Little Big Planet Cake

My son just turned nine years old and for his birthday he wanted a cake made into a sack boy from Little Big Planet (video game). I will have to admit that I was not looking forward to this one since sack boys head is much bigger than his body. It can be very difficult to balance as well as have the body be dense enough to hold up the head. I tried to talk him into letting me make him into a one dimensinal cake that was laying down on a cake board but he insisted so I didn't want to let him down. I had never seen him be so excited about a cake, but let me tell you, HE WAS!! 

This is a picture of what Sack Boy looks like (this is my sons favorite toy):

And here is the cake:

The body and legs are chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and the head and arms are rice crispy treats all covered in chocolate fondant.  THe head was indeed to heavy for the body and right after I took these pictures the head fell backwards and broke the body in half! So when we had the birthday the next day, i just put a book end behind his body to hold it up and nobody even cared since it only took 5 minutes for it to beheaded and eaten! 

Here is a picture of my awesome nine year old and his cake:

Teacher Cupcakes

 

These were a gift for my sons second grade teacher. I love the colors and I was very happy with how they turned out. I made the roses using a little different technique instead of my usual one. I  think they look more realistic this way. It really isn't much different and is a bit easier. I will have to share that with you in a new tutorial. The other flowers were the same with this cake except I added luster dust to the center to give it more dimension. You can get the flower impression kit here.

25th Wedding Anniversary Cake

I just wanted to share a cake I recently made for one of my wonderful friends 25th Anniversary party. Not only did I get to make the cake but we also attended the party and had a great time! Her daughters asked me to make a cake that resembled her original cake 25 years ago and let me tell you, that thing was HUGE! Obviously I wasn't going to make it 5 or 6 tiers with flowers in between each layer since we were only feeding about 20 to 25 people. And since buttercream isn't my favorite canvas, I decided to do a modern version of the cake by covering it in fondant and adding fondant flowers. 

The top layer is vanilla with cream cheese icing and the bottom was chocolate with cream cheese icing. I made the flowers very easily using THIS cutter and flower press. I absolutely love these flowers and thought they would be perfect for this cake. I added silver dragees to the centers to give it that modern flair and tie it in with the silver monogram initial for the top.

A little update

Just thought I would let you all know why I haven't posted lately. Unfortunately my other computer crashed and it had the pictures of the cutest construction cupcake tree I made on it. I also already deleted the pics off my camera which is why I cannot share them with you at this time. I am supposed to get some pictures emailed to me so hopefully i can share them with you all. Anyway, hope to post soon! hugs, Tammy

Happy Valentines Day

Just thought I would wish you all a Happy Valentines Day and share some pics from our cupcake class on Saturday!

We had such a blast and I had 7 girls including my daughter! They each got a bag of goodies to help with their cupcake decorating at home. I have included pics below of what they received. I was very impressed with their skill level! They were all naturals and some of the cupcake toppers were very detailed, so I think they did an awesome job! I also had a wonderful helper to wash dishes and help clean up, as well as take pictures. Thank you so much Angie, it wouldn't have been the same without you! 

They each got to make six cupcakes and toppers to take home.

This is what they received in their bags: greaseproof cupcake liners, three decorating tips with coupler, disposable piping bags, and my favorite edible glitter: disco dust in hot pink. They also got  my recipe for red velvet cupcakes and cream cheese icing.

Here we are baking a batch of red velvet cupcakes for us to practice piping our icing on. Oh, and also snack on later! Yummy!

Learning how to roll and cut fondant circles for the cupcake toppers.

Making flowers.

Making little birdies.

Love this Pic!

Learning how to pipe icing on the cupcake.

Getting it perfect!

Thanks for attending girls! I had a great time and can't wait til the next one!