tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30334502408198518952024-02-19T01:44:04.701-08:00Bakeshow's Cake showBakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-71727917555677160292014-10-31T22:22:00.001-07:002014-10-31T22:22:54.165-07:00HalloweddingA coworker decided very last minute to get married on Halloween. She asked me to do her cake! She sent me about 6 different cakes showing me what she liked about each one. I did the best I could to add all the elements she asked for.<br />
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She also asked for 6 dozen cupcakes decorated Halloweenish. She provided the stand.<br />
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I took pictures from every angle because it's so different all the way around. The tombstones and little skulls are gum paste. There is one that has their names etched in it along with their wedding date.<br />
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It was definitely different than anything I've ever done before. Congratulations Mike and Cher!</div>
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My dad hates fondant- so his cake was my first ever fondant free cake with real live piping on it. I didn't have the tip size I would have preferred so the bandana detailing is a little large, and we knew the cake was going to be gobbled up right away so I didn't spend a lot of time making sure it was structurally sound- so don't look too closely at the pictures because there are cracks in it where it was starting to come apart a little. But it tasted awesome- and really, that's all that matters, right?</div>
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And then, just to make it interesting, I found this post on Pinterest and had a go at making it a polka dot cake (my sister said it looked like cow print- I'll take it!)</div>
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Mine didn't turn out quite as picturesque, but still it tasted really REALLY good. and ultimately, that's all that matters, right?<br />
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It was a huge mess and there is a lot of leftover cake scraps that someone is going to have to choke down [insert Katniss meme: I volunteer!]. I also made a lot of cupcakes with some of the remaining batter since 8 and 6" cakes don't take a whole mix.<br />
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I baked white and red cakes 6 and 8" one 8" blue cake. I cut the red and white cakes in half and layered them with a bit of frosting between the layers (my frosting is seriously like crack and even people who tell me all the time that they hate frosting and always scrape it off- they tell me that they love it).<br />
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For the blue layer, I evened out the cake then cut a hole in it. I cut the 6" cakes in half and then cut them to fit inside the hole. (note to self- when you are making a striped cake, make sure to put the stripes in the right order otherwise the cake loses the whole effect [face palm- stupidstupidstupid]).<br />
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I frosted the whole thing with a light crumb coat then gave the outer edge some stripes. <br />
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The outside of the cake looked really pretty if I do say so myself.<br />
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Once we cut into it- it wasn't as pretty as I planned- but still, it impressed my co workers.<br />
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Happy Fourth!Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-6596041241435923512013-06-13T22:53:00.000-07:002013-06-13T22:53:00.311-07:00Peacock BirthdaysWhen I first got my job at the hospital, I spent the first few days on the computer watching snooze-fest videos about ethics and policies and blah blah blah- so to keep myself awake, I doodled cakes. This cake to be exact. <br />
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Sept 2011</div>
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This was my first attempt at a fondant character. There is a lot I would do differently now, but I think for a first attempt, he's pretty cute.<br />
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Speaking of peacock cakes, I don't think I posted the one I made this year for my little cousin's birthday. All Butter cream. (which would have been eaten- every last bite- except we used trick candles so 3/4 of the cake was covered in spit and/or ashes.)</div>
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Because I know some people who don't understand football, the yellow bit on top is not a sweaty towel, it's the foul flag thingy that they throw when someone does something meaner than usual on the field.<br />
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I think.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-74442008338805803262013-06-07T22:42:00.000-07:002013-06-07T22:42:00.301-07:00Cheese CakeGuess where I'm going tomorrow!? Disneyland!!! So I thought this cake would be appropriate for today!<br />
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My sister asked for cheesecake for her birthday. So this is what she got.<br />
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Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. <br />
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Ok Ok, this is just a small cake, we actually did get her cheesecake. sheesh.<br />
