I will start with cakes, lots and lots of cakes! The last 2 weeks I finished 12 cakes, most of which were for graduations. This first one was the first time I've tried working with chocolate clay. It was a lot easier than I thought and came out quite well.
Any Portal fans out there will recognize this cake. The sign next to the cake was drawn with food "chalk" on rice paper to represent a scene from the game.
These next three pictures were from a set of cakes done to honor 4 young men. Each of the single "books" represented one young man and his particular interests, and the center stack of "books" was to represent their schooling in general. Sorry for the poor lighting. I took the picture on site.
I made the metronome, mouse, and camera from Rice Krispie Treats. The calculator, pencil, film, and clapper (I have no idea what that is really called) out of marshmallow fondant. The notecard is made from edible rice paper.
I learned a lot from these cakes. I don't think I will ever try to cover a cake as large as the history book with fondant again. I learned that it's a good idea to crush the Rice Krispies a bit before making the treats so the surface is not so bumpy to cover. I also played with some new flavors of cake and fillings. YUM!
These next ones are for another Open House. I did three sheet cakes with this design and one with the dune buggy. The caps on the sheet cakes were made from Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Ghirardelli squares, and the diplomas are fondant.
The dune buggy was also made from Rice Krispie Treats covered in fondant. It was made to look like the dune buggy the graduate and his father built together.
I'm glad that these are all finished and pray that they were a blessing to the recipients. I get to do a Dr. Seuss cake this week, and I have a baby shower and a wedding cake to do at the end of the month so I'm sure I will be posting more cake pictures later.Till then...God's love and blessings!
PS. If you click on a picture, you can see the details much better.
