Funky cakes

[Alyssa]

I found a bunch of cool cakes in Women's Day that I thought I'd share for future inspiration in party planning. :) http://www.womansday.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=7310

[Mandi]

Some of those are really neat. But damn they require alot of work. :lol:

[Jayne]

I think Karly made this cake
http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/0531200516230686.jpg
I remember her posting one and she did a nice job of it. (Not this exact cake but she made one like it for something)

[Jayne]

I hope it is ok that I post this but here is Karly's
http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1910/3/72/54/78/68/0/68785472310_0_BG.jpg?a=36

[TtownAnne]

http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/2006/Q2/053120061605462880.jpg

This one is my favorite, although I couldn't even begin to fathom how to make it!

[Nichole]

There are some cute cakes there, but I don't think I have the patience or skills to attempt them. :lol:

Here's one for Karri :lol:
http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/12112002121056.jpg

[Shanna]

Some of those are too cute to cut! :lol:

[Karri]

Show that big mac to Bridget's friend who made the raw steak cake :lol:

[Jen]

There are some great cakes. I like this one:
http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/2005/0930200515003051.jpg

[Karly]

Jayne! I was going to mention that I'd made one of the Woman's Day cakes a few weeks ago. It was fun, time consuming, but fun! :)

[Bridget]

Do you have a pic Karly? I love that fishtank cake!

[Karly]

I hope it is ok that I post this but here is Karly's
http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1910/3/72/54/78/68/0/68785472310_0_BG.jpg?a=36

This is my cake, Bridget! I made it for a cake competition at our church... (and I won first place, for what it's worth!! )

[Alyssa]

Am I the only one not seeing Karly's cake? :dunno:

[Karly]

You know what? I just realized that Jayne pulled that picture from my Ofoto account slideshow link. Here's my post from my journal with the link to see the pictures! Sorry! :duh:

Here are a few pictures of the cake bake off... Cake Pictures (http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=of0vl1i.8eclpge&Uy=-c3qbnc&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0)

Just click "view pictures without signing in."

ETA - we had a cake bake off at our church. Tyrus entered a Bunny rabbit cake, and I entered the fish bowl cake. The slideshow is preparation for the cakes and the finished product!

[Jayne]

hmmm..I see the cake even from my lap top. Strange

[Mrs. Shae]

does this work ...


http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1910/3/72/54/78/68/0/68785472310_0_BG.jpg?a=36

i LOVE these cakes ... i know i have made several along these lines for friends ... and now really wish i had pics ...

[Mandi]

I can see all 3 pics of Karly's cake. :lol: You did a good job, btw!

[Mrs. Shae]

http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/2006/Q2/053120061605462880.jpg

This one is my favorite, although I couldn't even begin to fathom how to make it!

it really doesn't look that hard ... 13 x 9 cake for the bottom ... and a small loaf pan cake [or even a twinkie] upside down for the tub ... i am thinking the blue/white squares are just *gum* ... and the pink things on the tub are mini-marshmallows ...

[Hannabanana]

Karly - your cakes are beautiful!! Now here's my question, do you let people eat them? :lol:

Every year I go all out and make a themed cake for Hanna's bdays (I start in the day and get finished just before the party at 2) and when it comes time to have the cake, I can't cut the cakes. :shuffle: I have this thing about spending HOURS on something and then having it get "destroyed" in 10 seconds :lol: I don't know why?! :scan:

This year I'm making the water park one for Hanna's party ... I've got almost all the ingredients and I'm going to start as soon as possible getting the tiny stuff together and then freezing the pieces. I can't wait!! I'm also doing a Model-T car for my dad for the same party. I think that I won't sleep that night!

[LISA]

Do you mean this one Aimee?

http://www.womansday.com/assets/image/11182004171615.jpg

[Hannabanana]

no, the one with the "slide" but I'm not making it the size they suggest ... too small :lol: I have about 50 people to feed and it has become our main attraction (beside the bday girl) :lol:

[Jayne]

That is so Cool that you can do that Aimee. I would have a hard time cutting something so cool also!

[Melissa]

Those cakes are fantastic! I wish I had the patience to make them!

[kim]

omg, tony would LOVE the fishbowl one. i've made the bunny a few times, its a good one for kids to do.

[Hannabanana]

Ever since Hanna's 1st bday, it's been my "thing" and sometimes it's much easier than you think.
I always start out with 13" round cake pans and I cut out shapes and make two layers. I've made:
4th: butterfly (boring)
3rd: watermelon (I LOVED that one! I cut the cakes in half and cut them at an angle so it looked like 1/4 of a watermelon and then cut triangle "slices" and placed them on the platter. I used chocolate chip bits to make the "seeds")
2nd:bumblebee (for the wings, I bought those round grease splatter screens from a dollar store and put black knee high stockings over each and shoved them under either side of the cake)
1st: ladybug (the wings were the top layer of the cake split so it looked like it was flying)

I'm excited about this years cake :lol:

[Alyson]

Some of those cakes are sooo cute!!! I've thought about taking a decorating class, one day I will. I'm making a 3 tiered "Everybody's Birthday" cake for our family reunion on the 2nd of July, but it won't be like these. Although, it will have a picture of every single person in our family on it:) I'm anxious to see how it turns out!

I LOVE the fishbowl one, and wish I'd seen it a while back. Last year we needed a fishbowl cake for Brookelyns party and this is what I had made (a local lady). I liked it alot!!

[Karly]

The fishbowl cake was really not that difficult. The frosting part was easy and then the decorating was easy too - just time consuming. The site gave step by step directions, which I followed to a T, and it turned out great! I say go for it!

I made a ducky bathtub last year for the cake walk. I got the idea from a lady here - I can't remember her name, but I know she had a son named Trey. :scratch:

[Brandi Jo]

Tara, that used to be member here designed a ducky bathtub cake for her son Tyler's birthday....using marshmallows and blue jello. It was so cute.

[Shanna]

I think Chris (Olcott) did one too :scratch:

[Karly]

Chris (Olcott) was her name!

[Alyssa]

Tara, that used to be member here designed a ducky bathtub cake for her son Tyler's birthday....using marshmallows and blue jello. It was so cute.I remember that - I think it was in Family Fun magazine.

[Lyoshka]

These cakes are WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too cute! I think i'm going to make one for Nikita's birthday :) Any more cool ideas?

[Lyoshka]

Here is my contribution to this thread:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6ce04b3127cce8e53da19170a00000016108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6ce04b3127cce8e53d815963700000016108AcOGbJq2bOK

[LISA]

OMG Lena! how freaking cool is that!? awesome job :aok:

[Melissa]

Oh wow Lena! That looks fantastic!

[Nichole]

Too cute! Great job, Lena! :clap:

[Karri]

that is awesome Lena! what was the occasion? ('cause its not everyday you have a burger cake :lol: )

[Bev]

that is awesome Lena! what was the occasion? ('cause its not everyday you have a burger cake :lol: )
:lol2: Okay, that made me actually laugh out loud.

Great job Lena! It looks just like the photo! :)

[Lyoshka]

Thanks, guys! Karri, :lol:!

Well, we got together with Damon's famly to celebrate three birthdays-his sister's, his dad's, and our nephew's. They are all in October, and since his sister and her dh have 2 kids from his previous marriage and have to deal with vistation schedules and all that, we often celebrate holidays on days other than those actual holidays (like, next weekend is Thanksgiving number 1 LOL)...so anyhow, I wanted to make a cake for Destini-you know, the one with the lady in the bathtub-i think it's so cute! but figured that making a cake for everybody would be a bit much, so I picked that one since I figured everybody would like it. Funny thing was, a neighbor stopped by who used to own Piece of Cake bakery, and he said that if he still had the bakery, he'd hire me LOL...little did he know, it's SO easy to make heheeeeee

[Lyoshka]

The only disclaimer I kept making to ppl was that I was NOT promoting McDonald's. A bit difficult to prove your case when the cake IS in a shape of a huge burger and is called BIG MACCAKE!

[pam]

Awesome job Lena!

[Lyoshka]

I made another silly cake! We had a party for Nikita and here's how it turned out:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cc31b3127cce8fc9cda97d5400000015108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cc31b3127cce8fc9d9b4fc7300000016108AcOGbJq2bOK

[Bev]

:aok: Great job!

[Karri]

cute!! was it fun? hard? are they hard to slice?

[Lyoshka]

cute!! was it fun? hard? are they hard to slice?
Thanks, Karri! Fun? well, making it wasn't too fun, it took longer than I thought it would...but looking back, now I can make it in 2-3 hours, probably. This one was harder than the BigMacCake-like, stupid ladder didn't want to stick LOL
Looking back, I would tint icing red instead of using the red dye spray cans....

Not hard to slice at all, since it's pound cake with icing-and not that much icing (just enough to set crumbs, really). Even the graham crackers the cake was sitting on sliced easily.

[Denden]

Cute cakes, Lena! I wish I can bake AND decorate cakes. I love novelty cakes.

