Not sure if Cake Decorating counts as an art or a craft.....

[LJC1861]

I know that there is a cake decorating thread on the community board, but was just wondering if there were such a thread on this board or on the cooking board. I just got finished with a cake that I am really pleased with and thought I would share. I am still a beginner and am looking for other beginners to share ideas/stories/sob stories of "caketastrophes" with.

The golfer is about 5 inches tall and the blue house is a 3D replica of our agency logo. The pine trees are covered in panko bread crumbs and the other trees in corn flakes died autumnal colors. I made the cake for a fund raising golf tournament that we had yesterday.

Linda

 

[pfishgirl]

Great Job!!!

What about at the Designer's thread forum? Maybe there are some Cake designers over there..

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

I'd say you were perfectly at home here on the A&C forum!!!! Heck - I decided to revive a Soap Makers thread from last year!

I have a few cakes of my own to share. This one is the mermaid I did for my daughter's 3rd birthday in May.

 

[Imzadi]

OP, your cake came out beautifully and very inventive.

There's no reason why you can't post to the Cake decorating thread on the CB. The gals there are really sweet. They don't bite - well, only their own cakes. Many of them are not professional cake decorators. They welcome newbies & beginners and you show you have quite some experience with fondant already. You'd be able to learn many new tricks & tips from the more advanced cake decorators on that thread.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1474332

 

[LJC1861]

Imzadi,

I am already a member of that thread! I thought I'd post over here to see if there were any other "cakers".

Nancy,

Your mermaid cake is fantastic!!!! What did you use to get the hair made. I want to learn all these little tricks and techniques.

If you have other pics....let's see them. I will also see if I can dig up some more of mine.

Linda

 

[lewdyan1]

I think I saw a cake thread on the Cooking thread, would you like me to move this over there?

 

[LJC1861]

Here are a few more of mine.....the first two are birthday cakes and the second two are wedding cakes. These were actually the first 4 cakes I ever did!

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

Imzadi,

Nancy,

Your mermaid cake is fantastic!!!! What did you use to get the hair made. I want to learn all these little tricks and techniques.

Linda

Thanks so much! I didn't want to say it, but this is actually my second fondant cake. I guess I have a propensity for it! My first one - not so great, I'll show you pics later....

I used buttercream and the Wilton grass/hair tube. I also used the fondant tools - the scallop, to push the design in to make the scales on a rectangular strip and then cut them apart and trimmed them to be shells. I also rolled little bits for the pearls.

I have also discovered a passion for luster dust!!!! A little vodka to wet the brush and spread it around and voila - shiny scales!

 

[LJC1861]

I feel the same way about fondant. I like it so much better than buttercream. I also love luster dust!! I learned the vodka technique from watching Ace of Cakes, believe it or not.

Right now I am in the midst of creating my very first competition gingerbread house, for the National Gingerbread Competition at the Grove Park Inn here in Asheville. I am SO excited. I am going to work on a few fondant figures for the piece tomorrow. I am making a riverboat, a replica of the Riverboat attraction at WDW.

I promise to post pictures as it begins to come together.

Linda

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

Best of luck!!!!! I love watching those things. Just caught the Haunted Gingerbread on Food Network.

I am also an Ace of Cakes fan. One of the Blogs I RSS is www.cakejournal.com. She is from Denmark and does a lot of fondant work. I used her marshmallow fondant recipe for the mermaid and loved it! I am so hooked on making my own fondant now (not that I've done much recently...). The taste is 100% better. She has some cool demos and some of the other blogs she links to are just fun.

I actually like keeping this thread on the A&S board. It's quieter than the community board. Besides, if folks find us here, then they already know they can link to the bigger thread on the CB.

 

[LJC1861]

I have also discovered homemade marshmallow fondant and will never go back to commercially made fondant. I had to convince my friends to try it after they swore they would never eat fondant again after the wedding cakes I made using Wilton.

I do find though that the Wilton stuff is much better for making free standing figures. It hardens quicker and I need to add less gumpaste.

Today I am making the final pattern for my gingerbread structure. I have also finally decided on a gingerbread recipe. Tastes yuccy, but holds up to construction REALLY well.

Linda