I hosted a baby shower for a friend yesterday and the theme was yellow and grey with elephants. I saw a cake online that gave me a great idea for the cake.
Lemon cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting. Covered in fondant with a gum paste peony on top. My first peony and I have to say, it came out well. I’ll definitely be making more of these.
I discovered a technique in cake decorating called billowing. It reminds me of fabric, so naturally I had to give it a go. I also tried out a new gum paste flower. Loved the final results.
Keeping with the cake theme, I have continued working on gum paste flowers. This time something a little more realistic. I made this one a few days ago.
This last weekend I made a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting and chocolate shards surrounding the cake. I had seen a tutorial on how to make the chocolate shards from transfer sheets and thought I’d give it a go.
It was a great success. I learned a few things that I’ll have to improve on for the next time but there will definitely be a next time!
I have been dabbling in fondant and gum paste more. This is my first gumpaste flower. I’m not head over heals about it, but I have to start somewhere. I found a tutorial online that I followed.
The second one was better
So I got adventurous and hand cut a sunflower.
This was my favorite by far. I think I’ll make a few more and make a cake to go with.
A week and a half ago I made a cake for a friend’s baby shower. It has been on my “to-do” list for a while. I LOVE the technique and enjoyed making it.
White cake with lemon curd filling
Two months ago I took my first advanced fondant class. I brought my cake and some of the basic supplies but was lacking in a few key fondant supplies. I argued that I wasn’t given a supply list! Anyway, everyone in the class was very helpful and filled in where my supplies left off. And now they joke about showing up to class with only a cake and going home with a fully decorated cake. Making new friends can be fun. 🙂
Here is my yarn basket cake.