[LISA]

I want to bump this up 'cause Paige is asking for a Blues Clues cake and I think this is the one I want to make her

http://perfect-cake-ideas.com/documents/bluescluescake.html

but I'm making it for her actual bday at home with just us..not to serve at the party where people are going to criticize me :lol:

I'd like to see other cakes though..I believe Aimee has some contibutions she could make to this thread too :nod:

[Becca]

Lisa, here's a pic of the cake I did for a friend's daughter's 1st bday last month.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa2/brkjHughes/Edenscake.jpg

[Hannabanana]

I want to bump this up 'cause Paige is asking for a Blues Clues cake and I think this is the one I want to make her

http://perfect-cake-ideas.com/documents/bluescluescake.html

but I'm making it for her actual bday at home with just us..not to serve at the party where people are going to criticize me :lol:

I'd like to see other cakes though..I believe Aimee has some contibutions she could make to this thread too :nod:

:lol: You're funny. I don't have any of my cake pics here on this computer but here's my "album" on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19599&l=f4d4a&id=786410183

I'm designing a new cake for Halloween ... can't wait!

[LISA]

I don't have a facebook account and can't look at the pictures :tantrum:
Becca, that's a cute cake! :)

[magoo]

:lol: You're funny. I don't have any of my cake pics here on this computer but here's my "album" on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19599&l=f4d4a&id=786410183


:wow: Aimee, those are amazing!! I especially love the Cinderella castle. Just gorgeous!!!

[LISA]

Ok, I"m a spaz :loser: I was able to open the link

Aimee those cakes are freaking amazing! all of them! I can't wait to see your halloween one :)

[Lynn]

Lisa, my SIL made Aaron's first birthday cake using that pan. But she made it a brown dog cake instead of Blue. :)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d834b3127cce9c45834e4e1800000016108AbtHDRizctD

[Lyoshka]

Aimee, those cakes are great! Wonderful job!! Where do you take your cake decorating classes? It looks like Joann to me, but I could be wrong?

[Karri]

Did you take a Fondant class? I was looking at a Fondant book today and it looks like so much fun! I am making a cake similar to your topsy turvy one for the twins b-day this weekend!

[Lyoshka]

Karri, make sure you post pics!!! I can't wait to see it! :drool:

this thread is so much fun! :bliss:

[Hannabanana]

this thread is so much fun! :bliss:

:lol: I'm a cake freak :biggrin:

I've only taken three classes through Michael's Arts & Crafts store ... all three were back to back and the last one ended in June. By the end of the 3rd, I was exhausted & didn't have the energy to do another. I seriously needed a break!

It's funny, I get it into my head different ones that I want to conquer and I've pretty well done all that I wanted so far ... I need to find another challenge. I'm not fond of fondant at all (to eat) so I try to stay away from using it much. All of my flowers are done in fondant on the last 4 cakes I made and the details on the b&w one were fondant but otherwise everything else is buttercream. I have yet to make a cake from scratch though. For the halloween one, it will be from scratch and I'm a bit nervous :silly:

Here is a site that I love: http://www.cakecentral.com/

[Lyoshka]

SO... how do you make your cakes if not from scratch :scratch: ? they all look great!

I, too, am not a huge fan of how fondant tastes, but it looks so good! I just found a recipe for marshmellow fondant and the lady swears it tastes good, so i *may* dabble into it sometime soon..... I'm HATING the Wilton Fondant I got at Joann Fabrics. Is it me who doesn't know how to work with it yet (which is true), or is it more hard and breaky and not as pliable as it is supposed to be? what do you think?

[Karly]

I've never used fondant before, but it's something I'd like to try. I think it would be great fun to take a class sometime! :nod:

Anyway, here are the most recent ones I made for our church competition:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d910b3127cceb82567e17a9a00000026109KatGjlqg

Tyrus and Alexis also helped me for the Kids portion of the competition. Here's the one they helped with:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d910b3127cceb82567d77aac00000026109KatGjlqg

[Lyoshka]

Here are the cupcakes I made tonight:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce39b3127ccebe4cadfc177400000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce39b3127ccebe4cac53d67300000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce39b3127ccebe4ca23ed61900000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

[MamaGoofy]

:wow: Aimee those cakes are fantastic!! I would love to take a cake decorating class. I think it would be a lot of fun!

[Karly]

Aimee, do you mean "from scratch" as in "not from a box mix"? Or do you mean you buy pre-baked cakes whole? :scratch:

[Lyoshka]

Karly, cute!

[Hannabanana]

I use boxed cakes :blush:

the fondant is a tough thing to work with ... in our class the teacher told us that all of her students admitted that they gave the fondant to their husbands to "work" first :lol: Once you've warmed it a bit in your hands, it gets easier to work with and then you roll it out. Colouring it can be hard. Sometimes you need to give it just a little bit of colour, other times a lot (to get the black was a lot). You have to roll it out flat, smear the colour on it then roll it back up & work the colour through again with your hands. Always keep your fondant covered if you're not immediately working with it or it will dry out & break. I usually just put the pieces that I'm not using in a plastic zip lock bag until I need it again and the ones that I have worked with, I might cover it over with a damp warm tea towel.

I've heard about marshmallow fondant but never tried it (I don't think). Is the base marshmallows? Can you buy it ready made or ready to make or is it something that you have to make from scratch?

[Hannabanana]

Those are great Karly!! :lol: I love the tomato! You always do great cakes!

Lena - did you make the roses yourself?! WOW! I haven't bothered since my class to make them ... making 60 for the 2-tiered did me in for a while :lol: Your icing is so white! Very elegant!

(from scratch = flour, eggs .. the old fashioned way) :blush:

Dh bought me a KitchenAid mixer when I started my first class and I must say, it's THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!! :bliss: So easy to make anything anymore!!

[Lyoshka]

I use boxed cakes :blush: Gotcha!

I've heard about marshmallow fondant but never tried it (I don't think). Is the base marshmallows? Can you buy it ready made or ready to make or is it something that you have to make from scratch? I came across it on the net and it was a recipe that she posted for making it yourself...

[Lyoshka]

Lena - did you make the roses yourself?! WOW! I haven't bothered since my class to make them ... making 60 for the 2-tiered did me in for a while :lol: Your icing is so white! Very elegant! Aimee, yes, the roses are made from colored marzipan (so they actually taste good, too, unlike fondant). The icing is buttercream. THe buttercream and cupcakes are all from scratch... .I'm a from scratch kind of a girl....i don't like boxed stuff. that's just me, though...


Dh bought me a KitchenAid mixer when I started my first class and I must say, it's THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!! :bliss: So easy to make anything anymore!! COMPLETELY agree!! Mine was a wedding gift and I LOVE it!

[Hannabanana]

So what's marzipan?! I've never worked with it! Tell me more tell me more! :lol: Do you use a flower nail?

editing to say: I know what marzipan is but what are the other ingredients? We only made the roses out of buttercream/royal in class. Yours are so ... Perfect! :ok:

[Silke]

So what's marzipan?! I've never worked with it! Tell me more tell me more! :lol: Do you use a flower nail?

editing to say: I know what marzipan is but what are the other ingredients? We only made the roses out of buttercream/royal in class. Yours are so ... Perfect! :ok:
It's absolutely delish. Almonds. You can buy it already rolled out in Germany. That's what I use. Fondant in comparison is kinda bleh.

Your cakes are gorgeous. Too bad you have to eat them :lol:

[Silke]

Marzipan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzipan

[Lyoshka]

Aimee... marzipan... hmmm. hard to describe, but it's a sugar paste, but tastes great! I'm surprised nobody knows about it here, back home and in Europe it's very popular in candies, chocolates, baking..... I grew up with it and love it. Here, i found it in a local grocery store... it's not cheap. I did find 5 lb batches you can buy for $25 (which to me is pretty good price), but didn't have time to order this time around. I'd check your store and see if they have it...it's right by the almond paste and such in the baking aisle. It's very pliable and sticky and easy to work with.

I did not use the nail for the roses. I just rolled out little balls of colored marzipan (pink for the bud and red for the outer petals) and pressed it between pieces of celaphane and put the rose together by hand. It probably sounds confusing, I can scan the page from the cookbook I used if you like, or giveyou the name of the book and you can check it out at the library... you tell me. Once i got a hang of it, it wasn't bad....

[Lyoshka]

Looks like Silke and I cross-posted.... sorry for repeat.

[Karly]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce39b3127ccebe4cac53d67300000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

Lena, those are stunning! :wow:

[Alyson]

Holy Moly Lena!!! Those are gorgeous!!!!!

[Hannabanana]

Ok ... I understand how you did it now ... I make roses with Hanna's playdough all the time :lol: How long did it take you to make them? They're a gorgeous colour!!

Yeah, I've seen marzipan in the small tubes in the stores but never had reason to buy it ... I'll definitely check it out now. Thanks!!

[Silke]

Aimee, I usually mix some powdered sugar into the marzipan so it's not so sticky. I can form it much easier then.

