High heels

These mini high heel shoes were made using the mini high heel JEM cutters.  I had lots of fun playing around with the designs of the shoes.  Made me feel like a shoe designer!  They were so much fun to do and would look great on cupcakes or minicakes.  If you decide to get the cutters, make sure to check they are the mini ones as JEM has larger shoe cutters too.

Happy decorating! :)

More students' cakes

Here are a few more photos from another 2 classes we just completed.  I think my students did a fantastic job!  Everyone was so creative!

I am looking forward to my next class next term already! :)

My students' work!

Another term is over and another group of students have graduated from my cake decorating class!  This term, I had 3 classes and this is the first class to finish.  More photos coming up of the other two classes soon.

It is amazing how everyone always comes up with unique and creative ways to decorate their cakes and this term was no exception.  They have certainly taken the level of creativity up quite a few notches this term!  Take a look at the marvellous photos of my students' work below.  I am very impressed with all their work and creativity!  Well done everyone! :)

I am so proud of all of them! :)

Time for tea!

I love teapots!  I collect mini ones and so does a good friend of mine.  So when her birthday came around this year I thought I'd make her the perfect cake - a teapot!  I have been wanting to try out this design for a while now and it made good use of my Wilton ball pan.  (I used the ball pan for the Death Star cake too.)

There were so many designs running through my head but I only finally decided on this one at the last minute.  Covering a spherical cake is no easy task!  So the polka dots helped in covering the slight flaws in the fondant (shhhhh!).  I made the handle and the spout a few days in advance so they would harden and then I 'glued' them on with royal icing.  (A good tip is to support them until they are completely dry and that will hold them up fine.)

All in all, it finally came together and my friend was really pleased and surprised with it so that was good! :) 
Next time, I may match it with a teacup.  How fun would that be?!

Have you made a teapot cake before?  How would you decorate your cake?

Happy decorating!

Death Star Cake

 Well, another year has gone by, and in keeping with the Star Wars theme, this year hubby wanted a Death Star cake for his birthday. (Last year it was R2D2.) So I set off on my mission to make him his cake and this is what I came up with.  I used a spherical cake pan to bake both halves of the cake, then covered them both with fondant. The panels were also cut from fondant and I piped on the details in royal icing.

I made the TIE and X-wing fighters out of gum paste and attached them to wires. Then I inserted the wires into a flower pick that I had placed into the top of the cake. (Never attach wires directly into a cake please.)

And so the cake was done, hubby was pleased and all is well in our galaxy lol. Until next year...I wonder what the next cake will be.

Happy baking! :)