Drum Kit Cake # 2

This is my favourite chocolate cake recipe in a 30cm tin - so quite big. The drum kit is purely fondant. The sticks for the cymbals are little skewers painted with edible silver. The last time I made a drum kit cake was for Jordan. On that occasion I made little cakes for the drums and covered them in fondant, but they were a bit bigger - that cake is earlier on in my blog. Once again I found that working with fondant in the current temperatures is a bit risky. The air is quite damp here so the fondant tends to stay tacky even though they were made almost one week in advance. Overall look is OK.

Lightening McQueen for Thomas

This is only the second time I have used a moulded tin. I found that the cake did cook well enough but the details were not as deep as I would have liked, so it required a lot of referring to the pattern. The topping is made of a product I have not used before - Cremin. It is quite nice to use, takes on colour very well etc. Perfect for piping.

Ladies - please

This is the first time I have made fondant shoes. There are some fabulous tutorials on YouTube. There is plenty of room for improvement from my side though. I am just a bit reluctant to spend $85 to buy a special fondant shoe maker - might put in on my Xmas/Birthday wish list. Overall finish of the bag, make-up and shoes was okay. I definitely enjoy modelling fondant items - this make-up was easy and effective and fun to do. I followed the requested colour themes, Obviously the only limit is your imagination with these.

Monster High

Chocolate cake with tinted butter cream icing. This one is fairly straight forward. I am reasonably happy with the finished look.

Pukeko and Buzzy Bee - Kiwi icons

These two are Banana cake. The pukeko (a very common rural bird - unprotected native of NZ - the cake board is covered in paper with the actual bird on it) is made from a Wilton Wonder mould. I could hardly believe how much mixture it takes. Big cake. The Buzzy Bee a very popular child's  pull toy - is a small loaf cake sculpted into shape. This was made for Scott's Mum.
03/07 - Hello Christina, I was the 'birthday recipent' of the amazing Pukeko and Buzzy Bee cake you made recently. My son Scott ordered it and bought it round on Saturday. I was so surprised - it's gorgeous and Buzzy tasted declicious too! (I still have Pukeko can't bring myself to cut into him yet!!). Many thanks. Scott's Mum

What a Hoot

Here is an Owl for wee Camille - celebrating her 1st Birthday, my girlfriend Carolyn's granddaughter. Mum Wendy, chose the colour scheme. Lovely Chocolate cake.

Happy 70th Birthday Mum

My first attempt at Red Velvet Cake - The colour was not as red as it should have been. I know there is a knack, I am not sure what it is. If anyone can advise me - great. It has something to do with the mixing in of the vinegar and baking soda at the end of the process. Lots of really yummy white chocolate and cream cheese topping though then white chocolate on the top. Mum enjoyed it, that was the main thing. (That's my Dad in the background).

Topsy Turvy # 2

It is really encouraging when you have made one Topsy Turvy cake and get the opportunity to make another. I felt so much more confident with this one. This cake is Chocolate top and bottom and Banana in the centre. I love the colours. I used pearl dust on the middle row of ivory balls. I also used edible diamonds for on the middle chocolate layer. To finish it had a 'bling' 40 on the top. It looked really nice.

Spot the Dog

The thing I have learnt is that the cakes that require the least amount of work are the ones that are least forgiving - you just have to do the easy things right. Spot here is okay, but really he needed to have his black licorice outline a bit neater. His front paws look a bit out of kilter.

Motor trail bike

This cake is made from five chocolate cakes - two round ones for the wheels a round one for the body of the bike and two small loaf cakes for the handlebars and seat. I should have spent more time with the spokes, they look a bit messy.