na na nananananana na na nanananana.... BATMAN!

Ok, so the title of this post makes it obvious what it is about.... yup! A batman cake! Featuring Batman, the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Nightwing!  Images were taken from the movies and Arkham Asylum and used to cut the fondant shapes, at this point they were then hand painted. The quartered fondant was rolled into the pattern seen, rather than cutting and laying each piece separately. 

I don't normally have the opportunity to work on "boy cakes", although they are growing in number, so anytime I get to do something that is not purple or princess related I'm pretty stoked. 

I think next time I would leave the fondant cutouts to dry a bit before painting, so I could get greater detail, and roll the fondant thinner before cutting it, but all in all I'm happy with how this came out!

An exercise in fondant...

This cake is actually from a while back. I will say that it was one of the most nerve-wracking cakes I've done to date. Not because of the difficulty, but because the girl the cake was for had allergies. Luckily, I've been blessed for the most part with my girls. There are no major allergies, although Chloe keeps flirting with lactose intolerance. However, If they did have allergies I know that I would be absolutely terrified of someone else preparing their food, which is why I was so nervous about this cake. The ingredients were double and triple checked to make sure that they were nut free, and then, only then did I get to work on the cake.  

The cake itself is a delicious double chocolate cake, made from scratch (as was the icing and fondant) and featuring Hershey's unsweetened cocoa. 

On top of the chocolate buttercream is marshmallow fondant. Because of the lightness of the colors, I decided not to go with chocolate fondant, but oh, how good that would have been! The basic shape for the logo was cut from the fondant and then hand painted, to allow for greater detail. 

Fan Favorites!

I've done a couple of fanboy/girl inspired cakes lately! This Dr. Who cake was the latest (I've been hooked on the series since I was a child so I'm posting it first.) First all, I would like to say I am way to emotionally invested in my Doctors, I cry, often, such as the Ponds' goodbye, and of course, Goodbye to the Raggedy man. 

This cake is based upon the Eleven's costume, and the often uttered phrase, "Bowties are cool". 

 This was the third bowtie I made, it's not quite perfect, but it was as close as I was going to get. 

I love the details of the buttons and the threading along the shirt. So much fun!

The shirt itself is a plain marshmallow fondant, the jacket and bowtie are both done from a chocolate fondant. The bowtie was then tinted red and the fabric pattern was handpainted on the jacket. 

Bowties are cool, yes, yes they are, and Raggedy Man you will be missed. 

Catching up is hard to do!

Ok, so I'm SUPER behind with posts. And because of that I may duplicate posts... but you know, that's how life goes! This cake was for a baby shower that my book club was going to host... except weather hit.. and yeah, it got cancelled.. however, the cake was ADORABLE!  The theme is Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places you'll go.   It's painted straight onto fondant, and free handed, so you will see mistakes here and there. 

 I absolutely love the lines on this baloon, I don't know why, but I do. 

And the baby! Oh So cute! The bag, love it all! And all together, it is just adorable!!

Life...

Gets away from you sometime! I've had lots and lots going on, so much in fact that I am super behind with my posts!  Even though it's after the fact, (for a lot of these projects)... I want to share my Valentine's Day pictures. There was a cute idea that kept coming up in my facebook feed, so I decided to expand upon it and offer it as a Valentine's day special. Cupcake Bouquets! The warmth and comfort of deliciously decadent cupcakes combined with the happy warm fuzzies of a bouquet! Too Perfect!!  It turned out VERY well!

Here are the pics!!

How absolutely adorable is this?

So cute that I used it for my only Valentine!

A close up of the roses. They were so much fun!

I also made a ton of cupcakes to send to my daughter's preschool, and then later my husband's work. Roses for everyone!

Sew Cute: Part 2

Here is the other cake that I was blessed to work on. It came out so cute! I also saw pictures of the birthday boy after he had it, it was of course, even more adorable smeared all over those precious little hands. I have to say, 1st birthday cakes are my favorite. I genuinely love making the smash cakes and seeing pictures of them after the destruction

This cake was so much fun to make. My daughters loved watching it come to life. They had to check on the models every day to make sure they were drying well for "the baby".  My daughters are very interested in my work and enjoy helping when and where they can (IE decorating an extra cake with leftover icing so I don't just have to chuck it all).  They also LOVE when I do models. They're convinced that they're either real animals or toys to play with.

 The Lion is 100% edible. Every adorable inch of him.

The Zebra was supposed to be completely edible, however, it turned out his large (but adorable) head needed some extra support. 

They Turned Out PERFECT. 

 I love how it looks like the Zebra is just chowing down on the grass. 

They are seriously, so cute!

The cake itself is double layered with buttercream grass and fencing. 

I'll have another exciting cake this weekend, and February is looking bright as well!

Sew Cute!

This last week I was blessed with the opportunity to work on my modelling! (With fondant, that is!) I had two different cakes that I made adorable models for!  Since I tend to run off at the mouth (hands? Since I'm typing? I'm not sure.. anyways..) I'm only posting one right now. I will hopefully post the other one tomorrow or so. We have family coming in so that's a huge maybe.

This cake is a two layered cake with buttercream icing and fondant accents, and fondant models. The penguin is so stinking adorable, and completely edible. The 1 is mostly edible, however there is a popsicle stick inserted in the bottom of the middle to keep it standing on the cake.

Enough talk, here are the pics!

This top layer is the smash cake! The giant snowflake on the bottom layer is there as a guide for lifting the top layer and to keep the cake board from sticking to the icing. 

This penguin is so adorable. My daughters both wanted it to keep. I say that's a sign of a job well done. 

And here is the finished product! Snowflakes with flurry accents and sixlets and colored sugar to add just a bit of glitz and glam. So happy with how this turned out!

Stick around for the next cake! It's adorable too!