James's High School Graduation
My parent's neighbor's son, James, graduated from high school this year and I wanted to make him a cake. I used an upside down cupcake for the base of the cap. The mortar board itself is chocolate that I melted and poured into a square shape. I then covered everything in blue fontant (his school color). I also make a book with the year he gratuated, 2011. An now he is off to become an architect!
Father's Day
So what do you give the man you has doesn't want for much and buys everything he does want? Wel, I bake him a funny cake! LOL! So for father's day, I made Dad a cake that looked like a hamburger. It was supposed to have sugar cookie "fries", but they were a FLOP. So, here is daddy with his burger cake.
I baked enough extras that I was able to make a 2nd one and took it next door to their neighbor, Gary. And, I got the best compliment when we brought it over. Carol and Gary thought I made an actual hamburger. They didn't realize it was CAKE! I made fondant lettuce leaves and cheese slice. There is even red and white icing for ketchup/mayo 'leaking' out the side.
Dad asked that I use the leftover 'scraps' to make another cake for the kids next door. I made a large M & M (forgot to take a pic) and a replica Weber grill. I used orange and black M&Ms to represent the hot coals and used brown fondant to make the hamburgers and hot dogs.
Here's a side view. I covered Snyder's Nibblers in fondant for the feet of the grill. One thing I've learned from watching all those cake shows is that you gotta be creative and use everyday items in a diferent way!
Briana's Going Away Party - *sniff* - The Mad Scientist Geeky Cake!
My good friend Briana graduated from NC State this year with her 2nd master's degree (yes, she is little miss smarty pants! lol!). I was sad to see her go, but know it is an absolutely awsome job opportunity in Cali for her. So, I said goodbye with a Science inspired cake. She loves amaretto and I'd been promissing her amaretto cupcakes for like 2 years, so the top and bottom tiers are chocolate and the middle layer is amaretto.
I used a paper template and an exacto knife to cut out the beakers and decorated them with royal icing so the colors would be intense and glossy. The bottom tier is covered with elements from the periodic table. (and in true geek-ness, the elements (Cu Na) happened to form a funny message - See you, naa.)
4th of July Cake
For the 4th of July, I was going to a cookout at a friend's neighbor's house. So, I made a trial version of the cake and brought it to work the Friday before. I cut strips of red fontant to mimic the strips on the US flag and put random blue stars around the edge.
The inside of the cake had interest too. Alternating layers of chocolate and amaretto with almond buttercream filling.
Peppi's Birthday - A suprise cake! After I attended my weekend of classes, a co-worker, Peppi, said she wanted me to make her a b-day cake then we never talked about it again. So, I suprised her by bringing in a cake 2 days before her birthday.
Christine Gets Her Foot Back - Sort of...
My friend Christine has a run in with a baby gate and lost. She unfortunately broke her foot and was in a cast for 6 weeks. Most of that time she was in Cali with her family. Well, she through a party at her favorite restaurant to celebrate getting the cast off. She's still in a walking boot, but I thought it would be funny to bring a Leg Cast cake. I even used food writer markers to "sign" the cast from her friends. (Her favorate signature was from the people at the gym telling her they missed her.)
Here's Christine looking kinda scared as Nancy cuts the first piece. Don't worry, no one was harmed during the carving process.
Jess' Housewarming Party
My friend Jess recently moved into an awesome new townhouse and last night she had us all over. So, I obviously made a cake for the occasion. The bottom tier is green like the grass and the top is blue for the sky. I used a picture of her townhouse and tried to replicate the outside. I'm not an artist, but I tried and I think it looked adorable. I used a paper template and an exacto knife to cut out the trees and the sun.
Well, that is all for now. I still have a little bit of fondant left in my first bucket. So come back later and see what else I can make with it.
Sandra
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