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I don't want this post confused with this <a href="http://bitterharpycakes.blogspot.com/2011/06/say-cheese.html">other post.</a> from a few years ago. Different kinds of cheese.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-9981132833955912102013-06-04T22:31:00.000-07:002013-06-04T22:31:00.118-07:00Train birthdayThis was my first and probably last attempt at a sculpted cake. What a pain! It was fun to do- but I definitely don't recommend doing sculpted cakes with flimsy cake mix cakes. They definitely need to be a kind of sturdier cake. There were a lot of dowels running through this cake to keep it together. I think I had to work the day of the party because I don't remember being there when he saw it and when it was cut. But I seem to remember my mom needing to warn everyone to watch before they took bites that they weren't eating wood!<br />
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It was my oldest nephews 5th birthday- and boy howdy did that kid LOOOOVE trains.<br />
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Everyone stop and have a moment of silence for the Ding Dong wheels. Sigh... I miss Hostess.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-39215899157210942302013-06-01T22:24:00.000-07:002013-06-01T22:24:00.223-07:00Birthday Experiments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The snowflake is piped royal icing and was transferred to the cake- not piped onto the cake. The "roses" on the side I was trying to make look like ribbon rosettes, but they were too bulky and ended up tearing down the side of the cake. I think next time I'll thin the fondant out. A lot. and work on the draping. It's not something I've mastered yet- as this is the only time I've attempted it and it was like, two years ago.</div>
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Over two years ago now my little nephew had a first birthday! For his birthday his parents got him a ball pit- that was the theme of his birthday I guess. Because everyone contributed to it. That kid had a fuller ball pit than any local McDonald's. So naturally, his cake went along with the theme (we all know how much the Baker's love to theme everything)<br />
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I made the little balls tumbling down the side of the cake- with a few of them bouncing away.<br />
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Those were the instructions I was given- here is what they got!<br />
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It's all fondant, even the little elephant.<br />
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Congratulations Kelli!Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-87467286546437283032012-12-13T23:29:00.000-08:002012-12-13T23:29:15.071-08:00Avast Me Hearties!My sweet nephew Donaven is turning THREE! :)<br />
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Right now he's really into Jake and the Neverland Pirates- but even more than that, he LOVES Captain Hook! So for his birthday, his mommy organized for him a pirate party. They dug for treasure, they went on a treasure hunt around the house, we wore pirate hats and eye patches- the whole nine yards. <br />
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And not very often am I really proud of one of my creations- but this one I have to say, is pretty rad.<br />
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It was surrounded by sand and "Go-daboon". I asked DJ if he wanted one- so I let him pick one out. I asked him if he was going to eat it and he looked at me like I was weird- but went to put it in his mouth. I explained I had to take the wrapper off- so I just tore at a little side of it. He about passed out when he saw was I was doing. His eyes got big and he grinned and said "CHOCOLATE!?" The next day he found a gold dabloon under the couch and tried to eat it. He was pretty bummed when he realized that one was plastic.</div>
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It's a new technique I learned on Pinterest. It's all hand piped butter cream. The cake is just a regular old chocolate cake- but it was my families first real time tasting my new frosting. Cake normally does not disappear in our house- but everyone was saying it was the best tasting cake I've ever made- and almost everyone asked for seconds. There were not leftovers.<br />
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The next day I made a cupcake tower for my sister and sister in law's birthdays... those did not get eaten. Same frosting- but my family is biased. They only wanted chocolate. Lame.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-41644868664014009362012-11-09T21:28:00.001-08:002012-11-09T21:28:36.589-08:00Oren turns UNO!My baby nephew is ONE! He's UNO! So his mommy threw him an Uno birthday party. It is also my brother's birthday, so baby and daddy got to celebrate together.<br />
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It was a dark chocolate and french vanilla cake with my new buttercream frosting recipe- but it was spread so thin that you couldnt even taste it. Gah! The frosting is the best part of the cake!!! Trial and error... I'll do better next time.</div>
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She ordered a two tiered wedding cake and 200 cupcakes.<br />
