Marvel Cake for Mason

This three layer chocolate cake was made for a boy who loved all the Marvel characters, 

especially Iron Man.  

This cake has the "comic" feel with fondant buildings around the cake creating a Cityscape. 

Fun comic sayings were added among Marvel characters.  

The characters were made on edible paper and edible ink. 

(Batman isn't a Marvel character but was a special request for Mason)

The comic action words were made from edible markers and edible paper.   

Iron Man was made from fondant.  

It is edible, or can be saved as a memento of the birthday.  

Not-so-average Gender Reveal Cake

My little sister is expecting a baby soon and needed a cake.  She wanted to have a gender reveal cake to surprise everyone with the news.  I really didn't want to make the same old baby nursery cake or heaven forbid the bum cake.  I wanted something fun and exciting.  My sister and her husband love the movies, especially the popcorn.  My brother-in-law will  make a trip to the theater, buy popcorn, and drive home, just so he can enjoy the "theater popcorn" at home.  

So I made a "Mama's gonna POP" cake for them.  

Edible sparkling stars were made from fondant, lettering hand painted with food coloring.  

The popcorn kernels were made out of fondant, and hand painted.  

For the party reveal, the honors to cut the cake landed to the baby's Nana.  

Boy was she surprised!

"Love you" Cake

My kids often see me making cakes for other people, and so I thought for Valentines Day I would make them a special cake for them.  

I wanted bright colors and a candle, since that is a kids favorite part of a cake.  

"Heart" you

I used this opportunity to try new recipes. 

I made each layer using a different chocolate recipe and will let my kids be the judges.   

 

Pizza Cake!

Pizza Anyone?  

I have been wanting to make a faux pizza cake for about a year. 

 I finally made one at night just for a a fun surprise for my kids.  

I wanted to also try a "defying gravity" twist on it, by having a slice extended in mid-air.   

I used copper tubing,  to hold my pizza slice in the air, and covered it up with white chocolate to make it look like a nice stretch of cheese.  The tubing held up the slice very secure, but was a little too thick for my taste. Next time I would use two thinner pieces of tube.  

The pepperoni, green bell pepper and olives were hand made with fondant and the cheese was made from grating white modeling chocolate.  

The crust was airbrushed to give a baked look, and then some powdered sugar was rubbed on it, for a "flour" effect.  I made my pizza a little messy on the edges on purpose, to make is look realistic.  

My kids were excited to wake up and see this in our kitchen, and I was happy with what I learned in the process.  

Too busy making cookies

December was such a busy month!

I haven't had time to bake many cakes, though my mind has been dreaming of more things to make.  

 I did get just a few pictures of some of the many cookies made this season. 

On to the next Adventure

This week I was able to make a cake for a couple who retired from their mechanic shop.  They aren't taking any time to rest, but are on their way to Little Rock Arkansas to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  They are giving up two years of time with their family for the people of Little Rock.  This cake commemorates their retirement, as well as their new Adventure to be missionaries.  

The couple is standing on a suitcase tagged with Arkansas flag, and a little I <heart> Little Rock sticker.  The wife is holding her scriptures and both are wearing little name tags, something very famous with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint missionaries.

The suitcase is sitting on top of the shop.  The cake was made to look just like Max's repair shop, including the garage doors, the wrap around bricks, down to the three little flower pots. 

Max likes cars, and it was requested that a Model T, a Lincoln Navigator (parked on the side), and a light blue truck (based on their logo) be made.  All are out of gumpaste and edible (besides the cardboard support on the bottom).  

Max wore one hat every day, and so I made a replica of that hat.  I wanted it to look just like Max's and not just a company hat, so I added his specific grease stains to it.  The logo was hand painted with food coloring and a steady hand.   It too is completely edible, made out of gumpaste.

Mountain Cake

My husband recently hiked Huyana Pitosi, which is a 20,000+ mountain in Bolivia.  He went with two other hikers and after they all returned we had a party for them.  I made this cake for the three of them.  I ventured on a topsy cake again, this time making all the layers lean the same way, giving it a defining gravity feel.   

 Along the cake I made trail posts with name of the mountain peaks they hiked during their training for Huyana Pitosi.  On the side of the base I made a suitcase, with a passport book, money, and an airplane ticket.  

The bottom of the cake resembled the local peaks they trained on, very woodsy feeling.  It gravitated to the rocky yet snow covered peak they ended up on.  I make the three figures of the hikers out of gumpast.  

This is the set up with all the hiking gear around it.  

The three crazy men that hiked this incredibly tall mountain!