Your're Only One Once, Part 4

This week features the Wilton's castle set. Basically, you bake and stack a two-tier cake (make sure to follow proper stacking instructions - i.e., use dowels and plates), and then you attach the towers. The castle looks pretty amazing when finished, but it can be tricky frosting and, for lack of a better term, sprinkling the sparkles onto the cake. The first cake features pink and the second purple (stay tuned for Cinderella's castle in blue). Enjoy!

 I need to look for a close up of the "Smash Me" cake. It is once again made from the small bear pan, and this time it's actually a bear! The little white bear is dressed as a princess. I cut the crown from Styrofoam (once again, be sure to remove the piece before feeding it to the child) and her dress is made out of buttercream frosting (use the rose tip to create ruffles of fabric.

Not all princesses are the same, so no two princesses can have exactly the same cake! Here we have the castle done in purple and the "Smash Me" bear is brown. Also, instead of the same princess dress, this little bear likes to be surrounded by flowers.

I still have lots more cakes to share. Till next time confectionery lovers!

You're Only One Once, Part Three

Have you enjoyed the previous two blogs? If you didn't, why are you still here? If you did, you'll like this one as well.

Here we have the kitty cakes:

The main cake was made from the bear face pan from Wilton, as well as a cut 9" x 13" pan. The kitty ears were the cut off corners of the 9" x 13" and the paws are the original bear ears. The space to the right of the Happy Birthday message was for the number 1 candle. The little kitty "Smash Me" cake was made from the little standing bear cake (next time you'll actually get to see it in bear form). The cat's tail is just frosting, and the ears were made from trimming the bear ears into points.

If you ever have any questions or comments, please feel free to post them. I'll answer as soon as I can. **I did have a question on my YouTube video about smoothing the sides - the simplest answer is to make sure that you use enough frosting. If you're using a design pan, you most likely use the star tip to "frost" the cake. However, there are times when the sides are smooth, but the top is star tipped. For those times, make sure that you frost and smooth the sides first. Also, if you're making a cake from the molded pans, be sure to follow the decorating directions that come with it. You can always play with the colors, but if you want the character to actually look like the character, then follow the directions.

Next week will be a two for one (two adorable design options in one blog post) featuring the castle cake kit and little standing bear pan.

You're Only One Once, Part 2

I know, I know, it's been like two months since I was here, and I was supposed to be updating more regularly. But, you know what? Sometimes people have other things to do. :-)

Let's get to it, shall we? Here is my second  (as in I made it or the second I made at home - it's not like I've had multiple first birthdays *sheesh*) 1st birthday cake:

Isn't it cute?

The main cake was a bunny face pan from Wilton's (http://www.wilton.com/) atop a half sheet cake. The sides of the cake are adorned with little "Candy Melts" bunnies (the white chocolate and bunny shapes were also from Wilton's).

The "Smash Me" bunny cake was the Wilton small bear standing shaped pan. I cut off the original ears, cut ears from Styrofoam and attached them to the bunny.

****Very Important Note Here****You MUST REMOVE the ears from the smash me cake prior to letting the baby eat it!!!****For the love of all that is good and holy, I don't need a million complaints that someone let their child or relative eat Styrofoam and got sick or choked or died. REMOVE the EARS!****Thank You****

More birthday cakes to come.

You're Only One Once

I really love decorating first birthday cakes. They're magical, mystical, and end up smashed up into babies' faces. There is truly nothing like them. Or turning one. Of course, nobody actually remembers turning one. That's what pictures are for.

My next series of blog posts will showcase baby's first birthday cakes. Enjoy the cuteness!

Wow, I have a much better camera now. These were taken on my old Olympus 35mm. Can you see that weird purple light streak? Anyway, this is about cakes NOT cameras. Here, we have my first at-home decorated first birthday cake. I've since gotten even better at the bear pan (pound cakes truly are better to use for this pan as they'll support the structure and retain the support better than a standard cake batter).

I love the baby "smash me" lion. Also, I will note that larger lion's mane was a little too soft and ended up melting off (just on the one side as seen in picture two). Ahhh! Still, you can't help but love that cute little lion face. Unless you're heartless. Seriously.

More cakes to come.

To be continued...Maybe

That's a(n? Are you British? We Yank's tend to drop the an before h rule) Hetalia reference. Okay, so I haven't given up on this blog. I love posting my cakes. I've just been sort of out of it (busy with work, etc.). Plus, it's been way too hot. Seriously.

Anyway, I do have plans for a new post. I plan on updating by next Thursday-at the latest. Till then, in honor of the one year anniversary of my Toronto trip to see Josh Groban, here's a picture of a tired and sweaty Gro-band.

Your Welcome.

Oh, and maybe you wanted to see some cool cakes. OK. Fine. Check out this "wicked cool" site: http://kotaku.com/caketaku/

Hope your lunch break's as nice as mine. Yogurt! Yeah!

P.S. Why does Blogger think I'm on Pacific time?

Geek My Cake (Part Three)

The (final ?) installment of Geek My Cake: Adventures in Spaaaaa(that's enough a's)ce.
I haven't done too many "space" cakes, but of those that I have done, I'm quite fond.

First up a little Star Wars. Mini Luke and Vader toys face off. In the back ground we see the Death Star (made from Rice Krispies base-coated in frosting) and the Star Wars logo in the upper right hand corner. A very simple, cute, and fun way to celebrate a young (maybe even old) Star Wars fan's birthday.

Up next: The Doctor. There have been several regenerations of the Doctor, but this one might be the cutest. Here's a chibi and comical take on the 11th Doctor, who is a cake now. Cakes are cool. Need I say more? This cake was chocolate cake, peanut butter frosting filling, and topped with chocolate frosting. Delicious!

One day I shall make a TARDIS cake, but it is not this day, and so I must say farewell for now.

Geek My Cake! (Part Two)

Next up on Geek My Cake, Anime cakes! 

I love anime and manga. When my family asks for characters from favorite shows to be on their cakes, I'm happy to oblige.

First up, for my nephew a young Goku cake! Goku is actually a pretty easy character to draw (very simple eyes). Once you've sketched him a couple of times (and believe me, I've done my share of Dragonball/Z fan art - http://lovellschibichara.deviantart.com/), drawing him on a cake is a fairly easy task. Honestly, the hardest part is probably mixing the black frosting.

Next, here's a perennial classic: Hello Kitty! Best of all, she's a fairy riding on a unicorn. It's like three wonderful worlds combined! This was actually my first time drawing kitty and was based on a puzzle that I purchased for my niece.

This here is my cake! Yes, I decorated my very own birthday cake. As you can see, this is my favorite version of Usagi/Sailor Moon: Princess Serenity. Her portrait is accented by a bouquet of roses (my favorite two-tone).

Next in line is a (fairly) recent favorite: Gaara, from Naruto! My niece likes a lot of "bad boy" characters. I would be worried, but she's only eight and also like Raoul from Phantom (you can't get any more boring and safe than that guy). Plus, Gaara ends up OK in the end. Either way, I was more than happy to fulfill her request for the sand village Kazekage.

Finally, my latest in the anime-themed line. He can at times be annoying and a bit...well...lame, but we have much love for the legendary sword, Excalibur. If you do not love this cake, I've got one word for ya': Fool!

 

And remember, "Never talk to me when I am humming to myself."

Next time on Geek My Cake: Adventures in Spaaaaace! But seriously, don't get too excited.