[Hannabanana]

Silke -- does the marzipan get hard like the fondant would if left out? I think that I've found my next challenge! :lol:

[Lyoshka]

I just finished making my first cake with marzipan and fondant. Took me ALL day! (well, between that and the cupcakes).. all i have to say is, this cake had better taste good... i'm about ready to fall over..

[Lyoshka]

Thank you, Karly and Alyson...
unfortunately, the veiner didn't get here in time, so I couldn't put veins into the leaves, but oh well.

[Hannabanana]

I just finished making my first cake with marzipan and fondant. Took me ALL day! (well, between that and the cupcakes).. all i have to say is, this cake had better taste good... i'm about ready to fall over..

where's a pic? :gimi:

[Silke]

Silke -- does the marzipan get hard like the fondant would if left out? I think that I've found my next challenge! :lol: If you leave it out for a long time, yes. I am stressing long time. I have never worked with fondant so I have no comparison.

[Lyoshka]

where's a pic? :gimi: Aimee :lol: I still have to put some final decorations on it (the little fondant color dots) and then i'll take a pic :)

[Lyoshka]

Ok, here is my first fondant/marzipan cake:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce38b3127ccebe74e2294fa400000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce38b3127ccebe74edd00fc200000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce38b3127ccebe74e2a14f2c00000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

As you can see, the bow is far from perfect, i just couldn't get it to work, and i was way too tired.... you can't be frustrated when baking, cakes don't like that :lol: i'm pretty happy with the result, being that it's my first attempt, I know it'll get better as time goes on.....

it should taste good (we'll find out tonight): it's Chocolate Butter Cake, Cookies'n'Cream Filling, Buttercream Icing (several layers of both), a layer of marzipan and then a layer of fondant.

[Alyson]

Wow Lena! You did a great job! Makes it look so easy!!:)

[Becca]

The cakes you girls are doing look SO good, thusly making mine look SO amateur:( One day I'll get as good as you!! :) BTW...you're making me hungry:lol:

[LISA]

:woa: Lena that cake is beautiful! :aok:

[Lyoshka]

thanks!

....and Becca... i've never made a fondant cake before, that's my first one! yours would probably look better!

[Lyoshka]

Aimee, i wanted to add on the fondant vs. marzipan question. Marzipan is a more cakey texture and will stay moist longer than fondant will.

and thanks a lot for the cakecentral.com! Like i need another addictive site :tapfoot: !!! I can't stop looking at the cakes!!!

[Becca]

thanks!

....and Becca... i've never made a fondant cake before, that's my first one! yours would probably look better!
Aaww! You're so sweet...& slightly dellusional if you really believe that.

[Lyoshka]

Aaww! You're so sweet...& slightly dellusional if you really believe that. :lol2: (and it has been noted in the past about me being delusional)

[Hannabanana]

and thanks a lot for the cakecentral.com! Like i need another addictive site :tapfoot: !!! I can't stop looking at the cakes!!!

:lol: you're welcome :whistle: welcome to my addiction :awink:

Your cake turned out great!!! Great colours!!

[Karri]

Very impressive cakes!!!!!!!!
Those roses are great, Lena!

This is the only cake of mine I can find on SF right now....

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6ce00b3127cce8e0ed26455f800000026109AauXLNw5aO

If I had more time, I'd go on a hunt for marzipan. I am scared of the fondant. I've never used it, but I know I don't like the taste of it, so I am not going to use a lot of it. The cake I am doing tonight is 2 tiered and one tier will have stripes made w/ fondant, and the other wil have fondant polkadots. So the majority of the cake will be covered in buttercream.

Lena - I always 'beef up' a box of cake mix. However, if you have some tasty cake recipes, it would be wonderful if you wouldn't mind sharing them. I am always afraid to try out a cake recipe b/c I never know if it will be good or not.

Question for cake people -- my one tier is a butter white and the other tier is a butter chocolate. I'd like to put a filling in between the 2 layers of each cake, instead of just using the buttercream. But I've never done that before, so I don't know what people do or how to make a filling or what to use.....

[Lyoshka]

Karri, i will definitely share recipes i have... the cake i made for tonight it chocolate.. the leftovers from the cut off top taste great, but i want to see how it will taste in a cake itself.

I used Cookies'n'Cream filling, it tasted awesome when i made it. Again, haven't had it on the cake yet, but i think it'll be good.... here is the recipe:

In the bowl of an electric mixer at high speed, whip until stiff:
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Gently fold in:
20 chocolate sandwich cookies, such as Oreos, crushed into medium pieces.

Yield: 6 cups.


You can pipe the outside of the layers in buttercream, creating a "wall", and fill with this filling, so it doesn't run over the edge.

hth...

[Lyoshka]

...oh and that cake is great-looking, Karri!

[Alysia]

You guys have me drooling over here! Gorgeous work!

[Karri]

awesome :aok: that sounds so good. i think i'll try that!!

[Lyoshka]

Karri, it tasted REALLY good in the mixing bowl, so I'm hoping it'll be good in a cake, too.... glad to help!

[Silke]

Woa, Lena that sounds rich and yummy. I am gaining weight just from reading. :lol: I feel the need to bake now. :lol:

[Silke]

So, Lena, I want to see some Russian-baked goodies. :biggrin:

[Lyoshka]

Silke...hmmm.... something to think about for the next cake... good idea!

[Hannabanana]

I love that ladybug Karri!

The only fillings I've ever done is jam (strawberry/raspberry/blueberry/mixed) but you could also use pudding. I also make the dam first then flood the filling in. Good trick huh!

Lena, how do you crush up the cookies? In a large baggie with a rolling pin? I might just have to try that for my next cake!

[LISA]

Lisa, my SIL made Aaron's first birthday cake using that pan. But she made it a brown dog cake instead of Blue. :)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d834b3127cce9c45834e4e1800000016108AbtHDRizctD

How did I miss this post??
Lynn, that cake is sooo cute! I wonder if I can rent the cake pan from Bulk Barn?

Lena, that cookies and cream frosting sounds heavenly :drool:

[Lyoshka]

Aimee, i just put them into a ziploc bag and crushed them to medium pieces by hand and then folded them into the mixer... if you let the mixer go for a few min at medium speed, it breaks them down to pretty much nothing. I think it tastes good either way, but i think next time, i'll try to have it a bit chunkier on the cookie side..

[gulp!]

I'm such a total novice compared to you gals, but I thought that I'd share the last cake I made for Emma's birthday. :heee:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d922b3127cce86de62ac921900000026109EaMWLZm1Q

I also made her a Belle doll cake for her 4th bday, but can't find a pic on Shutterfly.

ETA: Found it!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d920b3127cce8ada2410e55b00000016109EaMWLZm1Q

[Mary DK]

Oh my, all the cakes & cupcakes that have been posted in this thread put my baking to shame :lol:
Awesome job, ladies!! :aok:

[Karri]

I so wanted to do a castle. But the kids wouldn't cooperate w/ that theme :sigh:

Lena - I am wondering...you made/decorated the cake the night before - right? So how did you store it? I made the filling and ended up not using it b/c I couldn't refrigerate the cake b/c of the fondant, and I didn't want to leave it out b/c it was made w/ cream. I was afraid that would be scary.
I ended up just tossing some crushed oreos into the icing in the middle layer. Not nearly as tasty :lol:

Here is my cake. It isn't as pretty as I had hoped it would be. As for the color scheme....the top is Norah's -- Strawberry Shortcake, and the bottom is Elliott's -- Scooby Doo.
I think the fondant tastes kinda like dooky :lol: and apparently my kids did too. Norah ate a ball and spit it out. I even tried flavoring it w/ some almond extract.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce01b3127ccebe825eca4bac00000035109AauXLNw5aO

[Lyoshka]

Karri...great fun cake!!!
Ok, I was scared of not refrigerating buttercream and that filling, too, so once I made the cake, i stuck it into the fridge. It stayed there until we had to leave, it took us almost 3 hours to get to ILs (traffic), so it warmed up by then (i personally like my cake out of the fridge and cold, but i'm weird like that). Fondant tasted fine from the fridge.

I really want to try a recipe for marshmallow fondant, supposedly, it tastes good. It's such a great decorating medium, it's a shame it doesn't taste better.

The cake turned out great, by the way, as far as taste goes! Everybody loved the buttercream and cupcakes, as well. Now just to have a good-tasting fondant....

[JolieC]

oh fab... a cake thread...just what I need to help curb the sugar munchies!:lol:

Seriously though, the cakes are gorgeous! Well done! I need to go and hunt some pictures of ones I've done...

