Showing posts with label gum paste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gum paste. Show all posts

Monday, March 24, 2014

Elegant Roses for an 80th Birthday Celebration!

What's baking?
Five layers of yellow layer cake filled with rich chocolate filling and covered with swiss meringue buttercream roses. Fondant decorations and gum paste roses. Purple is popular this year as Pantone's Radiant Orchid is the 2014 Color of the Year!

Monday, March 26, 2012

First Cake Competition!


What's baking?  First time entering a cake competition! Cake entry at the National Capital Area Cake Show was fondant covered cake with gum paste flowers and royal icing piped panels. Very happy to receive positive feedback and third place in divisional category!







Monday, November 7, 2011

Sugar Flowers

Flowers made from sugar!  Gum paste manipulated: rolled, cut, imprinted, shaped, ruffled, wired, painted, dusted with color.  
So much fun to make!

star gazer lilies
briar rose
sweet pea
blossom
stphanotis
ivy leaf

Monday, September 26, 2011

Birthday Cake!

What's baking?  Layers of chocolate chip Cream Cheese Pound Cake (recipe based on CC follows) with chocolate filling, covered with vanilla butter cream and chocolate fondant.  Hand made gum paste flowers and royal icing stenciled sides cover this little 6" cake.


3 sticks butter, softened
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
6 eggs
3 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix butter, sugar and salt until creamy.  Add cream cheese and mix well.  Add eggs, one at a time, alternating with the flour.  Add vanilla and beat the entire mixture for 2 minutes.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Pour into a Large (12-cup) greased and floured tube or bundt cake pan,  Bake for 90 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan 10-15 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Fun Birthday Cake!

What's baking?
Vanilla cake with chocolate filling, butter cream icing, decorated with fondant and gum paste flowers.  Ellie's favorite flowers are roses and daisies and her favorite colors are pink, purple and yellow.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Cheesecake

What's baking?
Another fall theme cheesecake.  Base recipe is Never-Fail Cheesecake from Epicurious with chocolate sandwich cookie crust and chocolate ganache topping.  Leaves are hand-made from gum paste (I like the sheen from brushing with pearl dust!).

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Anniversary Cake!

What's baking?

Cake to celebrate 25 years in private practice! Chocolate Chip Fudge Cake (Killer Cake) with white chocolate writing and gum paste and fondant decorations.
The recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Frog Commissary Cookbook. It's a delicious rich chocolate cake layered and iced with dark chocolate ganache-like icing with a hint of

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Gum Paste & Fondant Figures

Taking a break to let gum paste dry and get ready to go teach - not quite turning out the way I had envisioned! It's a work in progress for cake due tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

Birthday Cake!



What's baking?
A birthday cake for a very special person celebrating a special birthday!




Wednesday, August 25, 2010

September Cake Decorating Classes

I will be teaching a Gum Paste and Fondant class in September at AC Moore in Montgomeryville.  This month the cost is 40% off the $45.  So it's only $27 for 8 hours of class plus supplies (lesson book, kit, cake stuff!)  Classes begin the first week of September so stop by the store to register or call (215) 699-7224 for the schedule or let me know if you have any questions.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Golf anyone!

cake to serve 100
What's baking?
This was so much fun to make!  One marble, one chocolate chip cake, both with chocolate filling, iced with buttercream.  Figures and decorations are gum paste and fondant.  (Everything's technically edible except flagpole and canopy supports on golf cart.)

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Cake Wreck!

What's Baking?
A white cake with raspberry filling. 

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Gum Paste Flowers

Fondant and Gum Paste class - gum paste carnations and fantasy flower.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day!

What's baking?

Wilton Fondant and Gum Paste Course-  covering a cake board with fondant, marbleizing fondant, draping fondant, gum paste daisies.

Saturday, May 8, 2010