13
May
Author: Heather // Category:
Buttercream,
Party Cakes,
Royal Icing
Mother's Day Cake for Mom
Side view of Mom's cake
Mother’s Day has come and gone, and with it, this yummy cake that I made for my mom. This was a yellow cake, frosted with vanilla buttercream (the best batch of Italian Meringue Buttercream that I have made, in my opinion) and filled with mocha buttercream. It is sitting on an embossed, fondant-covered board (apparently I loved that technique!) and is decorated with royal icing leaves, roses, drop flowers, daffodils, pansies, an apple blossom or two and one chrysanthemum. The border is reverse shells, although in some spots it doesn’t look very reverse-y. My one regret is that the word “Mom” is crooked!! I must have had the cake crooked on the turntable when I wrote it. D’oh. Oh well, my mommy loves me anyway, haha.
04
May
Author: Heather // Category:
Fondant,
Project Cakes,
Royal Icing,
Stringwork
Well, allow me to proudly present my most recent achievement. This intricate cake was the project cake for my most recent decorating class. It’s a dummy, not real cake.
- Stringwork Cake In Sunlight
There’s a lot going on here, and some of it is hard to see in the pictures, but I’ll try to explain. Firstly, on the top we have a royal icing basket, covered with royal icing pansies, daffodils, and roses. Coming out of the basket are tiny tiny roses on wires. The cake and board are both covered with fondant, and the board is embossed around the edges with a little diamond design. On the top four corners of the cake are teeny tiny royal icing roses and leaves.
Moving to the sides, you’ll see oriental stringwork, pink and white drop flowers, a heart design in purple colourflow, and itty bitty little white hearts where the strings on the bottom join.
Did it come out perfectly? Technically, no. Some of my strings are wonky, and I still have trouble with large roses. But I think the overall effect is quite stunning, and I learned some interesting new techniques that I will be practicing. So, yay for me!
04
May
Author: Heather // Category:
Birthday Cakes,
Buttercream
Birthday Cake for Wes
This cake smelled as good as it looks - if you like chocolate that is. Inside was a white cake, and it was filled with a mocha/Bailey’s filling. I could critique all the things I think are wrong with it, but instead I’ll simpy say that it has an overlapping leaf border, some sort of stylized vine and leaf design on the sides, and a pile of roses on top. It had very good flavour, but the cake itself was too dry for my tastes. I think I’ll be switching recipes again; I really prefer a moister cake.
