K. K.'s Mermaid Cake

Jessie's Cake

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 Princess Tessa's Cake

Princess Cake

A new friend has asked me to do a cake for her daughters birthday party next week. She is wanting a Princess cake like the one I have made before. However, it will be on a smaller scale as it is for fewer people. I have been working on the gum paste princesses since the night she placed the order because it takes a while for the gum paste to set. I have the tops made and I am working on the bottoms and dresses today. Thankfully, I only have to make three instead of the five I made before.

I think I am going to try a little bit of a different design as well. I need to contact the mom and see if that is okay. I want to do the different design because it will be all cake. The first one I did the castle was made out of rice crispy treats. The rice crispy treats work great, however the castle isn't going to be as big on the new cake so it won't add as much weight.

I think this cake is actually going to be better than the first one. I will post some pictures soon.

Scraps

Today I am using all my leftover supplies from the Spiderman cake to make a tall teacup cake. I want to use the supplies so that they don't got to waste. I hate wasting things and I always have an extra layer or two of cake after I bake them. I usually just freeze and save them for an emergency. However, they will get frost bitten if you leave them in to long. I try to use them within a month. If you have a deep freezer they may last longer than that.

I don't tend to use the frozen leftovers in a customer cake. I have a time or two if it was from a cake the week before and something went wrong in the decorating process and I don't have time to bake more.

I also use my extra cake to make cake pops. I am still learning how to make a good cake pop. I think it will just take some practice, but I will get it.

Spiderman is done.

The Spiderman cake is done. It was a lot of work. I had to do a lot of things I had never tried before. I think it turned out great. What to you think?

Royal Icing

I have spent today remaking Spiderman for the third time and the third time was the charm. I am completely happy with it now. Well, I am having issues with one arm, but I will work that out when I put the cake together.

I also spent a lot of time working with royal icing, and let me say, it is a pain in the butt to work with. I am hoping the webs I made will hold up. If not I will spend tomorrow or Friday morning remaking them out of fondant or gum paste. I may make some tonight just to be on the safe side. I hate waiting to the last minute and something isn't working.

I do think that royal icing would be great for somethings, I just have to get use to working with it. I will keep trying.