

Flowers and flowers

2011-04-29T21:18:00.000-04:00

My sister and I decorated this cake for a birthday girl, her mother and her grandmother. The flowers are fondant flowers that she painstakingly stamped out and then molded-- we lost count of how many we actually put on this cake.

Veggie Tales Dedication Cake

2011-04-04T10:07:00.000-04:00

Veggie Tales

Larry the Cucumber

Bob the Tomato

Veggie Tales is not something that I have watched a lot of- even with having 2 little girls at home. I have watched it a couple of times, so I know who the main characters are. After making this cake, I have decided that I am going to go and get some of the dvds and let my girls wathc it. It is comfortaing knowing that there is a Christian based cartoon that my girls can watch and I am not concerned that they are being exposed to propaganda.

That being said, I was asked to make this Veggie Tales cake for a dedication of a little girl and boy. I wanted it to have something that the characters say on the show, so since the internet is so wonderful and I don't have any of the dvds to consult, I searched "veggie tales sayings" and was rewarded. This saying fit so perfect-- " God made you special and He loves you very much!"

I love that saying and have told my girls that every day since I read it and of course I add "and so do I" at the end of it.

Toilet Bowl Cake

2011-03-25T08:40:00.002-04:00

"bathroom floor"

"poo" is chocolate buttercream, "water" is piping gel colored blue

This was my first toilet bowl cake. Apparantly, there is a bunch of these made, be it for an "Over the Hill" birthday, plumber school graduation or just to be funny. I researched the web for ideas before I started and was amazed at some of the toilet cakes that have been created. Buddy on the "The Cake Boss" made one that actually flushed--mine does not!! Most of the cakes were saying "Everything turns to S*** after ##. We decided to change it up for younger eyes.

I had some trouble with structure and getting the cake for the bowl to stay up--so it looks like its tilting- oh well. I don't think it's too bad for my first try. The tank is made out of RKT and I built a support platform for that to sit on out of a cardboard box. The lid is a styrofoam board that I wrapped in fondant. I made the water from piping gel and added some blue coloring. The "poo" is chocolate buttercream. The board is also covered in fondant - I measured out squares and then painted them to look like a bathroom tiled floor. And of course, you can't have a toilet without a plunger nearby.

All in all, I think it turned out ok. Of course, I am my biggest critic--well maybe 2nd to my husband. -- but he is also my biggest fan! It took me 7 hours to make start to finish with several breaks in between.
I hope the birthday boy gets a kick out of it!!

Princess Cake with Crown Topper

2011-03-13T12:47:00.003-04:00

Princess Cake

Smash Cake

We all think that our little girls are perfect princesses and what better way to let everyone else know they are than to celebrate their first birthdays in royal fashion with a beautiful princess cake. This cake is a 3 tier marble pound cake with buttercream icing and filling. The details are done in fondant and gumpaste. The crown, wand and butterfly are gumpaste and were make several days in advance. Such a fun way to spend a week-- making a perfect cake for a perfect little princess!
I have to give credit to Pink Cake Box for the design of this cake. The girl I made it for, found this cake online and loved it, so I did my best to recreate it.

Adult Female Birthday Cake

2011-03-13T12:35:00.000-04:00

My sister was in a bind to have a cake decorated for her, so at the last minute, I decorated this cake. It was for a woman who was turning 30-something and was commissioned by her loving father. The flowers are stamped out of fondant.

Icing - lesson learned

2011-03-10T13:44:00.000-05:00

So, this past week, my mother found a new "discount" store and wanted me to go with her. They had some powdered sugar there for a lot less than what I spend on it usually and I thought - what the heck, I'll try it. So, this morning, I am in a big hurry and start making my icing using this new sugar and look into my mixer and it looks like a big blob of glue. Needless to say, cheaper is not better by a long shot. I had to scrap it and go back to my old faithful. The icing turned out perfect. Lesson learned is- if it's not broke, don't fix it!!!!

CARS----Mater the Towmater Cake

2011-03-03T20:28:00.000-05:00

My husband and I had never seen the entire Cars movie, so when I was asked to make a Mater cake for a friend's son's 2nd birthday, we sat down with our girls and watched the movie all the way through. This is the first movie that they sat all the way through and watched. For 18 months, we thought that was pretty good. So after watching the movie and searching through some other cake pictures, I got inspired and this cake is what I came up with. I am getting big into using Rice krispy treats, because it offers an alternative to cake at parties. So, I made Mater our of RKT--had to make 3 batches because my husband ate the back half of Mater.-- ("that was the taste test"). The cake is half chocolate and half butter/vanilla sponge. I covered with white buttercream and airbrushed some green over the entire cake for 2 reasons: 1. to give a variation of green to look more like ground and 2. to avoid having green teeth when it was eaten. I used brown sugar--some of it was already in the stone look-- I didnt' smooth them, so they looked like rocks beside the road. I had a lot of fun making this cake--it was a little tricky because this was my first vehicle--but pretty much everytime I make a cake especially shaped cakes- it's a first. Always learning and loving what I do!!!! Keep the requests and ideas coming!!