Karri - some vanilla essence helps a little with the taste of fondant. A little..but at least then it becomes vanilla-flavoured dookie!:lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

You guys have done an awesome jobs. I have always wanted to use fondant & marzipan because of the amazing finish they give, but I can't like the taste of it and I think a cake needs to taste as good as it looks :dunno:

I love making cakes and doing something different everytime. I wish I had a more steady hand, but I am happy with what I have come up with so far. :lol:

Here are some that I have done, all with jusrt buttercream icing.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d709b3127cce9c93840daecb00000016108AbN2Llq0aNH

tony's beloved football team jersey for his 30th
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http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7db24b3127cce83e8b98d08da00000015108AbN2Llq0aNH
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d735b3127ccebbf272384b1400000026108AbN2Llq0aNH

[Lyoshka]

Nice, Deb!!

[MamaGoofy]

Those cakes look great Karri and Deb.


I should post some of the ones I have done. :scratch: Now where are those pictures??

[MrsPeacefrog]

I really want to try that hamburger cake! I just can't think of an occasion that it would really suit. :lol:

[MamaGoofy]

Here are the birthday cakes that I have made for David. I can't find a good picture of his 1st cake. I just used buttercream frosting and the star technique. I can't find a picture of his 5th birthday cake. I made Lightening McQueen.

[Lyoshka]

Nice, Melis!!!

Deb, are you referring to the one I made? It's super easy to make, too! I would guess you could suit it to any occasion, really.... even just a get-together with friends for a BBQ.....it is a hamburger cake, after all :hehe:

I'm wanting to make a Thomas the train cake for N's second bday.... looking up ideas...

[Hannabanana]

I love seeing everyones cakes! They're great!! I think that the doll cake was my first about 9 years ago for my neice. :lol:

Have you looked at any of the Halloween cakes in the cakecentral.com site? :gimi: Some of them are awesome! I love the haunted houses!

I'm seriously thinking that my next challenge will be air-brushing ...

[MrsPeacefrog]

Lena: Yes I am referring to the one you made. I think it looks awesome and am dying to give it a try. You know, that is a good point, I can do it as dessert for the next BBQ we are having :aok:

Do you still have the method for it?

[Lyoshka]

Deb, sure! Here you go (copied from Woman's Day, Silly Cakes):

Big MacCake

Serves: 18 to 20
Time: Varies with Skill


Click here for a larger view (http://www.womansday.com/recipes/5718/big-maccake-page2.html)
Our most asked-for recipe ever! There have been more than 6,000 requests for this recipe since we first published it. It's a lot easier to make than you might think

Ingredients:
3 boxes (16 oz each) poundcake mix
6 plain flat round cookies (each 3 1/2 to 4 in. in diameter)
2 cans (16 oz each) ready-to-spread vanilla frosting
Red and yellow food color
2 brown M&M's candies
2 large marshmallows
1/4 cup sugar
20 or more spearmint jelly-candy leaves
1 can (16 oz) ready-to-spread milk-chocolate frosting
1 can (16 oz) ready-to-spread chocolate-fudge frosting
1 box (2 1/2 oz) chocolate-snap cookies, coarsely crushed
About 30 pignoli (pine) nuts

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease two 8-in. layer-cake pans and one 2 1/2- to 3-qt metal or ovenproof glass mixing bowl with a rounded bottom.

2. Prepare 1 double batch cake batter as directed on package, using 2 packages cake mix. Then prepare 1 single batch. Fill each layer-cake pan 2/3 full. Scrape remaining batter into prepared bowl. Bake pans 30 to 35 minutes and bowl 55 to 60 minutes, or until a pick inserted in centers of cakes comes out clean. Cool on wire racks, 15 minutes for pans and 30 minutes for bowl. Invert cakes on racks and let cool completely.

3. Tomato slices: Place plain cookies on wire rack set over waxed paper. Put 1/2 cup vanilla frosting in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in red food color (and a bit of yellow if needed) until frosting is tomato-colored. Brush or spoon on top and sides of cookies. Let stand at least 30 minutes, until firm to the touch.

4. Mustard: Spoon another 1/2 cup vanilla frosting into a small bowl. Stir in yellow food color until mustard-colored. Cover to prevent drying.

5. Eyes: Use a dot of vanilla frosting to glue M&M's pupils on marshmallows.

6. Lettuce: Sprinkle sugar on work surface. Working with 1 at a time, place spearmint leaf on the sugar and roll with a rolling pin until flattened and edges are jagged.

7. Put remaining vanilla frosting in a medium bowl. Stir in milk-chocolate frosting and red and yellow food color, a little at a time, until frosting is the color of a hamburger bun.

8. To assemble: Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Cover with bun-colored frosting. Arrange lettuce on top and around edges. Place remaining cake layer on waxed paper. Cover with chocolate-fudge frosting. Press crushed chocolate-snap cookies into frosting to simulate a hamburger patty. Using pancake turners, lift patty onto lettuce-lined bun. Spoon mustard about 1 in. from edge of top of burger, letting some run down sides. Top with tomato slices.

9. Trim hump (where cake has risen) off bowl cake. Place cake trimmed side down on waxed paper and frost with remaining bun-colored frosting. Lift onto tomato-topped burger. Glue eyes in position with frosting. Press pignoli nuts in place.

[MrsPeacefrog]

:aok: Thanks!!

[Alyssa]

I have not made a cake for the any of the boys since they turned 1. I just might have to try again seeing all these cool ideas! :aok:

[Lyoshka]

I want to record my progress, so I'm posting pics of the roses cupcakes i made for a baby shower....i think they turned out a bit more delicate this time:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce07b3127ccebec2826399f300000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce07b3127ccebec285bed9b500000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

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http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce07b3127ccebec29cfb185400000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

Uhm.... are diaper cakes allowed in the Funky Cakes thread? :lol:
My first one ever...what do you think? Any suggestions?

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce07b3127ccebec2a81d18a800000025108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce07b3127ccebec2ab0c582000000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

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[MamaGoofy]

What a great job Lena!! Those roses look fabulous!!! The diaper cake is great!! I loved those!!

[Jayne]

Great job!!! Love your roses.

I make diaper cakes all the time. Did you use cloth diapers or disposable? One thing I like to do that makes it easier is to roll the diapers and then hold them together with a small hair band. (those Gel one's they have at Walmart for babies that don't pull babies hair out or slide (they grip to themselves)) You can get like 250 of them for 1.88$. That way when you gather the diapers it is so easy to get them all together. You sure did pack yours full...LOVE IT!

[Alyson]

Wow Lena! They look even more gorgeous than the ones last weekend!!:) The diaper cake is so cute too!! :)

[bunybomb]

Lena, those cupcakes are beautiful!! You are so talented. I would never have the patience to do something like that.


I had a blue wedding cake, that I of course didn't make. I don't like how the chocolate shells show up in this picture.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc00b3127cce90378dfc031000000026108AZtW7Jk5Ytf


We had a replica made for our reception in Colorado that I think turned out better and it was half the cost.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d736b3127cce9b98a8a73a0800000026108AZtW7Jk5Ytf

I had several people comment how 'funky' my cake was. I know they thought it was ugly but I didn't care. :hehe:

[Lyoshka]

thanks, all! I'm finishing up a cake, too, but still need to put all the final decorations (fondant still drying) on it, so i'll have pics of it tonight or tomorrow..

I like those cakes, Becky!! At first I was going to be amazed at how beautiful you made it, then i read that you didn't :lol:

[Eleanor]

I'm baking a pumpkin cake for Halloween (two bundt cakes frosted orange, with a frosted ice cream cone for a stem). Hopefully it turns out...I'm not particularly known for my decorating skills :lol: I'll post a pic if it's not a disaster :)

[Lyoshka]

Jayne, thanks for the suggestions... i read up about DC online and did use rubber bands to hold each individual diaper together.. as well as the first ring on each tier. Then, they weren't big enough for next, bigger, tiers. I just need to find bigger ones, thanks for walmart suggestion!! this was, as you can imagine, a very Saturday-is-coming-up-I-don't-have-time-tear-my-hair-out-I-still-have-cake-and-cupcakes-to-make effort...... :lol: along with watching Nikita, getting my business going again, and flying solo for 3 days since D was in Detroit. So i was a bit panicky :lol: But it's really all in preparation and just having (uhm..knowing about) things like rubber bands, etc.... then it's easy! thanks for the tip!


Cake!! It didn't turn out like the pic (of course) and i had a few panic moments when i was putting bows on the cake (and I made two rounds of bows, too! talk about time-consuming), as they were breaking-the fondant didn't have enough time to dry completely... overall, though, I think it turned out ok. I cut out little baby animals from these colors of fondant to put on the cake, but decided against it as I think it'll make it more busy and take away from the attempt at elegance, even if in babyshower colors.

Do you guys like the colors for a baby shower? would you have picked a different scheme? It's a boy, so it was a bit harder, than a girl's would have been. I was going to make blue, but my blue turned out the color of the bow and i didn't care for it at all as a base color of the cake.

ANY critiques are welcome! (but remember it's my second fondant cake and don't rip me too much... I"m fragile :lol: )

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce06b3127ccebeca14b900e400000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

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[Brandi]

Lena - that is adorable! I love the ribbon on top!

