toba garrett's cake class

so i found a place that did cake classes near me...when i say near it is in MA and i am in PA.  it was a 5-6 hr drive.  i wanted to added to my decorating repertoire.   i never really learned how to make gum paste flowers and i liked her bride's dress cake.  so i signed up and this is what i learned.  

i could have done better but hey it was my first time and practice makes perfect.  the flower would have worked better if it was gumpaste but i ran out and had to use fondant.  oh well. 
i think my lily came out awesome.  the only thing is they are so breakable.  it chipped on the ride home.  :(
this is my fixed orchid.  the petal in the middle cracked, so i took it apart to fix it.  i should have read the paper to tell me what color to make it but pink is cool.  :)

16, race cars and cupcakes

this week was about sweet sixteens, fast cars and pretty cupcakes.

the sweet 16 cake order was straight to the point. in the shape of the number 16, add flowers, and only use silver and fuchsia. well i got most of it right. i thought the pearl spray would be give it a silver sheen on the white flowers but i was wrong. you live and you learn but i think the cake looked great with the pearly flowers.

then i had a race car cake. that was an interesting ride. the catering company was suppose to send the pictures but they had computer issues so i didn't get the picture until the day before the car was due. i thought it was a nascar car but it turned out to a specific car. here is his birthday cake. too bad i messed up on the flag...it isn't a perfect parallelogram.

there was also an order of wedding cupcakes. they liked the fondant design i made during their tasting. here is what i did for them. i think they look pretty. :)

colorful birthday cake

so debbie called to place an order for a birthday cake.  all she said is that she wanted it to be brightly colored.  did i mention i hate when she does that.  at least put me in a direction of what to design.  it was for a 50th birthday, i think but for a woman.  so i looked for some ideas on the internet.  it just so happens i went to charm city's website and saw a stacked flower cake.  this is my take on charm city's flower cake.  their's is better but mine did the trick with debbie.  she loved the cake.  :)  whatever takes to make the customer happy.  

crinkle ribbon cake

the bride wanted a crinkle ribbon and a second ribbon in purple.  i crinkled the ribbon using a skewer.  the purple ribbon, i used an extruder the circle one and then flattened it.  i think the green is a little too dark.  i need to work on coloring but i think it turned out well.