This cake is covered in chocolate. It is soft and pliable like fondant, but don’t be mistaken, it is pure chocolate. The cake is chocolate too. The flowers and leaves are fondant. This cake came out of a “hmm, can I do this?” moment. It was very delicious and not overly sweet.
Archive for November, 2007
Chocolate Tiered Dreams
Posted in Completed Cakes, Party Themes, tagged , cake, chocolate, flowers, fondant, ribbon, tiered on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Song for the Road to Retirement
Posted in Completed Cakes, Retirement Themes, tagged cake, music, piano book, retirement, song, travel on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We created this retirement cake based on an old piano book we use for our player piano. It is sweet little song and it seemed appropriate for someone who finally could take some time to travel but her co-workers didn’t want to be too far behind.
An Edible Package
Posted in Completed Cakes, Party Themes, tagged bow, cake, flowers, fondant, package, party on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This cake was one of the first ones we made. Covering a square cake in fondant is tricky and takes more time than a round cake. Making decorations out of fondant is fun and it is great to hear people ask how in the world you can make a bow or flower out of the [...]
Baby Shower Bootie Cake
Posted in Baby Themes, Completed Cakes, tagged baby, baby shower, booties, buttercream, cake, edible art, flowers, royal icing on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This was a baby shower cake we created for a couple expecting a boy. They requested “blue” coloring which we applied to the cake booties. Yes, the booties are cake, completely edible, adding additional cake pieces. We placed royal icing flowers along the border and piped in some leaves. We filled the booties with candy [...]
Dallas Fan Cake with Sugarpaste Elements
Posted in Completed Cakes, Sports Themes, tagged Aikman, cake, Dallas, fondant, football, sugarpaste on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a picture of a cake we just created for a Dallas Cowboy fan. The sugarpaste figurine is wearing a football jersey with the number “8″ on the shoulders and “Aikman” painted on the back. We included a sugarpaste couch, football, cup of coffee, and a bowl of cheesy snacks. The cake is covered [...]