[LISA]

What a beautiful cake Lena! I don't know if I would have the heart to cut into it :lol:

[Lyoshka]

thanks, Brandi and Lisa.... the new mommy (and my other girflfriends) liked it a lot, so i guess all that time making it was not for nothing :)

The cupcakes all tumbled to one end of the container as I was carrying things in, I had too much at one time, I guess, I thought that was the end of them.. luckily, the buttercream was still frozen enough from being in the fridge that no damage was done :phew:

[Mary DK]

ANY critiques are welcome! (but remember it's my second fondant cake and don't rip me too much... I"m fragile :lol: )
Shoot, then I guess I won't say anything :scan: :devil:
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Just kidding!! :giggle:
That cake is awesome!!:ok: I'm glad to hear that the cupcakes were okay :phew:

[MamaGoofy]

Wow Lena if that wasn't your best effort on the baby shower cake then I :bowdown: to you. That cake is gorgeous and I think you did a fabulous job!

So glad to hear that the cupcakes were ok.

[Karly]

I think the cake is stunning! :wow:

[Karly]

Do you guys ever watch any of those cake decorating shows or challenges on tv?

[MrsPeacefrog]

The cake turned out awesome, Lena! Although you bringing up the fact you cut out baby shapes to put on the cake makes me wonder what that would have looked like :giggle: Either way you did a spectacular job, and the cupcakes were gorgeous too! :aok:

[Eleanor]

Eek! I just tried making marshmallow fondant last night- anyone ever tried it? I haven't actually got around to decorating with it yet...but just making it is SO MESSY! 30 seconds into it, I was thinking- what have I done?!? But it did turn out in the end, so we'll see tonight when I try to use it.

[Lyoshka]

Thanks, guys! You are too kind!

...Deb... baby animals :lol: really, just mini cookie cutters of bear, giraffe, lion, etc...

Karly, i never watch those shows, typically..but i did see one Iron Chef and they were making entirely miraculously ridiculous cake statues... it was amazing!

Eleanor, how did marshmellow fondant taste? i'm really curious to see if it's better tasting than the regular fondant. I can't wait to see the cake pics!!

[Eleanor]

Haven't tasted it yet- that's tonight when I actually try to work with it :) It smelled more promising than the regular stuff...

[Lyoshka]

Is it tonight yet?

:popcorn:

[Kristen]

I love watching Ace of Cakes!

[Eleanor]

Well...the cake doesn't look all that great (I got a bit cocky after my relative success making Isabelle's layer cake look smooth, with buttercream...it's not easy to smoothly frost bundt cake...especially when the color of the cake is darker than the frosting). I'll still try to post a pic of it when I get it uploaded.

The verdict on the fondant...pretty good. Doesn't have the nice mouthfeel of buttercream, and might be a bit sweet in excessive amounts (I used used mine for leaf decorations, around the main cake), but DH (who's never tasted the real stuff) said "yum" when I made him try it, and we both were nibbling on left over bits... I still stand by my original statement that it's a bear to make though! :lol:

[Lyoshka]

Can't wait to see pics, Eleanor! thanks for giving me hope that fondant can taste good-I really think it's a fabulous decorating medium!

[Lyoshka]

How long can fondant keep good? several months, I think, right? I might try making the marshmellow one and then just plan 2-3 months ahead of time when i know the cake season is coming.....

[Eleanor]

The recipe I used said weeks. But you could still make it in advance. I used the recipe here http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm

[Lyoshka]

That's where i first saw the recipe for MF as well! thanks, Eleanor! Even if it's 4-5 weeks, that's not too bad, i guess....

[Becca]

Well, I know I'm not as good as some of you gals here (ahem...Lena...ahem!) but here are the cupcakes I made for Kenny's pre-school Halloween party (the orange ones) & the left-overs for us & the neighbors (the green ones)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa2/brkjHughes/Halloween07008.jpg

the ones that are the same on the bottom left I made for Miss Dani & the snack mom of the day.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa2/brkjHughes/Halloween07008.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa2/brkjHughes/Halloween07015.jpg
the ones on the bottom right are for the neighbor kids who are always whining/crying:giggle:

[Alyson]

Cute cupcakes!!!

[Eva]

Very cute cupcakes. :)

Here is the pumpkin cake I made for Christine's birthday party on the weekend:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce08b3127ccebeefc9bcf64b00000026109Aas2rNyzba

[Lynn]

Eva, what is the stem?

[Eva]

Eva, what is the stem?

It's a flat bottom ice cream cone. :)

[Lynn]

Genius! I think that's a great cake!

[Eleanor]

I like it, Eva...I like the lines you've put on with the icing- I just made indentations in mine, but I like how yours looks, better :) I used an ice cream cone too :)

Here's mine...it's messy, but the people at work liked it (and it tastes really good! :lick: )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/ella6599/IMG_3132.jpg

[Eva]

I love the leaf you added Elenor. :) I think if I ever make it again I wil do it double layer like your's. I was going to originally do that but then went with a different recipe. My SIL said it only looked like half a pumpkin. :blush: It didn't stop her from eating it though. :lol:

[Lyoshka]

Becca, those cupcakes are so cute!!

Eva, nice!!

Eleanor... i see MF at work :) :aok: how did everybody like the MF at work? Did you get any comments on it?

[Eleanor]

They liked it- people started snacking on the leaves before they cut into the cake! :lol:

[Becca]

Those pumpkin cakes are great! I'll have do make one next year for FIL & Will (the boys god-parent's little boy) b/c they were both born on Halloween:giggle:

[Lyoshka]

They liked it- people started snacking on the leaves before they cut into the cake! :lol:
Good to know :aok: !! With regular F, people totally peel it off....

[Hannabanana]

At the last minute on Saturday I made a cake but forgot to flour the cake pans (DOH!) so needless to say, it was a MESS trying to get out of the ball pans. Then I had company coming and was rushing to ice & decorate. Not what I planned at all , thus the knife in the head and the candle in the top :lol: but it did taste good!

[Eleanor]

Oh...that's very cute! I love the knife! :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

The knife in the head was a great touch! I love it!!! :aok:

Eleanor and Eva your pumpkins look great!

[Lyoshka]

:lol: that knife looks like it belonged in there all its' life!

[Mary DK]

It does look like it was put on there on purpose :lol:

Great pumpkin cupcakes & cakes, ladies! :ok:

[magoo]

I love the knife. Very effective. :lol:

[Alyson]

Very cute pumpkin! Love the knife!

[Carmen]

this is a great thread! I'm definitely going to try a few!

Here are some of the cakes I've made:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_e34d847ce93b2b9759a047484b4ddc53.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_d9265afec84b383c957c6c69cf9a8653.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_b565b8424f032b50ffd95bf3a3f99b37.jpg

This is one of my favorites, because I think the checkboard inside turned out so neat.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_45900cd67d4ae08804f09bd8fc5e9cb1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_484287b1dc7f41b917dc2c2ea2895cbe.jpg
Cinco de Mayo cupcakes

[Carmen]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_999db87feea1c31538e6cda617f7bba7.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_311c7e8c6143b969ce3e97c1a4fa8918.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_69ea080808491eb56cd434d8bea3f2f8.jpg
(our neighborhood flooded, so I had to cancel his party and reschedule it a few weeks later, which is why the birthday hat is floating down a brook.) :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_13d4fa923dc367b089dbc1288bc83510.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/carmzav/l_8b1a209f3f8a8d2866402bcbe33c8b59.jpg
Easter cupcakes

[LISA]

Wow Carmen! awsome job! :lol: Love the bday hat floating down the river :lol:

[Lyoshka]

I love those, Carmen!! Great attention to detail!! :love:

[Karly]

Very cool, everyone! I'm lovin' this thread! :nod:

[Karly]

So my dear nephew turned one yesterday, and my sister asked me if I'd make his cake. In situations like this you always say "yes" before you really know what you're getting yourself into. :giggle: Anyway, the theme was Mickey Mouse, so this is what I created:


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc23b3127cceb14f1c7f224e00000026109KatGjlqg

What do you think? :lol: It was hard! I was worried the black would bleed into the peachy color and toward the end, the frosting was getting dry and started to wrinkle in the areas I wanted to come back and try to smooth out. No such luck!

People liked it though and of course Dom, my nephew, thought it was great. :heart:

[Alyson]

Awesome Karly! You did a great job.

[Hannabanana]

Great cakes Carmen!

Love Mickey Karly! I like the peach colour you used for his face.

Hanna's friend is having a bday party this coming Sunday and the mother jokingly/not so jokingly asked me if I knew anyone who could make the cake. The were at Hanna's last bday and saw the castle. I told her I'd think about it. I emailed her back on Saturday asking her if she still needed a cake and that I'd do it but no answer. hmmm

[MamaGoofy]

Awesome job guys!!

[magoo]

He's super cute, Karly! :aok:

[Becca]

Those are some great cakes girls! DH's bday is on Wednesday so I've got to think of something to do....perhaps something in regards to hunting?? Any suggestions??

[Lyoshka]

Very cute, Karly!

