Wow, a gumball machine cake actually made out of cake! I’m glad to see someone tried to do this gum machine entirely out of cake and candy, instead of putting a plastic bowl on top. I would have airbrushed the white part of the cake a light color than added some darker colored dots; this way when the gumballs and candy were put on the gumball machine it would look fuller.
This cake is very pretty. I would recommend painting the flowers with an edible color dust rather than airbrushing them; it will give the flowers an overall better color.
Cupcakes appeal to all age groups; therefore they have become more popular in recent years. We have seen cupcakes go from something you had with desserts to being the main dessert. Cupcakes have become the main dessert at birthday parties and weddings thanks to some creative ideas. Cupcakes can be made into many shapes for birthday parties. The cakes can be decorated simply or over the top. The cupcakes just break apart from the cake, so it is not as messy as a normal cake. There are also cupcake towers used for birthday parties and weddings. When using a cupcake tower you can have a variety of cake flavors, decorations for your cakes, and it usually it is a bit cheaper than a tiered cake. They can be filled with a variety of flavors, coated with different icings, and then decorated with sprinkles, flowers, fondant animals; whatever appeals to you.
I am always looking for ways to further my knowledge in the pastry world. I read articles online along with books and I belong to a professional organization but the hardest things for me to find are classes to take. I’m not looking to take some of these cake classes that cost upwards of a thousand dollars just a simply class. I mean yeah it would be nice to sit down for a few days and learn from these people but I just do not have that kind of money to spend or the time to take off from work especially in this economy.
I know Wilton offers classes at local stores but I’m too advanced to take them at this point. The local colleges offer classes but I took them already when I when to college. So where does this leave me? Am I going to have to drive a far distance to be taught for one day a skill or will I just have to shell out all that money to learn from the so-called best? I guess I just have to teach myself from the numerous books I am beginning to accumulate.
Crafsty now offers classes online at a reasonable price. They can average around $40 bucks but a good sale makes them $15. I recently took my first one and I am in love with them!!!! They are perfect for me, I am advanced enough that what they are telling me to do, I can do successfully!
What a cute monkey! He just needs to be more proportionate so he doesn’t look so crazy 🙂 I would trim down his ears some and level out his eye area. This money cake was made from a 12 inch round and 2- 8 inch round. It was iced in chocolate buttercream. Than details were piped on using black, white, and tan buttercream.
This is our jungle scene cake and it has a lot going on, it has a combination of airbrush work and different piping. What I would change about it would be small details. I personally like the placement of the animals on the cake. However they should be hiding in a assortment of different green foliage. I would add more trees and maybe a different color shell border just so it all fits together better.
The baby carriage cake is a popular item. Everyone seems to enjoy the look of this cake. I however always feel that I could be doing it better. I finally feel that I got the wheels right and with a little bit of practice with my piping technique they will be completely round. I feel that I need to make the cradle part smaller so the handle and the umbrella part could be bigger or at least more proportionate to the rest of the carriage. I used 6 inch round cakes for the wheels. The other part of the cake is pound cake. Pound cake for me is much easier to shape than layer cake.
In this picture the customer wanted a tie dyed pattern. I find airbrushing this pattern particularly hard to do on cakes as it never seems to turn out exactly the way I imagined it will. This cake in particular I decided that if I airbrushed in a circular w pattern around the cake it would give me the effect I was looking for. It kinda did however I realized that next time I should probably layer the colors differently so the effect could be better. Also next time I need to leave room for a little white to show through on my cake as this is how I always remembered tie dyed shirts to be.
