Fake or Cake? What's your Opinion!!

It seems that a fairly new (at least new to me) and popular notion among brides on a budget is the fake cake. By "fake" I mean ordering a beautifully decorated, fondant covered wedding cake...but what is inside? STYROFOAM! Some businesses even rent these already decorated cakes for your special day. Neat idea if you ask me, who ever eats all that cake anyway? So why pay for it? Often times the bottom or bottom two tiers are made of actual cake...can't skip that classic photo op. So what's your take? Is this really a growing bridal market? Would you forgo the real cake for a potential $500 price break?

It's a Boy!..First baby shower cake

This cake is a three tiered safari inspired baby shower cake, which was actually pretty fun to make. I covered the cake in white fondant and mixed a Wilton Sky Blue Icing, 1 oz. (Google Affiliate Ad) color to use for the zebra stripes and giraffe spots. I actually just looked up some zebra and giraffe patterns and did my best to copy the prints free hand, drawing them in to the fondant and then cutting them out. I used plastic straws for support throughout the cake (I was a bit nervous that the weight of the top layer would cause the fondant on the bottom layers to start separating under pressure). This cake was a big hit at the party, and it was my first baby shower cake!

Captain America cake for a True Hero!

Hmm...I received a cake order for a huge comic lover who also happened to spend quite a few years serving our country in the Army. Captain America was his favorite character, I was told, so he deserved nothing more than his own shield...who can argue with that. This Captain America shield is filled with red, white and blue vanilla flavored cake and was a huge hit at the party!

Converse Cake

So, my first sneaker cake had to be a converse high top, ode to my childhood, what can I say. The construction of this cake was a wee bit of an issue, next time I'll definitely use more doweling as support, but once covered it fondant it was a beauty. Great cake idea for the male counterpart, and who doesn't like a Converse shoe...seriously. 

Best Supply for Decorating Classes Shout Out!

I wanted to give a shout out to one of my MOST USED cake decorating supplies, that would be my Wilton Cake Caddy! This was awesome while I was taking classes because I brought the cakes I was working with to and from the class site, but the other awesome thing is that if I don't have access to cake boxes or I'm just bringing a cake to an event...then this comes through every time! (And it super easy to clean). Because the sides clamp, it can hold alot of weight...and cakes with alot of fondant and/or frosting are actually REALLY heavy. Who knew?
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Louis Vuitton Speedy Bag Cake

I figured I'd share the second speedy cake I made (see the earlier purse cake I posted to learn exactly how I constructed the cake). This cake was a different design, and I used Wilton's chocolate fondant to cover the cake. I mixed a lighter brown color and then kept the original brown chocolate color to cut squares creating the checkered pattern. Sidenote, I actually really like working with the chocolate fondant because it smells sooo good the whole time you're working with it and it actually tastes like chocolate...its tastes GOOD! That's a little hard to come by with fondant.  Check out the cake...

Published in Cake Central Magazine!

Woo hoo!! Was just randomly checking my emails, and realized that lost way down there in between all that junk mail was an email from CakeCentral.com, telling me that my scariest cake moment was featured in the magazine's "Cake Scares" article. Awesome! And it's official...