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Christmas Ornaments 2012

I just wanted a reminder of how we did Christmas decorations this year...for the next!

Zoo Cake

 So my little baby turned 4 in September....yes I realize this post is only 4 months behind schedule...oops! Well this year the little boss man wanted a lion cake....as some may remember from last year, he had a tiger cake. So I tried....and tried to convince him to do something a little different, but this is what he wanted, so that's what he got. That and we had his birthday at the zoo, so I guess it was appropriate and all. I was not in the mood to do a large laborious cake like last year, so I went the cutsie route instead of more life-like. I basically made a double layer 8 inch cake which was delicious, and then I made the little fondant lion with his little fondant birthday hat and ice cream cone. Ethan thought it was super cool, so that's all that matters, right? That gave mommy more time to spend with her little big boy!

Another satisfied customer? I sure hope so!

Pink and Blue Poodle Cake

So it's Sofia's birthday party time again and she was set on having a poodle cake even though I told her I had already done one for her 1st birthday....well, she was adamant especially since she has a real poodle dog. The twist, she wanted pink and blue, so once again I had to fabricate some of her decorations etc. The idea was a "three" tiered cake being achieved by placing a cake pedestal on top of another with cupcakes on the bottom tier. Then an 8" and a 6" cake cake on top. A cute, albeit pudgy poodle on top with a swirly S in fondant.

We found lots of blue and pink things to coordinate and some poppy red to make it all stand out. 

I also made the little pink S (which I'm planning on hanging in her room) along with the banner.

The happy birthday girl and mommy!

Boeing 747 Cake

So my dad wanted a Boeing 747 cake for his big 60th birthday....why? Well he's always liked to travel and secretly aspired to be a pilot, so I guess that's why. Well I don't get to pick what I make usually so I began...

It started off as a vanilla and chocolate cake, because well who doesn't love the two anyhow? Then they got iced over and a few pieces of fondant to complete the body mold. The wings were made of gumpaste and hardened overnight...then my wonderful husband decided to put them on wax paper for transport....so they began to regain moisture and sag again!

 Oy ve!

Here's me trying to fix it in my parent's kitchen....and it made it just long enough for some pictures and singing birthday songs and blowing out candles...Happy Birthday Papi!

Go Dog Go! Cake

This was Ethan's cake from last year, when he was turning 2. Go Dog Go! by P. D. Eastman was his fav fav book for a long time, then he kind of wasn't as impressed with it when September came around, but he got one anyway! He still recognized it and though it was pretty cool!

I tried to re-create the doggie from the cover and boy is it ever hard to do 3D stuff with sugar! The car and the dog on top were made of rice krispy treats, iced then covered in fondant. I feel like I was still using MMW fondant at this time. The cake was a 2 layer, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting. 

The birthday boy....he was so cute at 2!

Ninjaga Cake

I was asked by a friend to make a Legos Ninjaga cake for her little brother's birthday party. I really liked the inspiration she provided me with so I got ready to make the cake for them. The inspiration photo was a drawing of three little lego ninjas on this rising earth terrain covered in tree roots and breaking ground battling a skull looking creature. So I decided to recreate part of the picture. The cake was a very tall two layer yellow vanilla cake with a dreamy chocolate buttercream recipe that is my new favorite. I sculpted the little ninjas from fondant and gumpaste mixture and hand painted their faces and dragon motifs. The cake looks fairly simple when it was all said and done, but each little guy took forever to make! I think I need to work a little further on my sculpting skills with fondant, it seems the smaller they are, the harder is is....and also the larger they are, the more apt they are to fall apart!