Gift Boxes

This cake was for my best girls, Liz and LM. I went with a fairly simple main design but got fancy with the top and added little details that were specific to each lady. Most of the details were personal to me but since I made the cake, I can do that. This would also make a great anniversary or wedding cake. The top was orange cake with vanilla buttercream, the middle was yellow with chocolate ganache and the bottom was chocolate with vanilla.

Cake Contest

I've gone and entered myself in a cake contest put together by http://www.threadless.com/. You can view my entry at http://www.threadcakes.com/entries/view/278#0. I decided to also post the pics here so you can sorta see the process of making a 3-D cake. Here we go:


Here is how it starts. Every cake is made from scratch.



Baking. This is exciting, isn't it?


Uh, Jeff? Cleanup time, babe.


They started as blocks.


Starting to take shape.


Here I'm about half-way through. Each dude was made to order.


Voila! "The Last Piece" is born. That little sushi on the board is about the size of a Tic-Tac.


As you can see, one dude is wearing a shirt. No, he isn't cold, that is another contest shirt. It's a bunch of sushi taking revenge on their chef.


The rules stated we had to photograph us eating the cake. Here is the big chop. Notice the meat cleaver.
YUM!

There you go. I'm not giving away all my secrets because there aren't any but at least you have an idea of the process.

Giddyup!

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Overlord

This is youknowwho from youknowwhat. It was for my cousin Holly so back off George Lucas.

Cake Contest

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be entering three (or more if I get crazy) cakes in a cake contest on www.threadcakes.com. The premise of the contest is to take one or more of the shirts the site sells and translate the design into cake form. I'm really excited about this and have already chosen some designs. The contest requires each cake entry be accompanied by photos showing the entire process, from baking to eating. This means you'll get a glimpse into what goes into making a 3-D sculpted cake. Yay for you!

As I post them, I'm going to ask that you visit their website and vote on my cakes. The competition is pretty stiff and last year's winner was adorable but I'm going to do my cake best.

Thanks and check back often!

amy

Carousel Cake

This cake was for a birthday party at Faust Park. I have to say that this one might be my favorite.

This was also the first cake I've ever done that I did the finish assembly on site. This is how it looked before we boxed it up.

This was at the party. I hope she enjoyed it.

Washers

This was a birthday cake for two friends of mine. Everyone is turning 40 this year so lots of birthday cakes. It's a washers game. I think you have to throw the washers into the thing in the middle. I don't know for sure. The pencil is made of lemon fondant.