"Graduation Day" at Michael's.

This was the Wilton Decorating Basics class. Great job!

 

 

 

Congratulations! Hope to see you in future classes!

 

 

I just did this cake for an ABC news anchor.

I can't say her name but she is listed on the Internet as a "Public Figure."

She was extremely nice and this cake was for her three-year-old son.

She wanted a fun Curious George cake with the main colors in red, blue, and yellow.

See below for the work in progress...

The bottom cake was an 8" "petal" shape.             I covered it in blue fondant.

                      

 

 

I covered the cake base with white fondant

then trimmed with a multi-colored ribbon that incorporated her color choices.

I used an embossed Happy Birthday/balloon mat for the imprinted design.

 

 



 

I stacked the bottom petal shape and the round 6" on the cake base. I used four dowels in the bottom cake and one dowel that ran through the center and down into the cake base.

(I had sharpened the middle dowel into a point.)

 

 

 

 

Now the real fun begins! ...

Putting the candy and fun stuff on!

 

 

Here is the Curious George that I made by hand from gum paste...he is holding a banana and reaching for another one!

And here is the final product,

a fun cake perfect for a three-year-old boy!



Live Fish / Fisherman Cake

Live Fish Cake!

Notice the LIVE FISH in the lake!

As a work in progress:

I added a shirt and rolled-up sleeves.

Next I added his fly-fishing vest. Gotta have that!!

See the live fish! I like how their swimming causes ripples in the water!

(Don't worry...after their field trip, I went back and picked them up,

fed them, and brought them safely back!)

                            See the live fish, above? Pretty cool, huh??!

Their family of five has a fire pit so I made a fire pit and five logs,

with roasting sticks and marshmallows. Every item is edible except the fishing pole and fishing line.

And I TOTALLY love when my cakes

get this type of reaction, below! 



 

Here are pictures from the Wilton cake class that I teach at Michael's.

 

This is Course 1, week 2!

 EASY HOLIDAY LOG CAKE

 

I did an Open House at Michael's today and taught how to make this easy holiday log cake by using:

 

(1.) an Entenmann's pound cake from the store,

(2.) icing off the grocery store shelf, and

(3.) some simple decorating techniques taught in the Wilton Decorating Basics class at Michael's.

 

By the way, pictured here is Zoe Gaeta's "friend" (and my little cake decorator helper), Miss Flat Stanley, visiting from the 5th grade class in California!

 

1. Thanksgiving cake classes through the Town of Southampton--
Learn to make gumpaste leaves for your beautiful fall cake... Saturday, November 17, from 10:30AM-noon.

The Holiday Cake class will be held on Saturday, December 15, from noon-1:30. (Cake will be appropriate for Christmas and Hanukkah.)

Cost is $40 for residents, $50 for non-residents. To sign up call the Town of Southampton at 728.8585.

2. Wilton Decorating Basics classes begin again at Michael's in Riverhead! December classes are as follows:
Decorating Basics:
Sunday, 12/2, 5-7PM
Wednesday, 12/5, 5-7PM
Sunday, 12/9, 5-7PM
Wednesday, 12/12, 5-7PM

Advanced decorating classes (Course 2) and Gum Paste classes (Course 3) are also offered in December. Feel free to email me or call me for info. CakesoftheHamptons@Yahoo.com or 728.3463.