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The cake was a chocolate and white sour cream marble cake (as were the cupcakes)<br />
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Also- a HUGE shout out to my sisters and young cousins who helped in the production of flowers and stuff for the cupcakes. I always am more ambitious than I have time for. I also had a minor melt-down over a fondant issue- but everything turned out OK I think. Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-65168294834038459322012-05-07T21:44:00.002-07:002012-05-07T21:44:45.821-07:00Super Baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi! I know, I know, I've been absent for a while. But since I moved to Utah it's been hard to find reasons to make a cake- or the motivation. I was bound and determined to make one for Valentine's Day to take to work... and I decided at the last minute not to because I didn't feel like spending hours making a cake for my ungrateful (and mostly undeserving) co-workers. I bah-humbugged.</div>
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Anyway- The perfect opportunity to finally make one arose! My friend Carolyn is having a baby! But not just any baby- a SUPER BABY! They're decorating his room in Marvel Comics so when we started talking about throwing her a shower, I volunteered for cake duty!</div>
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It's going to be a while before I get a chance to make cakes again- so in the meantime you get cakes from the past.<br />
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Bakeshow, "Long past?"<br />
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Ghost of Birthdays past, "No, your past."<br />
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I'm not even sure which years they were. I have a general guess- but the actual ages I can't recall. I'm pretty sure my mom made all of them- although one could have been made by my sister, Valeri.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I know there are more cakes- but I have no idea where the photos are. I know for my first birthday I had a three tiered cake. Maybe I'll hunt that photo down and use it for the monumental birthday that is looming 366 days from now.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div> The mother of the groom did the arrangement on top and my mom did the little flowers on the sides. Simple, but still really pretty (I think).<br />
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[by the way- I took my picture from the wrong angle- it's really not all wonky and off kilter- it's supposed to look like that. the layers are a little pushed back and line up at the back. You just can't really tell from the pic]Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-49899951015121271642011-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:002011-08-17T15:16:02.319-07:00BitterHarpyCakesI keep putting off this non-announcement.<br />
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The results of the poll that showed up on my other blog (which--- that was meant to be on this blog--- but I picked the wrong one) are in. Let me refresh your memory of the question:<br />
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Is "BitterHarpyCakes" bad to put on a business card?<br />
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Heck no! It's awesome! 9 (31%)<br />
Umm... Yeah. Who would buy a cake from a Bitter Harpy? 11 (37%)<br />
Why are you even asking? You know you'll do what you want anyway. 9 (31%)<br />
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Thank you kindly to those of you who voted.<br />
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And the winner is..........<br />
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... the 62% who know me best! Yes, it's an awesome name- and those who voted for question three- You're right. Your opinion is important to me, but I'll make up my own mind in the end.<br />
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If it ever comes to the point where I make business cards or some other such business-ish venture, I will be under the name Bitter Harpy Cakes. That's the blog title- that's me. I don't think people are going to be silly enough to think the cakes will be bitter. I give society more credit for sense than that. It's a different name- and it stands out. I like it.<br />
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And I've not yet had complaints of nasty tasting cake so..... there ya go. <br />
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Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-31580693814105043402011-08-13T06:09:00.000-07:002011-08-13T06:09:03.555-07:00Makeup Kit CakeSometimes when someone orders a cake and just says "You do what you want," that stresses me out more than if someone was too specific. For this one- my co-worker's daughter is turning 8. She just said that she's a very girly girl. She's into makeup and shoes and all things girly. <br />
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I dare not attempt a shoe cake just yet- but after looking at some work that other people have come up with- I decided a little makeup cake would be cute.<br />
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It took longer than I thought it would, but I think it turned out pretty darn cute.<br />
