Daisies and Roses and Leaves...oh my

Wedding season is in full "bloom" and this weekend I have an order for a tiered lemon cake to be decorated with white daisies and roses...not real ones but edible sugar ones.

In order to preserve my sanity I began the process of making these flowers early. Luckily these things have a shelf life of forever, thanks to the all the sugar.

So here's a little look at the work in progress. The bottom picture shows upside down roses...the calyxes were air drying. Pictures of the completed cake will be posted on Sunday. Enjoy!

The Nudey Cake Lady cont...

Creating the nudey cake lady was real fun. It brought me back to when I made miniature teddy bears (which I really need to get back to one of these days); a lot of detail work. I could spend hours doing this kind of stuff. For whatever reason it is relaxing. My success in creating her inspired me to get myself on the wait list for a $1200 10 day course in Chicago with Colette Peters (cake guru and expert fondant and gumpaste moulder). How I will afford this course and the expense of getting there is beyond me. I will wait until I am invited to attend!

Back to the cake lady....

So her creation was inspired by the 40th birthday of a friend. I figured every guy at some point dreams of having a girl jump out of a cake. Well this fella finally achieved the dream. For those that are interested, the bottom layer of the cake was a traditional chocolate cake with a chocolate pure buttercream and the top two layers were a coconut cake with a lime infused pure buttercream (my favorite).

Nudey Lady Cake Topper

Who would have thought I would be spending my evenings crafting big boobies out of sugar paste? Not I. But for the last two evenings, I have been diligently moulding away. And voila. She has been created. The perfect cake topper for a 40th birthday cake. For many men the dream of having a hot chick jump out of a cake on their birthday is a distant one. But, for the guy soon to receive this cake, the dream will come true. Stay tune for pictures of the complete cake and the reaction of the birthday boy!