[Hannabanana]

Those are some great cakes girls! DH's bday is on Wednesday so I've got to think of something to do....perhaps something in regards to hunting?? Any suggestions??

I saw this awesome 3D deer head somewhere once ...
:hehe:

[Denden]

That turned out pretty well, Karly!

[Becca]

I saw this awesome 3D deer head somewhere once ...
:hehe:
He'd get such a kick out of that too...I'm thinking maybe just a flat cake with my best "drawing" of his truck?? I just don't have much "get up & go" today.

[Hannabanana]

Well I didn't end up making a cake for the bday party for Hanna's friend. I offered and had an idea (Tinkerbell) but the mother thought that I would want money so she declined. I've been sick for a week with a cold so I wasn't going to try to set her straight and tell her that I was actually going to do it for free -- if I had been feeling healthier I would have :giggle:

[Lyoshka]

The Thomas cake and cupcakes I made for Nikita's 2nd Birthday party :
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb247841c511600000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb246779f313800000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb2478e1cd02300000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb2478ad951d400000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb247816f90cf00000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb24796c8d0fb00000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

and dead Thomas :lol: a day and a half of work......all cut up:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb247ae8d519200000026108AcOGbJq2bOK

[Mary DK]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc34b3127cceb247ae8d519200000026108AcOGbJq2bOK
Poor Thomas, pulled apart to be taken to the scrap yard :bawl:

:giggle: Seriously girlie, that Thomas cake is unbelievable... awesome job!!! :ok:

[Eva]

I am bumping up this thread since I found this blog which has some cool cakes.:

http://bakerella.blogspot.com

Love these:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2233369801_1275e69eaa.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2456161812_cdde061ba4.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2435868930_aef909a51b.jpg


From a different site but I want to make these for Emma's birthday party this year. She wants a princess theme.
http://www.krazykakes.ca/gallery/cupcakes/princesscupcakes.jpg

I haven't worked with fondant yet but I have 2 months to practice. Any tips with working with fondant. How hard is it?

[Alyson]

Those are cute Eva! Bookmarking that site. Thanks. I've heard that fondant can be both easy and hard. I've always wanted to try it out, still need to one day!

Here is the cake from my baby shower a week and a half ago. It was made to match my invitations (which had 'rocket ships' on the, from some Basic Grey scrap paper). I loved it!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8db24b3127ccea81b884eba8500000036102BYtmbhm2Y-

[Shanna]

I just did a 3-tiered cake last week that I covered with fondant. I have taken a couple of fondant/gum paste classes and I really don't think it is hard to work with at all.. kinda like (yucky) edible playdoh :giggle:

[Hannabanana]

Did you make that Alyson??! Is it fondant?

[Alyson]

Did you make that Alyson??! Is it fondant?

I wish!! NO, I did not make it. A local lady made it. It is fondant and I don't remember what kind of fondant she said it was, but it actually tastes pretty decent. Although, we didn't eat the fondant from the whole piece of cake, just a couple of bites. The cake itself was red velvet with cream cheese frosting:).

[Lyoshka]

Eva, those are nice!! i will check out the link,m what a nice idea with the mini cupcakes! hmmmm might have to try that sometime.

Alyson, cute cake!!!

Shanna, pics?

[Shanna]

My camera was dead, so she took pics at the event, but she hasn't brought them yet. She showed them to me this morning - it really did turn out well, IMO :blush1:

[MrsPeacefrog]

I just finished making Aiden's "Formula One" cake for his birthday party tomorrow. It was a disaster from the word go, my oven is broken so the temp is all over the place and the outside of the cake was done and the top interior wasn't so I had to scoop out batter so it would finish cooking. It left me with a big whole, so when I started cutting up the car shape I had to pack it up with off cuts so it would work.

Aiden specifically asked for a yellow car with red wheels. I couldn't get the icing red, it just got pinker and pinker, I have made red before but couldn't remember how I did it. So I had to turn it into apricot cause I knew that he would freak if he had pink wheels.

I also couldn't find long thin red licorice, just short ones so I had to cut that up and use it for the outlining so it's all blocky. Anyway it looks nothing like the picture, but it's a car, so it will have to do! :lol:

Here it is:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8db36b3127ccea8c3aac6835100000016108AbN2Llq0aNH


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8db36b3127ccea8c3aaf5025200000016108AbN2Llq0aNH

[Mary DK]

Deb, it looks great!! I think he's gonna love it! :nod: Girl, you're braver than me b/c there is no way I would even attempt to do anything like that, I just stick to what they have at the local grocery/cake places :scan:

[MamaGoofy]

Deb you did a great job!! I am sure he will love it!! How did you do that? David is always wanting me to make crazy cakes but I am never sure on how to accomplish them. Do you have a website that you get the "pattern" from? Do tell!! :biggrin:

Question: You said you had a hard time with making red. Did you use butter or margerine? I found that I get a true red when I use butter.:dunno: Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[Lyoshka]

Deb, it's cute!!

[MrsPeacefrog]

Thanks!

Melissa: I used butter, I always use butter and just couldn't get red to happen. I have done the red before when I did a football jersey for Tony and I remember it being hard but eventually achieved it, but this time round it just wouldn't go red, the more dye I put in the pinker it got and the icing started to bleed so I needed to stop or else I was going to destroy the cake.

I have 2 kids birthday cake books. I let the kids go through them and tell me what they want then I just follow the instructions on how to get the shape. I then use my own creative licence while decorating it to add my own touch. I have made a ninja turtle with out instructions before and it was a very scary looking ninja turtle, it looked like he had just taken acid, so I try not to encourage cakes that aren't in the books anymore :giggle:

[Lyoshka]

I have made a ninja turtle with out instructions before and it was a very scary looking ninja turtle, it looked like he had just taken acid, so I try not to encourage cakes that aren't in the books anymore :giggle: you just made me spill wine all over the rug :lol: thanks. I am sure the ninja looked ok :nod:

[Hannabanana]

That's great Deb!!

(must have been a MUCH more comfortable baking/decorating experience this year compared to last!) :giggle:

[milliez]

I just made a 1st birthday cake for my friends son Nolan. I am not great with fondant, so this is not spectacular, but it's cute enough for a 1 year old.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3607.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3609.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3610.jpg

~ Melissa

[Kelly]

Wow, so you made those animals? Looks great!! I was on a cake kick this winter, but I'm over it:lol: I'm not patient enough for it!

[Eva]

Looks great, Melissa. :)

[milliez]

Yes, and it was not fun!! I suck at anything artistic, so this took extra long and I finally said "Good enough!". I enjoy doing cakes, but not with young kids running around. Everyone ends up frustrated when I do a cake.:blush:

~ Melissa

[milliez]

Looks great, Melissa. :)

Thanks Eva!!

~ Melissa

[Kelly]

Thought I'd post my efforts:

http://images.photos.walmart.com/232323232%7Ffp43233%3Enu%3D3235%3E3%3B8%3E993%3EWSNRCG%3D32329%3B84%3A%3B636nu0mrj


http://images.photos.walmart.com/232323232%7Ffp43239%3Enu%3D3235%3E3%3B8%3E993%3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C853%3A57%3B3nu0mrj


They were Wilton pans, so not freehand like most of yours. But, they did take me FOREVER. The Wilton pans are officially retired:lol:

[Lyoshka]

nice, Kelley!!! I always go through the same thing-i start the cake, and half way through wish I never got the idea in my head in the first place and should have just paid somebody to do it :lol:

[Kelly]

That is SO me, Lena:lol: About 11pm (and several more batches of frosting made than I origianlly planned) the night I was making the baseball cake I was seriously cursing myself!

[Lyoshka]

Yeah, I get that way half way through the day-and-a-half that it takes me to make silly Thomas.... :lol:

[milliez]

Very nice Kelly! I think that the Wilton ones are harder to do because you have to cover the entire cake with the star tip and it hurts your hand and wrist. Ouch!

~ Melissa

[milliez]

Okay, I just finished his smash cake. I ran out of brown, so I was pretty much left with doing a tiger.

Smash cake:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3615.jpg

His cake again:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3618.jpg

And both cakes:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_3619.jpg


~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Wonderful cakes, Melissa!!!!!!!!!!

[Alyson]

Those are adorable Melissa!!! Matt saw them and said 'wow!!!' ;)!!

[Hannabanana]

OMG Melissa!! Did you make the animals with fondant?

[Hannabanana]

A couple of weekends ago was my brother in laws 49th bday so I made a golf-ball-on-sod cake. It didn't travel the hour to their house very well :lol: but it did taste good!

[Lyoshka]

Aimee, very nice! the grass looks so realistic!

[Mary DK]

Melissa, those cakes are adorable!! :love: Great job! :aok:

Kelly, nice cakes :ok: Love the baseball one, wanna make one for me for Ian's bday? :lol:

Aimee, cool cake! :aok: Did you use colored coconut for the grass? Looks great.

