Bear Cupcake

I still can't believe how fast time flies.  It's been 20 months since the day we were blessed with our baby boy, Matthew!  He has brought so much joy in our lives and we are very thankful that God gave us a wonderful son.  We continue to praise God for our baby boy's growth, development and health. 

For his 20th month, I made chocolate cupcakes and topped his cupcake with a teddy bear made out of fondant :)

 

Happy 20th Month Matthew! We love you very much!

Charlie Brown & Snoopy

 

Another cake for Evan's 3rd birthday.  This time it's for his birthday party at church :)  The Charlie Brown and Snoopy cake was a 9-inch chocolate cake covered and decorated in fondant.  Making fondant decorations is so much like playing with play-doh!  So much fun!  This design is based on this cake.

Ice Cream Birthday!

This cake was made for a combined event - 1st birthday and dedication.  It's a 9-inch chocolate cake covered and decorated in fondant.  The ice cream was made by using a round cutter and modifying the bottom part to look like a scoop of ice cream.  The cone was molded by hand and then decorated with lines using the back of a knife.  The letters were covered with pearl dust for shimmer.

Happy Birthday & Dedication Lenorah Ruth!

For the TMNT fan...

This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cake made of a 6-inch chocolate cake covered and decorated with fondant. This design is based on this cake.

As a child, I was never good at playing with clay so I wasn't sure if I will be able to make the turtles' faces.  As it turns out, the colors helps a lot to make the decorations identifiable.  Here's how I made the turtle faces:

1. Start out with a ball of fondant
2. Shape the face a bit by pressing a finger a bit where the eyes will be to give it somewhat of a face shape
3. Roll little fondant ropes in the colors of the masks for each turtle.  After rolling, flatten the part that will cover the eyes then attach to the turtle heads.
4. Make white small fondant balls for the eyes and smaller black fondant balls for the pupil of the eyes.  Shape and flatten the fondant as needed and attached on top of the masks.
5. Use a sharp tool to mark the smile for each turle.

I don't think I got the exact colors for the masks but the birthday celebrant didn't seem to notice :)  Overall, the cake made for a fun surprise.

  
Happy Birthday Erwin!

Mario Cake (and how to make mario's face)

 

This Mario cake was made for my Godson's birthday.  It was a 6-inch chocolate cake covered and decorated with fondant.  At 3 years old, he loves to play video games and Mario is his favorite character.

When I first decided to make this cake, I was a bit worried because I can't draw to save my life.  Thank God for wax paper!  I used the wax paper to trace the image.  Here are the steps I followed in constructing Mario's face:

1. Print the face in the size needed for the decoration
2. Use wax paper to trace the image.  Put the wax paper on the printed image and trace away.
3. Roll out the fondant in the colors that are needed for the image.
4. Place the wax paper on top of the rolled fondant and using something sharp (I used a toothpick), trace the image to leave marks on the fondant.
5. Lift the wax paper and cut the fondant pieces.
6. After cutting all the fondant pieces needed, now it's time to do a puzzle!
7. Go back to the original printed image and put the fondant pieces together to match the image.

Making cakes is so much fun for me.  But still, the best part of making cakes is seeing the happy face of the birthday celebrant.

Happy Birthday Evan Jacob!

Princess Birthday

 

Being new to cake-making, I am always excited to have cake projects.  I volunteered to make these cakes for Shiloh and Mimi's birthday. No, they're not twins.  They are babies of good friends who were born only five days apart so they celebrate their birthdays together.

The most exciting part of this cake project making the tiara from scratch using fondant.  It was the first time I made something 3-D from fondant.  I made the tiara a day in advance and let it dry for it to stand on its own on the cake.  All the decorations on the cake were made out of fondant and for the finishing touch, I used Pearl Dust on the tiara and the name.

Happy Birthday Shiloh and Mimi!

How to make a Turtle Cake

I have been learning how to decorate with fondant and it's been so much fun.  The very first cake I made using fondant decorations was a Turtle cake.  This one was a trial cake for 2 turtle cakes that I was going to make for a friend's babies birthdays.

Here are the things I used to create the cake:
* 9x3 contour pan for the body
* mini ball pan for the head
* cupcakes turned upside down for the feet

Here's a step-by-step pictures of how I decorated the cake with fondant:

~covered the body of the turtle with green fondant~

~used round cookie cutters for the yellow spots~

~covered the head (made up of 2 halves from the mini ball pan) with green fondant and attached it to the body~

~covered the feet (made of cupcakes turned upside down) with green fondant and attached it to the body~

~rolled yellow fondant into a rope and attached it around the turtle's body/shell~

~rolled green fondant into little balls for the fingers~

~used the back of a knife to imprint the mouth/smile on the turtle's face~

 

~used brown M&M's for the turtle's eyes~

Of course, I always tend to forget something.  It turns out, I forgot to add the turtle's tail!  It was totally forgotten that even the two turtles I made for the birthday party didn't have tails!  Not too bad, only one person noticed it :)