My niece/goddaughter is crazy about cheesecake. Since her birthday was Saturday, I made this for her. I tried to do the Waratah using the tutorial by Cakesbysasi. It was a real rush job cause I didn’t plan on decorating it at all. As you can see, it does not look very good. It is not even totally dry yet. I will have to do it again when I have more time.

I’m ready to give up on decorating. Had so much trouble with the fondant on this one. After a few choice words and a little break, managed to put it together. I really have to remember that I have trouble every time I use this particular brand of marshmallows. Not happy with the finish at all but at least I know it will taste good. The bottom tier is strawberry cake filled with cheesecake (an actual cheesecake which is Kevin’s favorite) and chocolate smbc. Top is banana, filled with milk chocolate ganache and smbc. Hopefully my godson will like it. So proud of him for going back to school while holding a full time job and doing renovations in his house.

Decided to try making a gardenia using a template found in Alan Dunn’s “Sugarcraft flower arranging”.

This is just for practice. Modeling is not my thing so I just wanted to practice. This is from Carlos Lischetti’s Animation in Sugar.

Birthday cake for my great-niece’s 3rd birthday. She is having a pony themed birthday party. Of course, she loves her cat & dog so they had to be included.

Decided to try this out. Color of the center is green but picture does not really show real color. The outer petals were done using the same size oval shaped cutter but using different thickness of gumpaste so that I could thin it out in a tear drop shape & get larger petals. Really like how it come out but takes a long time to do petal by petal and to curl each one.

Update: I had this in my china cabinet and while moving it, the shelf came out of it’s place and guess what….dahlia falls and breaks into little pieces. I was almost in tears. Oh well, good excuse to try another one.

What do you do on snowy days? Play with leftover gum paste. The roses were made without any tools (Lisa’s way-LM cake design) and I really love doing them that way. Getting a real thin petal. No cutters used on the tulip either but I think the dimensions on the petals are a little off. If anyone has the cutters, I would love to know the dimension so that I can adjust my template.

Inspired by Carlos Lischetti’s book Animation in Sugar. Made a mold for the ballerina’s face from one of my daughter’s Barbie dolls. I guess it was a good thing she didn’t let me get rid of them (she is 26). Cake is again champagne, orange curd, orange & champagne SMBC, MMF. My daughter is delivering this on Sunday. Hoping it reaches its destination looking like this. It is 1 1/2 hr drive.

Rose made using LMCakeDesign here on cakesdecor. Really like how easy it is but I don’t think my petal placement is exactly right. I am never truly happy with my roses. Somehow they never seem realistic enough to me. Anyone have an suggestions! Maybe I’m just not meant to master the “rose”.

Decided to use the shoe & jewelry for a birthday cake for my niece who is 18 today. This is a surprise and I will be delivering it to her when she gets home from school. Cake is an 8 in champagne cake filled with orange curd & orange & champagne flavored SMBC and covered in MMF. Hope she likes it.

Birthday cake for my great-niece. Had fun with this one. Based on her favorite cartoon. Can’t wait to see her face when she sees it!

Decided to practice doing some roses since I’ve never been happy with my previous results. Getting closer to what I want to achieve. Thank you Ciccio cakes for your tutorial. It really helped.

The gang is hanging out just waiting for the cake. This is for my great-niece’s cake next month. Hopefully there will be no mishaps till then. I wanted to do them early in case I want to redo any of them.

Wanted to try making a shoe. Thought I could just use a template I’d seen online but my printer decided to run out of ink and new cartridge still hasn’t arrived. Made my own template but had to make a few adjustments along the way. The heel was the toughest. Not totally happy with the heel but overall I don’t think I did too badly for the first time. TFL

My daughter is crazy about cheesecake. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday tomorrow, she requested a cheesecake with chocolate & caramel. Made her this turtle cheesecake. Decided to decorate with white chocolate leaves (had just barely enough chocolate) and a flower (not my best but will do) that I had. TFL

Still waiting for the day when I can get a perfectly smooth finish on my fondant but happy with the result anyway. This is for my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday. Bottom is champagne cake, filled with orange curd, covered in orange/champagne smbc, top in chocolate mud cake, filled with orange curd, covered in chocolate smbc & MMF. First time doing this type of spray, chipped a couple of flowers but not too noticeable. TFL

Family Thanksgiving dessert—pumpkin cheesecake, pecan praline topping & cinnamon whipped cream.

One of the family desserts for Thanksgiving. It is chocolate cake filled with caramel SMBC, covered in Chocolate SMBC.

Getting ready for my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday next month. Flowers were done without cutters so it took a little bit longer. Used templates provided in the back of Alan Dunn’s Sugarcraft Flower Arranging. Only used cutters for the rose leaves. Used for edible varnish light corn syrup diluted with vodka.

16th birthday cake for my niece (her favorite color is purple), bottom tier chocolate mud cake w/cannoli filling, middle vanilla cake with cookies & cream filling, top cinnamon swirl w/cinnamon apple filling, covered in SMBC & MMF—really need to stop trying different recipes for mmf fondant—this one had a very weird texture