#344_Dressing Up Ms. Barbie with Fondant

Barbie Doll cake

I dressed up this doll cake with homemade marshmallow fondant.

#342_Mad Hatter Cake

Here's my take on a Mad Hatter Cake

Sorry, folks, I don't have time to blog this minute, so I'm just posting pictures of my latest project.
Mad Hatter is a character in the Disney movie, Alice in Wonderland and I was commissioned to make a cake, and this is what I came up with.

#339_Ruffled Birthday Cake

I made this cake for a G'daughter who will be turning 12 in a couple of days.

The ruffles are made out of fondant.The white carnation flowers on top are also made out of fondant, but I've made them at my cake decorating class last year and so I thought I'd throw those in there since they also have frills.

Update: 2-19-12
For my friends on Facebook who asked me how to make the ruffles on the cake, I will try my best to explain how I did it with the help of accompanying pictures.

My sister sent me a picture of the ruffled cake a while back and I recently found the same picture on Pinterest. It took me awhile to figure out how it was done and then I finally came up with the idea on how to go about it using the technique on frilled carnation flowers which I learned in the fondant/gumpaste Cake Decorating class. Click here for a video on how to make carnation flowers.

First of all you need a fondant-covered cake ready and fondant for the ruffles.You can use the ready-to-use fondant, but I used the home made marshmallow fondant.

You also need all these tools pictured above: non-stick rolling pin, scallop cutter, brush, veining tool, sponge and dusting pouch pouch. (Gum Paste and Fondant class helps)

Roll out a piece of fondant very thinly and cut out strips using the scallop cutter. I cut the strips narrower than the size of cutter.

I cut the irregular-cut ends with pizza cutter or you can also use a pair of scissors to do that.

With the veining tool, make the frills on the scalloped edges just like you would with the carnation flowers by holding the small end of the veining tool like a pencil, press heel down at the scalloped edges and pull out to form frills. (Here's a video on how to make carnation flower, click here.)

Using a brush, wet the unruffled side with water, I attached the ruffles around the side of cake starting from the bottom then made my way to the top edge of cake.

The ruffled cakes I saw on Pinterest, the ruffles were either facing upward or drooping. I like mine to be straight out so I used these toothpicks to prop up the ruffles to stay straight out and then I removed the toothpicks when the fondant dried up and hardened. But I'm sure there's got to be an easier way to do this without using all these tooth picks tho and professional cake decorators for sure have an easier way to tackle this design.
If you find another way of doing this, please share it with me. Thanx!!

Thomas theTrain Birthday Cake

#279_A Cake with a Heart in Every Slice

Here's a cake with a HEART to share with everyone.

a heart in every slice...

For the cake, I used the Chiffon Cake recipe #210
http://pinoyamericanrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/12/207chiffon-cake.html

For the inside heart, I used boxed red velvet cake mix,
then filled each cake layer with raspberry jam.

The red hearts are made of candy melts,
melted then formed into heart shapes.
For frosting, I used the old-fashioned Buttercream Frosting
which is powdered sugar+butter+milk,
then garnished with some sweet coconut flakes.

I made this cake especially for my friends Fidel and Lisa
for their 22nd Wedding Anniversary.

I saw this cake from our local tv show, Studio 5 on KSL where the baker
showed how she assembled the cake.
Here's the link>>>>
http://studio5.ksl.com/?nid=71&sid=14177038

#277_A Cake for Aurionna

#256_My First Ever "Special Occasion" Cake to Make

Since my sisters in New Zealand have been making beautiful cakes
for birthdays, anniversaries, special events, etc.
I've always wanted to try my hands at making one
just like their cakes too,
but there have not been any special occasion
for me to make one until early this month,
then I finally had the opportunity to make one for my
friend's daughter for her engagement party.

The cake is a Carrot Cake (recipe # 137).
Bottom cake is 12 inches and has two layers,
while top tier is 8 inches and has 3 layers,
frosted with cream cheese frosting.

#254_Cakes by Melita & Melinda

Cheryl on her 20th birthday

All of my sisters' cakes on this page are decorated with fresh flowers
such as roses and orchids
except of course the one with fresh strawberries.
Check out more pictures of their cakes here.
and here.

Mother dear on her 83rd birthday