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I'm rather in love with the lipstick. And I like the quilted look on the bag. Also, I don't think it really shows in the picture, but the bag is shiny like vinyl. And I just noticed that from this picture you can't really tell that the pink thing is a comb... hmmm... I see room for improvement. Crap.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-75263842769617014962011-07-29T05:24:00.000-07:002011-07-29T05:24:22.849-07:00Relay For LifeI have been putting off this post because I wanted more pictures to go with it- but procrastination gets us nowhere. Right?<br />
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So this year's theme for the Fred Meyer Team was "Kiss Cancer Goodbye." We had a theme of Princess and the Frog (which loosly translates to Mardi Gras!)<br />
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I didn't get to stay long because I worked early the next day, but some dressed up as princesses, some as frogs (and I let them use my collection of plush frogs as props). We had lots of beads to throw as we walked the team lap (things were a little unorganized so it didn't work out exactly how we wanted it to, but it was a fun idea) and for our fund raiser we sold cupcakes.<br />
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These cupcakes!<br />
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They were a group effort. My sister made the King Cakes (they were white cupcakes with green and purple marbling- and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake">baby inside</a>) and I made the gumpaste decorations on top. The frog prince crowns were painted with aztec gold luster dust and the masks were painted (painstakingly by Mom) with purple food coloring. Then I had a stroke.... of GENIUS and decided that the masks needed a little bit more so I edged them in yellow sprinkles to give them a Mardi Gras feel (and by "I edged them" I mean "Mom edged them")Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-37050021130278655962011-07-01T19:10:00.000-07:002011-07-02T16:52:44.653-07:00Buttars and Willis WeddingsSo last year, shortly after I moved home, my mom was asked to do a wedding cake (among the zillions she's done). They wanted fondant, but she does not do fondant. So we came up with the idea that I would try to do the cake in fondant, and if it didn't work out then she'd do it in buttercream and no one would be the wiser. This is that cake- (snaps the the people who find the hidden Mickey-that *oh yes* was put there on purpose)<br />
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Personally, for my first ever wedding cake, and my second or third fondant cake, I think it's pretty good. We delivered the cake just like this, then the family put their own flowers on it. <br />
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I guess they liked it enough to recommend me to a newly engaged couple. For the first time ever I had a couple come and toss around ideas with me. They gave me a general picture of what they wanted- and this is what they got.<br />
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</div> If you click on the picture, it makes it a little bigger and you can see the detail of the white on white design. Again, the flowers were created by the family. They said specifically where they were to go, so I hope they are pleased with the final product. I'm proud of it. The company they hired to do the backdrops and tables and stuff liked it enough that she asked for a business card so she can recommend people to me.<br />
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Heaven help me.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-77697275743246438912011-06-08T21:48:00.000-07:002011-06-08T21:48:54.506-07:00Say Cheese!My <a href="http://hillamcasa.blogspot.com/">friend</a> has a birthday today! (shout hoo-ray)<br />
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And for her birthday she wanted a cheese tasting. She just wanted to get a ton of different kinds of cheese and try them all. So- when her husband ordered her cake- he wanted a "cheese" cake.<br />
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</div>Complete with little mousey. (the picture doesn't really do it justice... it was a big cheese wheel... the kind dipped in wax... get it??? sigh... )<br />
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She also got my second ever attempted- and first successful- cheesecake. A real one. Like, made from scratch and everything- even the crust! When I delivered the cakes I stayed around just long enough for her to offer me a slice. I was dying to try it!<br />
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Oh. My. Gyosh. It was heavenly. And I'm not even saying that to toot my own horn. Whoever came up with that recipe- I applaud you. I stand and give an ovation. I got to taste a little bit of heaven tonight. And it is good.<br />
