Relief Society Birthday Dinner

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

This is a cake I made for the Relief Society Birthday Dinner. The inside was checkered vanilla and raspberry cake with strawberry filling between the layers. The green on top and the brown basket weave were done with buttercream. The flowers and the leaves in the middle (the lighter ones) were done with gum paste. This was my first time working with gum paste, and it was incredibly fun. The roses did take a long time, but I got pretty good by the end. The centers of the forget-me-nots are edible sugar pearls. The darker leaves are made out of fondant and gave me the look I was going for on the sides. I wanted the leaves to drape over the edges of the basket, so I used fondant. Unfortunately, I didn't match up the greens just right, so the leaves came out different colors. Next time I will definitely try to match them up better so it's not so obvious.

The Big 2-0

Friday, April 11, 2008

Well, I was pretty excited to be leaving the teenage years behind, so Meghan and I made my birthday cake. That way we would definitely have a party. It was a simple three-layer heart-shaped cake covered with green-colored fondant. The flowers and leaves were also made out of fondant, and the yellow centers of the flowers were done in buttercream.

Jungle Birthday

Meghan and I decided to get a little bit fancy for a friend's birthday cake. The inside was checkered chocolate and party mix cake. The bottom tier was covered with green fondant and surrounded by green fondant blades of grass. The top tier was covered with blue fondant, decorated with light blue fondant circles, then topped off with white fondant ribbon and bow. The animals were made by covering two different sized ball separators with colored fondant. We got this idea from a winter cake that uses the ball separators to make snowmen. After some creative sculpting (thank goodness I have so much experience with Play-Doh!)and an edible ink marker, our little jungle animals were ready to go, and the birthday girl loved it.

Simple Birthday Cake

This was a simple birthday cake I threw together rather last minute. The inside was checkered chocolate and cherry chip cake. I used white buttercream for the frosting, the borders, and the flourishes. I used blue colored buttercream for the text.

Cousin's Birthday

I made this cake for my cousin's birthday. I know it looks a little weird, but let me explain the story. The monkey and the lizard were taken from a drawing she made of her and her boyfriend (those were their nicknames for each other). But even if you didn't know that, I'm sure you can appreciate the texture of the tree and how it wraps around the entire cake. The vines and lives were piped vanilla frosting. I actually bought the sugar flowers from a cake decorating store because I didn't know how to make them, but they were always my cousin's favorite, so I knew she would enjoy having them on her cake.