Jungle Baby Shower

I sold my first cake yesterday. This is a custom order for a baby shower. I had so much fun doing this custom cake knowing it was for a special occasion. I had some trouble with techniques but practice makes perfect.
Of course I was really excited to the car cake for Matt, but I was not happy with the way it turned out. I tried to fix the boo-boos but it never looked the way I wanted it to. With this one I had a lot of trouble putting the fondant on the layers, next Wednesday's class will cover that one. I've just been figuring it out on my own and I still get big folds at the bottom of the cake. With this cake I had the folds but I could camouflage them with the decorations. What a difference!! I love the way it turned out and I know that it was a hit at the party. I can't wait for another order.

"Snow"-man's land

This awesome book Hello Cupcake was purchased on a lark and became a passion that started things off for me. This is one of the first projects I tried to make I think it turned out pretty well all things considered. The very first one was the "Shark scene" for any family members that were unlucky enough to be around for that one, my sincere apologies, it did not make it to the photo opp. It quickly became obvious that there were skills that I did not posses and I really, really wanted them. And here we are one class down and two more scheduled for October, I'm loving this.

Car Wreck?

I'm a bit divided on this one. I made a replica of my bro-in-law's Scion for his birthday. I'm really proud that I accomplished it all on my own but I'm not really happy with the final product. Of course I am overly critical of my own work and all I can see are the flaws when I look at it. Wreck or not, it tasted good and that's what matters in the end...right? The thing I really love is the license plate I rocked that.

Roses in bloom

In my last session of beginners cake class I completed the "coveted" Wilton rose. Voila.




Looks pretty, but is a pain in the butt. And that my friends is why they created fondant! That's coming up in the next session.

Burger anyone?

This is my second hamburger cake. I did this one on my own with tinted frosting and fondant accents.



The one I made at class was decorated with the airbrush. I need a lot more practice with the airbrush, take a look. My cake is the one on the left. Not bad but I really like the way the second cake came together.