Max and Ruby tea party cake

We celebrated maddie's birthday this weekend and of course I went a little overboard as usual. She is a huge Max and Ruby fan so I immediately knew what i wanted to make ( i like this age where i still get to choose the design of the cake, hehe). If you've ever watched the show you know that max can be a little handful for his bigger sister Ruby. So on the cake Max is making his famous worm cake for the tea party that he wasn't invited to, and Ruby and her best friend Louise are having a ladybug tea party on top as far away from Max as possible :).



Ruby and Louise having their ladybug tea party.



Max and his worm cake.

Easter Chicks Cake

This is the cake I made for our Easter celebration today. The Big chick on top as well as the little chicks and the daisies are all made out of my enhanced mmf. I used colored coconut for the grass on the cupcakes and jelly beans as the eggs. I just loved how this cake turned out even though it wasn't exactly how I had planned it.

Hope everyone had a great day!

Bunny and roses

I made this when emily made her cake, and i thought it was fitting to post since tomorrow is Easter. I hope everyone that celebrates it has a wonderful day tomorrow. Happy Easter :D

Emily's Bunny Cake

My oldest daughter has been on her spring break this week, so to keep her busy (and myself sane) I planned several projects. One of which was her very first fondant covered cake. We were both very pleased with how it turned out. I think I have a future cake decorator on my hands!

She was very insistant on wanting to do a funfetti cake for some reason, lol, so i went with it and just figured we'd do a from scratch cake on the next go round.

She wanted to look like she was really baking so she splashed powdered sugar on herself.

It was so cute watching her do this because she was so intent on getting it right!

All finished with the crumb coat and into the fridge to set up before the fondant.

She was sooo proud of this bunny rabbit when she finished it.

Maddie had to get in on the action and made a "bunny"on a stick (a piece of spaghetti) and then proceeded to eat its head off.

It turned out to be a wonderful experience for all of us and I think i've gotten a new cake buddy out of the deal :)

Tuesday Toppers: Cake slice

Today's tuesday topper is a cute little slice of cake.
and here's what you will need to make one:

-fondant smoother

-knife
-paint brush and water

-leaf veiner

-white, pink, purple, and yellow fondant

-Take a 1" ball of fondant and flatten slightly with fondant smoother.

-Form into triangle shape with index finger and thumb.
-Pinch all edges to form it into a cake slice shape.

-Take pink fondant and roll out into a thin rope.

-zig zag rope back and forth bunching as you go, making it about 1/4" wide and then cut in half.

-Attatch half to top edge with a little water.

-Do the same for the bottom border.

-Take another piece of pink fondant and roll out into a thin rope.

-Flatten with fondant smoother.

-Attatch along front middle with water.

-For candle, roll out purple fondant into thin rope and twist it on to itself leaving a small point at the end.

-Take small amount of yellow and form into candle flame.

-Attatch to candle with water.

-Using leaf veiner, poke hole in cake for candle.

-Attatch candle with small amount of water.

Now wish someone a very happy birthday!

how to make a tape measure cake

Well I was looking through my photos today and found these. I had forgotten that I had taken some progression photos of how I made my dad's tape measure cake. It's not a complete step-by-step progress, but I thought it might be helpful if anyone wanted to try making one.

I started out with a 1/4 sheet (this is the 9x13 magic line) that I torted and then cut in half.

I then filled and layered it. (this is my dads favorite, white cake with chocolate frosting :).

I needed it to be square so I measured the short side and then cut the long side so they were equal.

Then I rounded the top two edges and took a chunk out of the bottom right hand corner. At this point I took out a ruler and made a 1" mark all the way around the top of the cake and that was my guide for the beveling.

You then need to do a crumb coat, being careful to keep the bevel as much as you can. This is where I put it in the fridge to firm up a bit and settle.

For some reason here is where I forgot to take pictures :(. After it finished chilling I covered the cake in grey fondant. I ended up making a seam in the lower right hand inner corner and just cut away excess. Then I painted water on just the front side panel and front bevel and put a piece of black fondant on and trimmed off at the side bevel and wrapped it around the side and trimmed the excess.

For the face plate I made a template with a piece of paper just by cutting out a square and then cutting away until it was the shape i wanted. Then i cut it out of black fondant. For the lettering I looked up the craftsman logo and magnified it until it was the size i needed. Then just traced the letters I needed and the ones that weren't in the logo, I just used similar ones to make the ones i needed. For the numbers I just found a font that was similar and did the same thing. Then I used those as templates and cut them out of fondant with an exacto knife. For the red lines I just used a fondant rope. The thin writing is royal icing that I piped using a parchment piping bag (I personally think this is a must for piping very tiny), and the "made in the USA" logo is just traced onto paper and cut out of fondant. I painted the gray part of the cake with the silver luster dust being carful not to get any on the black (if I do this cake again I will put the bottom black piece on after this step) then I put the finished face plate on.

For the tape part of the measuring tape I used gumpaste. I started out with a 2" rectangle and then about 1/2 of the way in i cut the triangle. then i put the notch in the top and the hole. I used saran wrap over the pudding box so it wouldn't stick and let it dry like that for a couple days.

For the tape i just cut a 2" x6" piece of the yellow and let it dry for a couple of days.

Then I took my food safe markers and drew the inch and centimeter marks on it. I used silver luster dust mixed with alcohol to make the end piece look metallic, and then using gumpaste glue I attatched the two pieces together.

To attatch the tape measure to the cake (after i've placed the cake on the cake board) I cut a 2" slit in the fondant where I wanted it to go and just pushed it in.

and here is the finished cake!