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Cakes for All
Contributed by: Kim Buchanan (W. Orange, NJ)
1) Spiderman: 10" and 8" banana cakes covered in buttercream with banana filling. Buildings are fondant.
Spiderman is an edible image icing plaque.
2) Princess cake: 8" chocolate and 6" vanilla cakes
covered in all buttercream with chocolate mousse
filling. Royal icing flowers. Tiara is not edible.
3) Engagement cake: Taken from the Wilton 2007
Yearbook. 10" and 8" square vanilla cakes covered in buttercream then fondant. Bows and ring are color flow.
4) Airplane cake: Wilton Cross pan used for
airplane, atop a sheet cake using hidden pillars. All buttercream. The pilot is not edible.

Gobble It Up: Design found on the
Wilton website. Mini sports ball pan for body
covered in chocolate buttercream. Wilton
"rollout cookie" recipe and "leaves" cookie
cutters used for feathers and turkey. Candy
melts used for pumpkins on base.
Autumn Celebration: 2 bundt
cakes used for pumpkin, covered in buttercream
then rolled fondant. Ice cream cone used for
stem. Leaves are fondant. Everything painted
with luster dust.
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First Birthday
Contributed by: Marlene Royer (Washington, NJ)
Hello,
Would like to share a picture of the first birthday
cake I created for my niece's 1st birthday. It was
my first attempt in using fondant, it was a bit
challenging
but definitely fun! I used Wilton's premade white
fondant and colored them with gel food coloring. I
also used butter flavor to the fondant to give it a
nice flavor. I also used starburst candy to do the
little presents on the cake and Easter color m&m's
for the center of some flowers. The cake was made of
butter pound cake with chocolate truffle and
strawberry filling. It was yummy!
My next big
project is my daughter's 1st birthday cake -- I would like
to make a carousel cake but instead of using fondant, I
will instead use
white molding chocolate.
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Firefighter's Birthday
Contributed by: Sarah Albright (Green Camp. OH)
My name is Sarah Albright I live in
Green Camp Ohio it is a small village on
the outside of Marion and Columbus. I have been doing
cakes for about 6
years now and love it. The fire fighter cake I made for
my husbands
birthday. I copied our fire symbol at the fire
department that we work at.
The second cake was for my sister in law Tiffany's baby
shower I could not think of anything to do then I went
to Krogers and saw they could take pictures and put
them on edible paper to just lay out on your cake. I got
one of Asher's ultrasound pictures and it took them about
10 min. to put on the paper. Everyone loved the cake. I
also used the spray in the can to do the blue on top of
the cake.

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Alamo Sweets!
Contributed by: Linda Heard (San Antonio, TX)
Mermaid Cake
This 10 inch cake was placed on a Marshmallow Fondant covered
board. I combined 2 blues and 1 green to achieve the marbled effect
that represented water. The shells were formed using a candy mold
and after letting them set for a day I brushed them with pearl
luster dust.
the seaweed is also made of Marshmallow Fondant. I use edible
images on so many of my cakes, I don't know what I would do without
my frosting sheets and wafer paper images! The trunk was created
using my own technique and Marshmallow Fondant. I have written an
e-book with step by step instructions. The cake was delivered to a
very excited 3-year old and when she turned to yell Thank You it
brought tears to my eyes. That is why I love what I do!
Lightning McQueen Cake
I received a request for a Lightning McQueen Cake two days before a
desperate Father needed it. His son was turning 3 and the Father
has evidently lost track of time. Even though my schedule was full
I agreed to make it for him. Like other bakers I don't know where
to stop. I always want to make my cakes different and "out of the
box". I covered the board with Marshmallow Fondant and added a
highway using the same. the cake needed to feed approximately 20 -
25 people so I had to bake two cars using Wilton's Lightning McQueen
Cake Pan. Cutting the top of one off I was able to make it two
layers with a buttercream filling. As always I wanted a rich red
color for the car and was able to obtain it by using the powdered
food coloring. But WAIT! What else can I do? I had to small
battery operated lights that were meant to hang on a string around
your neck for parties. They last 8 hours so I taped the base up so
no metal was touching the cake and inserted them in the headlights
of the car. I was like a kid when I saw them beaming. The Security
Guard at the subdivision's gate saw it as I was entering and said it
looked fake! I guess that was a compliment? Anyway the 3 year old
boy loved the cake, the Father was very happy and relieved and I was
sure to get more orders from the family.
The Princess Cake
Each year I get to make a friend of my Daughters little girl's
birthday cake. This year's theme was a Princess and Frog them. I
took the invitation and made edible trim for each tier. The
Princess and Frog was sculpted of Marshmallow Fondant. The rocks
were also made of marbled Marshmallow Fondant. The Princess is
sitting on a 4 inch cake for the Birthday Girl that has been frosted
in buttercream and draped with the marbled fondant. Handmade
flowers were made of pink fondant and the words from the invitation
were printed in black around the cake. The Princess' dress was made
with pink and green fondant flower petals. I really enjoyed making
this one. I matched the hair on the Princess to the hair of the
little girl. She loved the cake!!!!
The Groom's Cake
Thanks to the inspiration of Earlene of Earlene's Cakes I was able
to make a bride's dream come true. Her fiancé has 3 professions
(firefighter,
paramedic and police officer). Her first request was
to have a vehicle cake that represented all three. I told her not
only would that be hard to do but probably wouldn't look good so
being from Texas she decided on an armadillo. The order was placed
months ago so I have had lots of time to lay awake in bed worrying
about the armadillo. I was browsing the internet and particularly
Earlene's website and saw the cake named Hunter and Shot Gun
Shells. I ordered the instructions and was able to stencil the
vehicles on the cake using her example. Thank goodness I didn't
have to make an armadillo!
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