[Isaiah's Momma]

I made Isaiah a fire truck cake for his 3rd bithday, but it melted on the 45 minute drive to the party (it was june) and I never took a picture before it melted :( Since then Ive always bought store cakes for his birthday. Im thinking of doing one for Hannah's next birthday though, we'll see.

[Karly]

Wow, everyone's cakes look so awesome!

I hear ya on getting to the middle of a cake project and then wishing I'd never begun. :lol: It's always worth it in the end, though. :)

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol: Lena, well it's the only cake I don't have a picture of, I wish I had taken one now, I do have a side pic of him cutting it but it doesn't show the full "acid" effect! :giggle:

Aimee! Most definately, cake decorating is much easier when you aren't 9 months pregnant, go figure :crazy:

Karly: Exactly, I always regret it mid creating but then am always proud when it's finished and the kids love it!

[milliez]

Here's the one I made for my sister's baby shower in December. I've done a nicer job on this one before, but I had a newborn and no sleep, so that's as good as it gets.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/milliez/IMG_2176.jpg?t=1212927089

~ Melissa

[Hannabanana]

Aimee, cool cake! :aok: Did you use colored coconut for the grass? Looks great.


Mary -- it's actually a tip that you can use ... I LOVE it! :lol:

[Hannabanana]

I'm going to make a monkey for Hanna's cake this month but I don't know what to make him out of. Any ideas? I made a frog out of white fondant and painted him last year for another cake ... do I use marshmallow fondant? marzipan? regular fondant?

Need ideas please!!

[Lyoshka]

Melissa, I know im super late, but that Boy cake is gorgeous!!!

Aimee...,hmmmmm..... how big of a monkey will he be? I think fondant or marzipan would both be good. Will he get eaten, do you think? if so, I would probably go with the marshmallow fondant.... plus, will you use the fondant for anything else? Would you make the MF yourself? I think that marzipan is yummy, but it's not cheap, so if you are already going to be making a batch of MF, just go with that, i'd say!

Do you have any pics of what you are thinking of?

Also, OT, do you have a good recipe for MF? i think i want to try to make N's cake this December with that, regular F is eeky-tasting. If it's true from what I read that MF is easy to make, keeps wrapped for a couple of weeks, then if i can find a good recipe and play with it a month or two before, then come november-endish, I could jjust make it, put it away and then make the cake when the time comes and not have to pull my hair out that everything is taking so long :lol:
ok. Saga over.

[Alyson]

The rocket cake for my baby shower was done with marshmellow fondant. It doesn't taste great, but certainly tastes better than regular fondant. I think I ate one or two little bites of it but threw the rest out.

[Hannabanana]

Thanks Lena & Alyson!

I haven't made MMF before but I found this recipe last week: http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm and yes, it seems time consuming but it's worth a try!

I think that the monkey will be about 4" high so I'll try to use the MMF for him and maybe the marzipan for some of the bananas just to try it.

[milliez]

Here (http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&sort=recipename&sort_dir=ASC&op=search&chname=X&chingredients=X&searchtext=marshmallow+fondant&cat_id=-1) is a list of recipes for MF. I may try that for Kenny's cake next month. Last I knew he wanted a beaver dam cake.:giggle: Not sure where he got that idea from.:dunno:

~ Melissa

[Eleanor]

I used the recipe that you posted, Aimee. Turned out well, and people thought it actually tasted pretty good, too.

[Hannabanana]

Well I've only made about 100 bananas so far and I ended up using the fondant in the box. I had a tube of marzipan but when I opened it up, it was really dry & brittle -- the expiry on the box was Feb 2008 so I threw it out ... and I haven't had a chance to make the marshmallow fondant yet but I want to ...

I did make a cake on the weekend for a party we were invited to. It was an annual summer party for the hosts and every year we end up having Hanna's bday on the same day/night so we can never go but this year, they gave out the invites in Feb to steal the date :lol:

I was going to make a pool cake because they have a pool and it fit with the summer party theme but I have been pressed for time every night so I went the total opposite and make an igloo cake with penguins. I made the penguins out of fondant and had such a great time! The cake is just angel food cake that I baked in a domed glass bowl, whipped cream for the "snow covering", tiny marshmallows iced together to make the doorway and then I sprinkled large sugar over top to add the shine and some coconut for flakes.

[~Deborah~]

Gorgeous Aimee :)

I wish I had half the talent that all of you have..I can't even get a cake or cupcakes to rise flat!

[Jayne]

THose tiny penguin's are adorable! Nice work!

[Lyoshka]

that is a totally adorable little cake, Aimee!!! LOVE it!

[MrsPeacefrog]

The penguins are adorable! great job.

I am approaching birthday season in the next 5 weeks. On the 4th Sept is Jacob's 3rd birthday, 27th is Tony's 34th birthday, 29th is Riley's 5th birthday and the 2nd Oct is Lucas' 1st birthday. I need to start deciding what I am going to do.

I am interested in trying the fondant version as I always do buttercream icing, the only thing that is turning me off is the fact that fondant doesn't taste good. I like a cake that tastes as good as it looks.

Lena, I am going to do that Hamburger cake you posted for Tony's birthday, I have been dying to do it and I finally have an excuse to do it as we will be having a BBQ for his birthday and it will tie in well! :aok: Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[MrsPeacefrog]

Just a quick note on the Big MacCake, I was doing some research on the ingredients and method you posted Lena and I went to the womans day website and I entered in the name "big maccake" and it came up with a slight variation, I am going to stick with your version as I like the look of the mustard compared to the look of the cheese on this one, but I prefer the lettuce on this version, it's using green jolly ranchers rolled out flat, I think it looks very realistic. Here is a pic

http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/wd2/recipes/big-mac-cake/206897-1-eng-US/big-mac-cake_slideshow_image.jpg

[Nadine]

What amazing cakes!

My sister made 2 great cakes. One for my nephew's 3rd birthday and one for my newborn niece (her kids) for their party.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d932b3127ccec4ce3e9299f100000040O09AZtmrZy3bA9vPhY/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d932b3127ccec4cff023b96b00000040O09AZtmrZy3bA9vPhY/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[MamaGoofy]

What cute little penguins!!

Nadine those cakes look yummy!!!

[Lyoshka]

Nadine, cute!

Hey Deb... you could do buttercream and just make fondant pieces for decoration, depending on what you make... that way, you have the best of both worlds! If you remember the "present" cake I made before, it was wrapped in fondant, but inside, i made yummy layers of choc cake with, if I remember right, oreos buttercream filling? So, if you want to actually wrap the whole thing in fondant for a different look, just make more layers with different buttercream fillings, so when ppl get a slice and dont' want fondant, they still get plenty of yumminess inside, kwim? OR try marzipan, if you plan to do just little figurines for decoration (like, say, the penguines in Aimee's cake)... obviously, marzipan tastes fantastic!

I'm always so stumped b/c NO ONE here has heard of marzipan! i grew up with in pastries and such, Silke and I have talked about it, it's known everywhere in Europe and Russia, but here, people always go like, "what is this??" and try it like it's who-knows-what. Anywhooooo, it's another WONDERFUL-tasting option, it's not cheap, I probably wouldn't wrap a cake in it, though you could... but for smaller decorations, perfect!

I like this hamburger cake!!! I think i will copy that recipe and do the lettuce from this one, this one def. looks more realistic! Once you make it, you will be laughing how easy it is, seriously! It will take a little time the first time, since you will be figuring out.... "oh, THIS is going to be a tomato? Oh!" and such, yourself, but in the end, SUPER easy! good luck! i can't wait to see how it turns out!

We are a month away from going to Russia, I have thoughts of a cake I would love to make for mom's bday, but I don't know if it will work out or not.. but once we get back, i only have 2 months before N's bday party, which is nothing, so i have to start getting my cake ideas in order....

[Nadine]

Lena - sure I know what marzipan is but ... I hate it LOL
I am the ONLY one in my family who hates it. We used to get bday cakes all decorated and I was the only one whose cake was decorated with chocolate figurines and not marzipan.

[Lyoshka]

You HATE marzipan??? the almond-tasting, yummolicious marzipan?? well, we can't be friends then! just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nadine]

So be it then! Friendship over!!
ROFL
Yeah, I know I am the odd one out here. My parents thought they had brought home the wrong baby from the hospital when they found out I hated marzipan. I love how it looks and what figurines can created from it but other than that .... don't come close to me with it.
How can you compare it to delicious (Swiss of couse!) chocolate??

[Lyoshka]

:lol2:
well, you can't really compare marzipan to swiss chocolate... they are in two separate worlds... two separate, delicious worlds...

[Hannabanana]

Those are great cakes Nadine!

Deb, I would agree with Lena 100% on rethinking doing a cake with a lot of fondant. I read on a cake blog that cake bakers/decoraters just KNOW that everyone will peel the fondant layers off and go for what's inside so doing accents isn't as dissappointing in my opinion because I know that the cake will still maintain it's general look when it's been picked at .. does that make sense?! :lol:

[Hannabanana]

took some preliminary pics of the bananas and the monkey tonight ... I still have to do the face ... he's all wet because I was trying to use water to smooth him down ...

