Basketweave technique; Wilton rose

Learning the Basketweave technique and the Wilton Rose

in Course 2...

 

Nice!!

 

Course 1

Cake Decorating Basics

I teach this class at Michael's in Riverhead.

 

What beautiful work!

 

We really get into it ... but what a mess we make!

I've heard this is a sign of genius...   : )

Their final cake project is coming up. Stay tuned!!

I am looking forward to seeing what wonderful creations

they come up with!

 

 

 

Olivia the Pig

This was for a private birthday party 

at the Children's Museum of the East End (CMEE)

in Bridgehampton, New York
December 8, 2012

 

 This cake is for the first birthday of the client's daughter, Julia.

 

Here is the work in progress:

 

First, start with an initial sketch (although I'm not a professional artist!)...

In this instance, the client wanted this cake and an Olivia the Pig topper, holding a pink candle with a star.

Next, I covered the cake base with fondant and used a textured mat with stars...as "Olivia" says: "I'm a STAR!". I then added a red ribbon around the edge of the cake board.

 

Then I made buttons from a Wilton mold that I bought at Michael's.

 

Now comes the fun part...making Olivia!

(Here is a headless Olivia!)

 

She's made from gum paste and the ears are dusted with edible petal dust and attached using spaghetti and edible gum glue. If you look closely, you can see the spaghetti sticking out of the ears while they're drying.

(Oh, and here is her head, too!):

I used a pen with edible ink to draw the face on.

And here she is! Miss Olivia! AND she's holding the birthday candle with the star!

 

It's time to prep the cakes and get them ready!! This is the REALLY fun part!

Now put them all together and you've got a party!

 The client loved the cake and the topper! And Lilee Fell Flowers in Bridgehampton did a beautiful job decorating the room with awesome balloons and fresh flowers.

Happy 1st birthday, Julia!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIRPLANE CAKE

 

 

A customer owns a private plane and wanted a cake made to look like the plane.

Here is the work in progress and the final product. Enjoy!

 

 Here is the picture of the airplane that the client provided. It's a Cirrus SR22.

 

 

"Of COURSE I can do an airplane cake! Thank you for your order!" Then to myself: "How the heck am I going to make a plane that looks like this??"

 

I researched Cirrus online and was pleasantly surprised to find that the company also makes model planes. I contacted Cirrus and explained my project. "Is there any way you can send me blueprints?"

Within an hour, they had sent me blueprints of every angle of this plane! (Thanks, Cirrus!)

I hired someone to make a plane base from the blueprints.

 

Here is the carved and crumb-coated body:

I made the propeller to match the client's plane and every bit of it is edible!

 

I covered the wings in fondant. The cake is the body of the plane, which is also covered in fondant.

Here it is, the Cirrus SR22 airplane cake!

"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!