Clowning Around!

Ruffles the clown takes center stage of this fun birthday cake!  She is made from homemade gumpaste and fondant.  I sculpted the rough shape of her limbs and torso first and left them to dry while I worked on other parts of the cake.  When they were rigid enough to stay in place I began to make her clothes.  I rolled out the gumpaste to less than 1/16" thickness to obtain a realistic look of fabric.  The pink ruffles are also thin gumpaste cut into long strips and gathered together.  Ruffles' hands and face were by far the most challenging.  It took a bit of trial and error to achieve a fun and friendly clown face! 

The cake was a two tiered french vanilla sponge with dark chocolate filling.  The bottom tier was an 8" round and the second was a 6" petal cake.  I baked the petal cake with a slight dome top so that Rufles would have a nice place to sit.  The accents on the cake are all made from Twinflower Signature Fondant and additional details are piped with a cream cheese frosting.

The birthday girl loved her cake and so did all the other children!

Happy 5th Birthday Caroline!

Josh, Sally, Emily and Caroline Tabor

Thanks for reading!

Amanda

Baby Beluga

Baby Beluga is a lively children's song by Raffi.  The song has been made in to a book with brilliant illustrations that became inspiration for my sugar art.  I started with a 1/4 sheet cake.  After carving and filling the cake with chocolate fudge frosting, I then covered it in homemade fondant.  It is the fondant that became my canvas for the art.  Each and every element of the picture was hand painted with food coloring and gently carved or sculpted to enhance the image.  I used gumpaste for the type print . 

The children loved eating this delicious cake after watching a performance by Don Sinetti AKA The Sea Chantey.  Don performs in Sitka, AK each year to celebrate "Whalefest". 

Happy Whalefest!

Amanda