Sunday 27 November 2011

Scary Spider Birthday Cake





** The fly!! **

This was a special request from my son for his birthday.....he knew exactly what he wanted.  It was fun to make and the spider and fly were special creations by Tony (my creative director).  The cake is covered in fondant icing and the decorations are all made of fondant icing as-well.  The spider was surprisingly easy to make and is the first 3D character that Tony and I have made.  The web was made by passing the fondant icing through the spaghetti attachment of our pasta maker (which has never been used for pasta......lol).  The web threads all came out long and even, which was the key to making it look good, as you could string the webs in long lengths over the cake......there was no need to join bits together.  NOTE:  The fly was a last minute creation made to cover an imperfection in the fondant icing covering the cake......as it turned out after we made one fly we realised that a couple more would have been even better.  Next time!!

1st Communion Cake



I made this for a friend of mine for their sons first communion.  It's a simple chocolate mud cake with ganache, covered in white fondant icing.  The words, numbers, chalice and bread are fondant also.  My little number / word cutters worked really well.  The chalice is painted with gold edible paint.  One coat of paint wasn't enough......I applied several coats.  It was easier to paint the chalice before sticking it to the cake.

Saturday 26 November 2011

40th Birthday Chocolate Mud Cupcakes


I  made these as a special treat for my friend to celebrate her special day.