Walking Dead Cake

EEeeeeeee..!!!!! Walking Dead Cake.!!!! My boyfriend absolutely loves Walking Dead, so here's his surprise Birthday cake.!!! Shout out to my roommate's boyfriend for helping me by making the wooden plank and the four fingered zombie hand- my boyfriend recently almost cut his finger off. First, I made gumpaste zombie hands in various shades of gray that I let slightly dry. I iced the cake gray with a stripe of black in the middle to divide the doors. I fashioned the lock and the door handles using gumpaste with cocoa powder and black and red food gel as "dusty" "bloody" accents. I piped out the DONT OPEN DEAD INSIDE with black icing and used drippy premade black gel on the edges of some of the letters and on the bloody 27 in the corner. Happy 27th Birthday Zack..!!!! <3

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Chinese Noodle Bowl Cake

 One of my dearest, best, most fun and wonderful friends absolutely loves Chinese food- as well as anything to do with Asian culture-, so of course I had to make her a Chinese takeout cake.!!!! It turned out soooo awesome.! I was super happy with the results & everyone loved it!

A few days ahead of time, I molded the mushrooms, broccoli & carrots out of gumpaste (an edible clay-like material similar to fondant). I rubbed some cocoa powder on the caps of the mushrooms to make them look more realistic, and added some green sprinkles to the tops of the broccoli to make them pop. To make the chopsticks "float" whilst holding up a healthy portion of noodles, I fashioned a log shape of gumpaste and stuck the chopsticks through the top of the material. I used shaping tools to draw lines for individual noodles. Then I let it dry completely on a flat surface to hold its shape and be strong enough to stand up in the cake. 

 I baked the (pineapple flavored) cake in a greased glass ovenproof pyrex bowl. I iced the cake with a thin layer of vanilla frosting. Then, I colored some cinnamon flavored fondant using no-taste red food gel. I rolled the fondant out evenly to be big enough to cover the bottom and sides of the "bowl." I cut out about 2 inches of the top cake, leaving a rim to enhance the bowl shape and leave more room for the noodles and vegetables. Then, I used golden colored fondant to cover the top of the cake. The rest of fondant I squeezed through a small handheld fondant press (similar to a garlic press) with a circular attachment at the end to create the noodles. I stuck the previously made noodle cluster up into the middle of the cake, and then draped individual noodles on top and all over the top of the cake. I poured Butterscotch sauce over all the food to create a "soy-sauce" glaze, and then added the vegetables on top with real pineapple chunks and a fortune cookie to finish it up.!

 Different angles.! OOoooooooo.!!!!

 Ahhhhhhhhhhh....!!!!

Awwwww..!!! Me and Tanesha :) :) :) Happy Birthday.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a blast partying with everyone yay fun.!!!! and CONGRATULATIONS..!!!! <3

Easy Bowling Cake

I had to make a cool bowling cake for a friend super fast- here it is.! First, I baked a 9x13 cake. I also poured some cake batter into a glass pyrex bowl, and baked that to form the 3D curve of the bowling ball. Once everything cooled, I spread green icing on the surface of the cake. I attached the bowling ball, and covered it with marbled various shades of orange. To finish it off, I piped bowling pins flying away from the speeding ball and a triple X Strike!

Minion Cake with Cupcake

 I've always wanted to make this cake, and I knew that it would be perfect for my best friend Smink's birthday.! Even better- it's a pumpkin cake.! :D First, I mixed up the batter and baked one cupcake. Then, I baked three small 6 in round cakes with the leftover batter to form the minion body. After everything had cooled, I stacked the three small cakes on top of each other with a thin layer of icing between each layer. I chose the cake with the most pronounced dome for the top of his head, and slightly flattened out the two bottom layer cakes.

I iced the cupcake first, topping it with colorful candy coated pieces. Then, I iced the top 2/3 of the cake with yellow frosting, and the bottom 1/3 with blue for the minion's overalls. I rolled out a small amount of fondant flat and cut it out to make the eyeball. I used a small amount of dark brown fondant to form a pupil, to wrap around his head, to form overall buttons, and to cover toothpicks with to make hair. I piped out overall straps, and then formed arms and gloves using fondant. Turned out adorable.! :)

Easy Football Cake

 I made this simple football team themed cake for twins that were having a birthday- one loves the Steelers, and one is into the Panthers.

I iced the entire cake with black tinted frosting, and then used Panthers blue for Jaison's half, and Steelers yellow for Josh's half. I finished everything off by adding on football themed sugar decorations around the sides of the cake.

Juggalo Cake

 I made my friend Keli a Juggalo themed cake for her birthday- something to brighten the long work day.! As you can tell from the photo below, she was happy about it.! For those of you who don't know what a Juggalo is, Urban Dictionary describes a Juggalo as such:

"For the most part, an uneducated, pathetic excuse for a human being who listens to the group ICP who are bold enough to actually consider themselves musicians. People you see wearing "hatchet-man" accesories. They should not be allowed to reproduce, because that is too cruel to future generations. ICP isn't rap, it isn't metal, it isn't rap/metal, and it isn't horrorpop. There is only one way to properly categorize ICP; unnecessarily and unartfully offensive and obnoxious noise.

             used in a sentence: 

That juggalo is stupid enough to think that ICP is music."

Pancake Cake

Pancake Cake...!!!! Yay.!! :D I wanted to make another food themed cake for my good friends' collective birthdays- last year I made them a sweet cheeseburger cake. So I thought, who doesn't love pancakes.?! To make this stack of pancakes, first I baked two 9 in rounds of cake and let them cool. I stacked them on top of each other and covered them with a thin layer of icing. I used a rolling pin to flatten a large circle of cinnamon roll flavored fondant (I don't care for the taste of fondant, and prefer not to use it generally speaking, but this stuff was GOOD), and draped it on the top of the cake. Then, I cut long thin strips of fondant to circle around the cake to create a layered pancake effect. I watered down a small amount of brown food gel with in a cup, and used a paint brush to paint the surface of the pancakes. I also rubbed a paper towel over the surface to create a realistic look. I slightly flattened out three yellow starburst candies to use as pats of butter. I finished the cake up with a squirt of whipped cream, a cinnamon dusting, and a healthy dosing of butterscotch syrup.! Yum.!