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I put the bottom layer together and it was thick- I mean THICK. But I just went along with it anyway. I had the cakes both decorated and ready to put together. The top layer looked like a lopsided marshmallow. But I thought once I had it in place I could decorate around the wonky-ness and hide the flaws. When I put a cake together, there are three or four dowels down inside the bottom layer to support the upper layers. The upper layer is on a round cardboard to help support it- so, I put the dowels in the bottom tier, then put the tip tier on (you with me so far?) Then, If the cake is being transported more than a block away- and by someone other than myself, I drive a longer dowel down through the middle of both cakes. I use a sharpened dowel to poke through the cardboard and then hammer it down in. So I did that- just the same as I always do- only... when I was done with it, the top layer had sunk about a half inch down into the bottom tier. I decided that the top tier just looked too wonky and if this was going to a paying customer that it needed to look good. Not like a half @$$ed thrown together monstrosity. So I thought I'd take the top layer off and redo it. When I pulled it off- the bottom tier was hollow! Hollow? What the heck???? <br />
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When I pounded the sharpened dowel down through both tiers, instead of poking a hole, it just folded the cardboard up in between the support dowels and pushed it through, smashing the cake in the middle. I stared at it in shock. Then horror. Then asked my mom if she had a potted plant I could stick in it.<br />
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Needless to say- I started over.<br />
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The second go round turned out much better- for obvious reasons- but also just because I feel it's proportioned a little better than the first cake was. It's almost as if it was meant to be that the first cake bit the dust. I never do cakes in advance. I'm always scrambling at the last minute to do them but this time I started way ahead of time. Yeah... it's probably a good thing.<br />
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The little tiger I made was done a few days in advance so I didn't have to worry about him. but I re-baked and re-decorated the cake. The kid this is for likes sports so his mom wanted something sporty on it. The sports things are made from gum paste and hand painted. The football I rolled inside a paper towel so that it would have texture on it.<br />
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And here we have the finished product!<br />
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I think it turned out pretty darn cute! I hope they like it... I also hope his mom laughs- and not the opposite- when she sees the "bows" on the back of the cake. We were joking about putting bows on a boy cake and I guaranteed her there would be a bow on this cake somewhere. You can kinda see it in the penultimate picture... just a little black bow at the back on the ribbon. tee hee... silly.<br />
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When she was done, she said it was for me. Cuz I love frogs. Awww.... Thanks Sades!<br />
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With no direction from anyone- this is what she came up with:<br />
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I think it's great! Her first fondant cake ever. Again, my camera on my phone isn't great. It loses some of the detail. but the little sandwich actually has "cheese" in it- and the little apple and banana...? awww...<br />
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Good job Kid!Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033450240819851895.post-71899463516260585472011-05-22T22:57:00.000-07:002011-05-22T22:57:29.595-07:00Bonneville HS graduationThis cake was fun! A girl from work needed a cake for her daughter's graduation so she asked if I'd do it. Of course, it was my pleasure.<br />
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This is the Bonneville High mascot:<br />
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Super unattractive, right?<br />
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So what kind of cake could I do for a graduating Bee?<br />
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Try this on for size. It's a little fondant bee, with graduation cap and tassel (you can't see it, but he has a tiny little stinger on his bum). But I didn't want the little bee to be lonely...<br />
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...so he got a few friends from the hive (with even teenier stingers on thier bums). Bonneville colors are yellow and green. I threw in the black to make it "pop" a little bit, plus to bring it in from the bees.<br />
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It's a chocolate/white marble cake with white butter cream frosting.<br />
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Personally (and I am my own worst critic), I think it's pretty cute. I just hope Katie thinks so too. Apparently, she was bragging to her friends that her mom is ordering her a cake!a real cake! and her friends thought her mom had gotten something like, from the Ace of Cakes... yeah... I hope she's not too disappointed. Duff is waaaaaaaaay outta my league.<br />
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When I asked my niece, Sadie what she wanted for her birthday cake, she just told me "pink, purple, yellow, and green. So that's what she got.<br />
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</div> I need to work on my patience though- and get all the stripes straight. Plus I got a little overexcited with the steamer- so it looks a little... extra shiny. But it was a fun experiment with color and shapes. She liked it- so that's all that matters.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0