Angelina VS Tinkerbell

My Brother's daughter turned five yesterday. What did she want on her cake? A ballerina or Tinker-bell. I immediately thought how about both of them!

I have seen Ombre cakes on the internet, but never had a reason to make one, until now. I made pound cake and split the mixture into four. It had a white chocolate butter cream on the inside.

I knew that when I drew the design, I wanted to do a rose on the cake to match Angelina's one she has on her dress.  Also the stripes were something I love on cakes and want to try it, so this is my first attempt, a few wonky lines but I was pretty happy.

I also knew that to tie in Tinker-Bell there had to be some green so I thought about encore roses. 

I had a friend do the figurines and she did an amazing job, without these we would not have had such an amazing cake.

I love how Monica also added the rose on the number 5, it tied in perfectly.

Both figurines had wire in them so they were not to be eaten.

I absolutely loved Angelina.

As you can tell I took a-lot of photos of her too.

I was also happy with the baby Roses.

Sneak peek

More roses, This cake will be finished soon so I will be posting pictures of my first ever wedding cake.

Hello..Long time

Hey still here, sorry for the long break.  Oh and Merry Christmas.. The New Year is just around the corner.

I wanted to share a cake with you that my Teacher did with a friend of hers, for my friend.

She is Russian and her Fiancé is from Wales, she wanted the doll and the dragon together.

I love all the little details on the doll and Dragon.

The bride was very happy with the cake and her partner was very surprised, he wasn't told what the cake would look like.

I made the cupcakes to go on the tower, I haven't received the photos yet. So it maybe another post.

Monica and Jin do classes in Auckland.

More practice

Okay so many minutes watching you tube and I am getting better. 

I think they are starting to look pretty good myself. I just have to keep making them until they are. 

There always seems to one that is the one to keep out of so many made.

I will keep going until they are all keepers.

Rose Practice

Okay so I decided I can do anything, yes that is right anything. A friend asked me if I would do her wedding cake. Wedding cakes freak me out!  Because it is a big day, and everything needs to be perfect. A simple cake was requested so I said 'YES',  I can do simple. That is before I knew it was roses, okay I have been taught how to make them. That is the first part done, it looks so simple on you tube, But.. I did it

It is fantastic when you have a plan and it starts to work out, I intend to practice until the big day, or week. 

I brought two lots of cutters, as the first cutter I brought were the petal cutters as singles, as I couldn't find the 5 petal easy rose cutters. Which is okay as now I can make single rose petals to scatter in a few places around the cake.

 

My cones in all different sizes, that needs a little work.

I also tired to use the pasta roller for thin petals but it kept breaking so back to the old rolling pin, also it is pretty warm inside at the moment and they are getting hard fast.

Finished Kitty Cake

Here he is, in his garden ready to play or to be eaten.

I am sure Ella loved him in her secret 2 year old way.

You wouldn't know it, after countless times that I moved him, when I went to move him on the cake his front leg fell off. 

It was fun to make and I may possibly make another one (but not soon).

He ended up with no two front paws, one ear, one eye. Ella kept saying lollie, lollie, it was very cute.

The big Blowing out of the 2 candles, I wish I only had a few candles to blow out next year.

The tree animals were a small hit, Poor Ella was woken from her sleep. Overall a great day with my little nieces, If only they lived closer, I would love to see more often.

Here Kitty,Kitty

Okay so little scruff is ready, I love him and his scruffy looking tail and his white front paws. 

I wanted him to be multi coloured as not every cat can be perfect white or cute.

I have a little secret about his head, the first position kept falling off. So his collar is serving a purpose. As well as the toothpicks it is holding the head in place.

It is funny how he looks happy. Well I guess he was made with love. 

I should have waited to do tail and made it not so patchy. Anyway next up the cat which I will be making him a garden to play in.

Practice and Practice

This is not my work, but it is a talented lady that was in my class her name is Jin. This was her first attempt at stencilling. 

Mine didn't turn out so I will have to practice before I show you any.

But you do get to see Mr Bear I made a few weeks ago on top of my cake.

He is too cute, I think anyway.