50's Cake

I was asked to make my Father-in-law a birthday cake in the 50's style. So I made a double layer 9 in. and double layer 6 in. strawberry cake with buttercream frosting and fondant and chocolate fondant decorations on top. I chose to do a strawberry cake instead of a filling because I knew it would be sitting out while being decorated and had a long drive in the car and I didn't want it to get too warm. I made the cake and decorated most of it before going to Logan and took a picture. I'm glad I did because it fell on the way up! Half of the bottom layer was completely destroyed along with all of the fondant decorations on that side. I didn't take any cake supplies or leftover fondant so I had to get more frosting and just work with what I had. Luckly I was able to save some decorations and fix the layer so we could take pictures only on the front side.

 I've learned my lesson- never transport a cake on a cake stand... in a box... on the backseat... out of view. It sounds like common sense, but in my hurry to get us packed and up there I wasn't thinking very clearly. I put the top decorations on when we got there so they were ok. I made the curliques by wrapping strips of fondant around lollipop sticks and letting them dry. Even after drying they were still a little flexible so I could position them how I wanted on the cake. I also made a record player but you can't really see it in these pictures. 

Leftovers are so fun!

Here's the cake I made with the leftover cake mix I had from the 50's cake. So it was strawberry cake with buttercream frosting. Theran helped me frost and decorate it and we enjoyed it for family night. We believe in this house that "Boys r cool!"

Marie's Cake

I made this green 9 inch round cake for my cousin Marie's birthday. We've only been in our new house a week so it was kind of a rushed job so I'm proud of how it turned out even though it's not my best work.

 I used a chocolate box cake with store bought chocolate frosting for the filling. I used my bosch to make the buttercream frosting and I think I'll do that from now on because it was much easier and creamier. The only problem with making that way was it was hard to tell how thin or thick it was until I started working with it. I was going to do green roses in the middle but ran out of time so it ended up being some sort of swirly flower. I used a #18 star tip for the swirls on top and star boarder. The lines on top were melted chocolate that I had extra of so I decided to throw it on top. The best thing about cakes is that even when they don't quite look the way you invisioned it still tastes delicious!

My 1st Cakes!

Many people have wanted me to post my cakes here & explain how I create them. So I've made a slideshow of all of my cakes thus far and then I'll post each cake going forward on individual posts. If you have any questions comment and I'll explain them further. Also keep in mind most of these I did before taking any classes on cake decorating so some of them are pretty... interesting. Enjoy!