Octopus cake

Today is my daughters 15th birthday! This is the cake I made for her. I used the ball pan, which was perfect, rice crispy treats for the legs all covered in fondant. I was told I needed to use a dense cake or the ball wouldn't hold it's shape, so I did a little research and it seems to have paid off. If you ever want to make a box cake mix more dense all you do is add a box of pudding and use 1/2 the oil and 2 TBSP less water(I used white cake with lemon pudding). Make sure you tap the pans on the counter and bring the air bubbles to the surface.

The legs took a full batch of rice crispy treats. I molded them last night and used foil to help them keep shape. We lost some form over night, but that was okay. I would recommend letting the treats sit over night and then shape it again to get rid of as many bumps from the rice crispies as possible. I've also coated the treats in warm fondant to fill in the holes, that works well too.

Under the Sea!

My nephew turned 2 a few weeks ago, and I had the privilege of doing his cake

 

 

The octopus is rice crispy treat, the rest of the decorations are fondant on
blue buttercream frosting

And some mini cupcakes to take to his friends at daycare
All buttercream

Another cake for Dad

I thought for a long time before I decided what I would do for my dad. The last one I did for him did not turn out how I had hoped - at all! It had a complete remodel. So this year I wanted to so something cool, but simple enough that I knew I could do it in the little amount of time I had. I was very happy with it and it tasted yummy! (lemon with buttercream)

It was very simple really. I found a picture I liked online and drew it the size I would need. Then I cut out the shape and did a soft outline. I always have a hard time recreating the shape on the cake, so this makes it much easier for me. Then I just started piping the dots. I like using the dots it lets you create a small and detailed picture. The side said "Happy Birthday You Will Have"

YAF Cake

I did this cake for a luncheon for the Author that came and visited Nathan's school this year. I copied a page in the book