Paris Theme Cake #8

This is my fondant cake #8 and as you can see...practice has helped so much! My new favorite thing is painting on fondant with gel food colors. This cake was for a friend who likes pink and black and so I figured maybe something with a Paris theme would look cute. She loved it! I painted the word "Paris" in different fonts with light pink food coloring. I also painted the Eiffel tower with black food coloring and there's a pearl border to make it look like a necklace and a pink flower. The bottom tier has a lamp post with the number 22 for her birthday number. There's a handpainted chair and a lady walking her poodle and a bicycle. The cake itself is a vanilla flavored cake with strawberry filling. Took my husband and I about 9 hours from start to finish. :)

Safari Themed Cake (Fondant Cake #6)

This was my 6th fondant cake. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the bright colors. My husband helped me bake the cakes. They were vanilla cakes with a strawberry buttercream frosting. I couldn't make black fondant so I had to go to Joann's and buy some zebra sugar sheets. They are so handy! Too bad I didn't let the buttercream set enough because the sides were bulging out a bit. At least it was an even bulge HAH! For the top tier I bought some edible food spray and sprayed it with a nice red color. It turned a bright orange on the cake which made a very nice effect. The gumpaste flowers took a while to make but it was so worth it! I made one orange flower and the other two were yellow...then I painted the details on. The cake base was made with white fondant and I sprayed it with green food spray. It was so much easier than spending an hour trying to kneed fondant into that color! The name Kayla was made with a dark brown base and I pasted some lighter brown fondant squares on the top with piping gel (lemon flavored...YUM!) Overall it was very fun to make and Kayla loved it :)

Rose Cake (Fondant Cake #7)

This is fondant cake #7 and I must say the cake making is getting easier with every cake. This cake was for my friend's birthday and I wanted to surprise her with it. Big thanks to my husband who helped me bake and frost the cakes! I painted some roses with food gels and clear vanilla extract. I made a white flower out of gumpaste. My husband rolled little white balls of fondant for the pearl borders. The bottom tier was a struggle though....it ripped on me so I had to improvise and add some fondant rectangles...nobody could tell! lol That's the beauty of cakes...when you make a mistake...cover it up with something more beautiful! I'm getting better at smoothing fondant but fondant is SO HIGH MAINTENANCE. I really want to buy the "Flawless Fondant" DVD. I heard it's a must have for beginners like me...

The cake was vanilla with strawberry filling. I added food coloring to the batter to make the cake a light pink color. My friend loved it so much she didn't want to cut into it haha. Will be making more cakes soon! :)

Mother's Day Mini Cakes

So for this Mother's Day I decided to make some mini cakes for the moms at my church. :) Thanks to my husband who helped me out a lot! We made a lemon filling and white cake with a yellow fondant and a pretty pink flower. The mothers LOVED them! I gotta start thinking about ideas for Father's Day >_>