Emily’s Bridal Shower Cake

It has been months since I received images. I finally, found the time to post.

The brooch was created in icing and not real. It was created in gum paste icing. The animal design was hand painted and the flower is made of gum paste.

I was happy to receive feed back regarding the taste of the cake.

Everyone loved the cake, very moist and very flavorful.
 

As I pondered about the polka dots and bows; my friend Jim mentioned names of famous movies and ‘My Fair Lady’ cake was born. The movie was in the 60′s, yet, the original play dated back to the 50′s, hence, I was still within the theme.

The moment I thought of ‘My Fair Lady’ ideas were flooding to mind, yet, due to lack of time, I was aware the task of executing my original idea was next to impossible. Therefore, I settled to a variation on the theme, which I was able to accomplish and be able to incorporate elements of the dress, hat and the famous bow. The dress worn by Audrey Hepburn.

50's Theme 'My Fair Lady' cake

 The beautiful boquet of red roses, complementing the hand sculpted sugar rose was created by DeRose Designs and Floral Boutique.

Full article published by Paul Nelson can be read at:  http://paulnelsonimages.com/railway-museum-photo-shoot/2011/07/

I had the opportunity to meet lovely and friendly Sylvia of Paul Nelson Images when she returned the cake.

Enjoy!

As I pondered about the polka dots and bows; my friend Jim mentioned names of famous movies and ‘My Fair Lady’ cake was born. The movie was in the 60′s, yet, the original play dated back to the 50′s, hence, I was still within the theme.

The moment I thought of ‘My Fair Lady’ ideas were flooding to mind, yet, due to lack of time, I was aware the task of executing my original idea was next to impossible. Therefore, I settled to a variation on the theme, which I was able to accomplish and be able to incorporate elements of the dress, hat and the famous bow. The dress worn by Audrey Hepburn.

50's Theme 'My Fair Lady' cake

 The beautiful boquet of red roses, complementing the hand sculpted sugar rose was created by DeRose Designs and Floral Boutique.

Full article published by Paul Nelson can be read at:  http://paulnelsonimages.com/railway-museum-photo-shoot/2011/07/

I had the pleasure of meeting lovely and friendly Sylvia of Paul Nelson Images.

Enjoy!

It has been over a month, since I attended the ‘ Discovering the Inner Artist’ cake class with Rick Reichart from Cakelava held at Icing Inspirations.

We created a fish cake and a hibiscus cake.

Here is my fish cake. I enjoyed sculpting, painting and air brushing. It provided me with an opportunity to allow my inner spirit to flow freely.

Rick is an excellent teacher, full of humour and extremely friendly.  He did not hesitate to share his knowledge or expertise.  Even though I had been in the field for of cake decorating for more than a decade and had learned multitude of techniques including air burshing, I can honestly say, I learned something new with use of the air brush.

Rick is extremely friendly and down to earth, so is his beautiful wife Sasha.

Even though we had tons of work that had to be accomplished during the three days, it was a fun filled class.  We were entertained by Rick and his humour. The day of the Hibiscus cake, the room was filled with a Green mist and everyone was Green, not Green with envy but sprayed with the colour Green

I had the pleasure of meeting Carrie, from Carriescakes who I recognized immediately from the Ultimate Cakeoff. I also met Angela from Sugar Cove and was nice seeing  a familiar face; Juanita, from Sweet Things.

My Hibiscus cake:

It was a great fun filled class. Thanks Chrissie for having us.

Chrissie, owner of Icing Inspirations has a great teaching facility and a lovely shop.

This is a picture of Rick, myself and his lovely wife Sasha.

My daughter Trehani had a simple request for her birthday cake! or so she said. When inquired what her idea of simple was, for sure it did not equate with my idea of simplicity. She requested a fondant covered three tier cake with piped black lace and each tier encircled with red hand sculpted sugar roses.; and all this in one week…while I looked at her in total disbelief she contined on to say that the cake topper should be gum paste icing figurines representing herself and her boy friend salsa dancing. I am certain my daughter was under the impression that I was a magician or I had nothing else to do.  Her colours were red, white and black.

However, even though she had no previous experience, the dolls became her responsibility. I provided her with few guidlines, instructions, do’s and dont’s and I continued making gum paste flowers when time permitted.

She continued on making her figurines and in the manner she wanted them to be. She had many sleepless nights, frustration (like the rest of us) faced with icing challenges and mounting frustration. Yet, she never gave up. Her one and only goal was to have the dolls as the cake topper.

At the end of one week, she reached achieved her goal with the icing dolls. However, due to lack of time;  the base tier was decorated with few red roses instead of each tier being decorated with dozens and dozens of roses.

The final results of my daughter’s work was amazing!

I am so proud of my daughter, for her perseverance, motivation and determination. It was truly to be admired.

The flavours were the favourites of my two daughters; one loving chocolate cake with chocolate icing, and the other loving white neopolitan cake;

Mission accomplished!

Hope you will enjoy seeing the amazing work of my daughter who had no experience or prior training. A 1st timer, who also has vowed that this would be her last attempt.

Fondant:

Fondant icing is used to cover cakes and some times to create flowers. This icing is soft but firm and seals a cake from drying. 

Fondant is also referred to as sugar paste. For long lasting flowers, personally, fondant is not used. 

Gumpaste: 

This is my favourite icing for making flowers. There is plenty of working time. Gum paste can be utilized not only for flowers but also for drapes, swags, bows and much more. It doesn’t dry as quickly as pastillage. 

Gum paste can be frozen. Section into small portions and can be brought to room temperature prior to using. It should be covered at all times. 

Pastillage: 

This icing dries very quickly and used for structural work. It is not recommend for flowers, as there is no working time. 

This icing cannot be frozen. 

Manolo Blahnik shoe in icing

Love and creativity in partnership with dedication produces the most magnificent cake.