Love and Peace Cake

2011-03-02T22:58:00.001-05:00

I was reading the cake wrecks blog and saw where so many people make the mistake of how they draw their peace signs-- they always forget the middle line goes all the way down..or they do it upside down. Anyway for this cake, I made sure I got it right. This is a birthday cake for a girl that is into peace/love. I tie-dyed the fondant and covered cake that I had cut out into the letters and placed them on top of a butter/vanilla sponge cake with butter cream icing. This brought out my hippie for a day. I even had my girls wearing bell-bottoms.
Peace and Love to all of you.

Cat in the Hat Baby Shower cake

2011-03-02T22:51:00.001-05:00

This past weekend, I did a Cat in the Hat baby shower cake. I formed the hat out of RKT and then covered it in marshmallow fondant. The cake is butter/vanilla with buttercream icing and fondant details of Who-ville trees with a clothesline between them with onesies, socks and bibs hanging from it. I had a lot of fun making this cake, especially since it was Dr. Seuss's birthday today.-- What a coincidence. I have been reading Dr. Seuss to my girls and they absolutely love the stories. Hope you enjoy the pics.
A PERSON'S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL....

Tinker bell cake

2011-01-28T23:55:00.002-05:00

So, Tinker Bell is a big hit amongst young girls. I put the DVD in for my girls, and of course, they don't like it. It scared one of them and the other just went off to play with something else. But, that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty out there that just adore her.
I just finished this tinker bell cake for a little girl's second birthday. The mother wanted strawberry cake- so I started with a vanilla butter cake base and added strawberry extract and then chopped up some fresh strawberries and added to the batter. Turned out scrumptious. Covered the cake in the MMF that I learned the recipe for in my wonderful class :-} I think for my first doll cake it turned out very cute.

Sweet 80's-- 80's themed Birthday cake for Mikle

2010-12-28T15:13:00.000-05:00

I made this cake for Mikle who is turning 30 today. It is a 12 in and 10in cream cheese pound cake with a small 6 inch used for the Simon says. I haven't perfected my figures yet-so the smurf is just a head for now.

Not very active lately

2010-12-12T11:14:00.000-05:00

So, I haven't been very active on here since I started my account. Hopefully after the new year things will settle down and I will actually post pictures of my cakes on here. I have so many that I want to share and I am looking forward to creating new things and posting them as well. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Easy to Make Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

2010-11-02T21:53:00.001-04:00

Tonight I attended the last class of my fondant class. The only thing that I learned through this whole class is the recipe for Marshmallow fondant--which is pretty darn good.
The recipe is as follows:
16 oz marshmallows---for some reason brand name works best
2 tbsp water
2 lb. bag of powdered sugar
1 tbsp ea. Vanilla flavoring and Butter Flavoring (clear for both)

In a microwavable bowl -- heat up the marshmallows and water for 30 secs. stir and then do for another 15-30 secs until stirs smoothly
Then put in blender bowl.
Add flavoring at this time.
Fold in the powdered sugar 1/4 portion at a time. When all of the sugar is in--it should strain the mixer a little- so take it out and finish working by hand-so you don't burn up your mixer.
Once it is all mixed and pliable-- work it into a ball and then prep it for storage by rubbing a small amount of shortening on the outside and then wrap it in plastic wrap-- then store it in an air-tight container.
If you want -- let it sit for about 20-30 mins and then you can use it the same day.

You can color this just like any fondant--best for covering a cake--
tip---Don't use this fondant for making figures or decorations--use professional fondant...
This is just for taste and covering a cake--does not hold shape as well as professional fondant or gumpaste.

Initials cupcake Tower

2010-10-27T14:48:00.000-04:00

I made this cake for my friend who got married 10-10-10. They are big Yankees fans and wanted navy and gray decorations. I did a mini two tier cake topper- made with Red Velvet cake and cream cheese buttercream filling and covered with buttercream. She wanted 3 different flavors for the cupcakes. They are pina-colada with pineapple cream filling, German Chocolate and White Chocolate Macadamian Nut with White Chocolate cream filling. I made royal icing "S" to go on top of each cupcake. The alternated navy blue on gray and gray on navy blue. This was my first cupcake tower for a wedding and I think it turned out very pretty. I wouldn't mind doing these again.-- Alot more work because you have to do all the decorations over and over--but the look is gorgeous.

Champagne Bottle in a Bucket

2010-10-27T14:41:00.000-04:00

I just finished this Champagne bottle in a bucket with "ice" surrounding it. I made this for a girl that is turning 21 and she loves Moet and Chandon. The bottle is molded from rice krispies and covered with fondant. The bucket is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream filling and covered with fondant. We used a rock candy recipe to make the ice and just pile it on.

New Blogger

2010-10-22T12:42:00.000-04:00

Today, I am a new Blogger. I have been decorating cakes for 3 - 4 years. I hope to be able to keep up-to-date with the cakes that I am doing or are in the midst of doing. Over the next few days I will be posting pictures and comments of some of my favorite cakes and even my very first cake. I hope to hear feedback or tips from some of you out there that are more advanced at decorating cakes than I am and I hope everyone enjoys my page.