[Nadine]

Amazing, Aimee!
WOW - I wish I could make things like that. If only cakes could be made digitally ... LOL

[MrsPeacefrog]

Yeah I like the look of the new hamburger cake too, I am actually starting to think I might do the cheese thing and the onions, it looks awesome! I can't wait to see how it turns out. The only problem is that we don't have Air head bars or White spice drops :dunno: I do know what jolly ranchers are although I haven't seen them in a long while I will need to go look for them. Can someone explain what an orange air head bar is so I can see if I can find an equivelant here, if I can't then maybe I will have to recruit someone to ship it over to me.

I think you are both making a lot of sense of using fondant as a decorative thing for figurines etc instead of wrapping an entire cake in it. I will have to have a play with it :aok:

You can put me down as someone else who isn't a fan of marzipan. I have never really liked it that much, I think it's a bit bland. When I got my wedding cake I made sure that it was not going to be coated in marzipan like most wedding cakes I had eaten in the past were. I mean it's not horrid disgusting, it's definately edible but as I said I am not a fan so I always tend to maybe have one mouthfull of it and that is enough, I eat around the rest of it. In saying that though I have worked with it, making flowers etc when I did a cake making for crafts when I was in school and think it's great for that kind of thing.

Aimee: The monkey is just beyond cute! I love it. :clap:

[Hannabanana]

Airhead bars are about 1.5" wide (approx.) and about 4" long and relatively thin (maybe 1/16") ... I had to use them for a cake two years ago and I was all "what the?!" until one morning I went into a corner store and found them in the confectionary area with all the other open candy-type stuff. I had to wrap the cake with it to make a wave so I needed a few -- easy to microwave on low then roll out with a rolling pin. I would say, since you've got to use it for the inside only and on the edges at that, try to have a look around in the candy aisle for the colour you need that is "gel-like" and experiment with that first if you can't find the airheads. I'd be more than happy to send you some though so just say the word :awink:

[milliez]

Wow Aimee, that monkey, and the bananas, are perfect!! SO cute! Can't wait to see his little face. I always have the hardest times with their faces, the eyes mostly. They always look either high, scared or just plain goofy.:dunno:

~ Melissa

[~Deborah~]

Holy cow Aimee!! You are freakin' amazing!

[Lyoshka]

Nadine :lol2:

Aimee, awesome!! is it MM or Marzipan? I would guess MM if you were using water to smooth him?

[MamaGoofy]

Airhead bars?? Is this what you are talking about?
http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/airhead%20theatre%20box.jpg

If so I can send them to you Deb!! We have them all over the place!!! David loves them!

[MrsPeacefrog]

That must be it. It says I need 4 x orange airhead bars. I am going to go look at the store to see if I can find anything that is the same, I haven't seen the before and I have worked in a confectionary store that sold everything so I am sure I would have heard of them if we had them, it's always possible that I missed it but I really think we don't have them here. If I can't find anything the same I would love to take you up on the offer to send them :aok:

Also what are white spice drops? what are the consistancy of them like?

[Michele]

Deb - do you have Starburst? Airheads are kind of like that - only longer and thinner. I don't think I've ever seen orange ones though...

http://aim.search.aol.com/search/redir?src=image&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sugarstand.com%2Fimages%2Fsc%2Fsc0029e.jpg&moduleId=image_details.jsp.M&clickedItemDescription=Image Details

As for the spice drops, they are gum drops - like a jelly almost in the middle rolled in sugar...

http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:Bs9Wnhj7K2NiyM:www.jrmushroomsandspecialties.com/images/GYSD.jpg

Lena - I know what marzipan is, and I like it! When I worked for a catering company, we used to make bouche de noelle every Christmas. We garnished them with marzipan holly leaves and berries. I used to like doing that b/c I'd eat the scraps!

You guys are amazing. I consider myself a decent cook, and I can definitely garnish things pretty professionally, but I have never been able to make a cake that looks anything like it is supposed to. I'm in awe of these cakes!

[~Deborah~]

Deb - do you have Starburst?

Might be called Opal Fruits as well.

[~Deborah~]

Also what are white spice drops? what are the consistancy of them like?

http://www.candydirect.com/candy.gifhttp://www.hickoryfarms.com/prod_images/18038_X.jpg

A gumdrop with a taste that is kind of spicy.The white ones taste like licorice/anise.

[MrsPeacefrog]

We have starbursts but they are small and round with juicy bits in the middle. Michele that picture helps, now I know what they look like I am almost certain there is something similar here.

As for the spice drops, thanks! we have those just different name :aok: YAY!

[Eva]

Here is my castle cake from Emma's party yesterday:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d906b3127ccec4e32d09835900000040O09Aas2rNyzbA9vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[Hannabanana]

That is such a cute cake Eva!! I love the colour!!


Well, I made 300 bananas and it was JUST enough for the size of cake I made.
I put the whole cake together Friday night and it was ok but I didn't have a fridge to fit it in so I had to leave it in the basement where it was cooler and by morning, it had shifted a little.

I put a dowel through the center and what I shouldn't have done was added the monkey that time, he weighed everything over. All in all, it tasted good though! :lol:

[~Deborah~]

:lol: I just posted on your FB wall about where the monkey cake pictures were.


Damn girl...You did it again! :bowdown: :secret: I know who to contact for cakes from now on:giggle:

[Eva]

:eek: 300 Bananas!!! That is impressive. What a beautiful cake. :)

[Lyoshka]

HOLY MOLY!!! Aimee, that cake is too fun!! i love it!!!! how completely adorable!

[milliez]

Amazing job Aimee. That is such a cute and fun cake. Glad it was yummy too!!

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

Great job, Eva!! :rahrah:

Aimee, You did fantastic, sorry it shifted though, but I think it still looked great! :aok:

[Mary DK]

Eva & Aimee those are awesome cakes! :aok:
:woa: 300 bananas!!!

[~Deborah~]

Now this is some cake:


http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/startracks/080811/kim_kardashian400.jpg (http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20215016_7,00.html)

Kim Kardashian has a serious Big Mac attack while pretending to take a bite out of a giant cake at a 40th birthday bash for the McDonald's burger Sunday

People.com (http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20215016_6,00.html)

[milliez]

Okay, I need some help/suggestions. Kenny's 7th birthday is Tuesday and he wants a cake with a city and a van.:scratch: So, how can I do this?? I've seen some where they just make buildings(basically rectangles) with sugar cookies and then frost them and prop them up against the sides of a round cake and then stick a car in front. I want to do something more fun and original then that. Any ideas/pictures?????

Thanks!

Melissa

[Nadine]

Aimee and Eva! Those cakes are amazing!
Eva - Can you send me an explanation on how you made it? Shoham's bday party is next week.

[MrsPeacefrog]

Ok, I need help.

It's coming up to me making that hamburger cake and I can't find anything similar to airheads here.

I am hoping someone is willing to go shopping for me and post me some items, I can deposit into a paypal account so you won't be out of pocket any money. I need 4 x orange airheads, green jolly ranchers (atleast 10 pieces) and I need to ask, with the spice drops do they have a clear jelly like appearance in the middle cause the ones we have do and I am not sure if that's the same thing, if not then I need a packet of the white spicedrops too (a minimimum of 10)

Anyone able to help me out?

[stass]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:g6I2glLXj_lpDM:http://www.georgehowe.com/store/Images/products/spicedrop-lge.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.georgehowe.com/store/Images/products/spicedrop-lge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.georgehowe.com/store/Products/Midget-Spice-Drops__07222.aspx&h=152&w=260&sz=13&hl=en&start=1&um=1&usg=__Qy3GKwJOrvnSCFmXWwI3ntIRJyw=&tbnid=g6I2glLXj_lpDM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=112&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspice%2Bdrops%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBF%26sa%3DN)
these are what spice drops look like.

[Alyson]

Ok, I need help.

It's coming up to me making that hamburger cake and I can't find anything similar to airheads here.

I am hoping someone is willing to go shopping for me and post me some items, I can deposit into a paypal account so you won't be out of pocket any money. I need 4 x orange airheads, green jolly ranchers (atleast 10 pieces) and I need to ask, with the spice drops do they have a clear jelly like appearance in the middle cause the ones we have do and I am not sure if that's the same thing, if not then I need a packet of the white spicedrops too (a minimimum of 10)

Anyone able to help me out?

I'd be happy to Deb.. I'll charge you in Jaffas!! haha!! Oh.. and those other things, what were they?.. my husband loved them!

[Girlo]

Alex wants a cake that looks like a rocket for his birthday this year. :) Now I get a chance to experiment with making an interesting cake!! :yippee: We looked at some pics last night, and he doesn't want a 3-D cake.....just one that's cut out to look like a rocket. I found some great pics online last night. :)

[Alyson]

Shannon, we had a rocketship cake for my baby shower in May. It's 3D (and with fondant) but I