French Poodle Cake

This was the first cake I made after my first cake class (which didn't really address fondant; though it did teach me a few things about icing). The poodles and eiffel tower were moulded out of marshmallow fondant as well as the cake covering. The poodle candles were purchased from Oriental Trading. I would now probably make the poodles etc. out of gum paste, because that would probably be a much better consistency. Enjoy!

This was the whole spread with cupcakes included.
I also got most of the part favors, etc. from Oriental Trading. They have so many fun things to choose from.

Circus Elephant Cake!

This is the spread for Ethan's 1st birthday party. It was a circus theme so I decided to go with blue, red, and yellow as the color theme. I made some chocolate clown cupcakes, most of which survived the transport to the park. I also made a pound cake elephant covered in fondant with gum paste ears and trunk and a white "rainbow" ball cake for him to balance on. I didn't set the elephant on top until the party itself because I was afraid it wouldn't stay very long, but once it was all said and done, it balanced beautifully. Here are some other pictures leading up to the finished product.

This is the batter for the ball cake which was a "rainbow cake" inside. I made my white cake batter and then split it into 5 mixing bowls as you can see. Then you pour each color (in order of the rainbow ROYGBIV) into one side of the ball pan. I did 5 tbp of each color and that may have been a bit too much for this small pan. Then do the reverse order for the other side.

Here's a lid I cut off the top of one side of the cake, it was also really neat on the cross section as slices.

Then it was on to the elephant. It took two tries to get the shape right and make the gum paste accessories. Afterwards it was covered in fondant and airbrushed with my own "special" dyes.

And here is the finished product. One little circus elephant, practicing his balance on his little blue ball. I hope you enjoy!

James Coney Island Hot Dog Cake

So every year for my husband's birthday, we go to James Coney Island. I don't know why, it's a tradition that started with his childhood I suppose. Well 2 years ago this was a cake I made. As you can see the left is a large hot dog, fashioned out of pound cake and twinkies, covered in fondant. This is sitting upon a 10" round white cake. I made the James Coney Island man out of fondant. I think I used all my red food coloring to make him red.

Unfortunately I did a rush job on the coney man so he doesn't look too good, but all in all the staff and James Coney thought it was the best thing they'd every experienced. I hope you enjoy!

My First Cake Ever

This was the first "extreme" cake I ever tried and I have to say I'm pretty proud of it. This is my husband's dream car which I made for his birthday. It's a "replica" of a 1966 AC Shelby Cobra. I shaped the cake out of pound cake and covered it with fondant. I used chocolate covered donuts for the wheels and foil for accents. Let me know what you think!

Zoo Cake

This is the latest cake I've made for my daughter's 2nd birthday at the zoo. I went with a hippo for the "main" cake, made out of vanilla and chocolate with cream cheese frosting and marshmallow fondant. The zebra cake for the birthday girl was zebra patterned on the inside (though I didn't take a picture). I wanted something a little more girly for her, so that was the compromise. Your comments are always welcomed!