Baby shower cake

One of my friend ordered a surprise baby shower cake for her friend. Since the mom going to be don't know its a boy or a girl we tried to include all colors. The bottom layer of the cake was a 8' devils food cake filled with  a vanilla butter cream and covered in a marshmallow fondant. And the top layer was a 6'' vanilla cake filled with chocolate whipped cream and covered in a marshmallow fondant. All animals and blocks were made out of modeling chocolate. Will soon try to upload a new post on making modeling chocolate, animals and marshmallow fondant.

Royal icing recipe

                

Made with meringue powder or egg whites, royal icing creates hard drying, long lasting decorations that have a matte finish. royal icing is used to create flowers and trims. This means you can make these decorations in advance and simply place them on your cake when you are ready. once hardened and properly stored , royal icing decorations will not soften or crumble.be sure to keep these decorations away from bright light when storing as color may fade.

Always make royal icing with a stiff consistency so you can achieve sharper details.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons Meringue Powder
• 4 cups (about 1 lb.) confectioners' sugar
• 6 tablespoons warm water

Makes:

About 3 cups of icing.

Instructions:

Keep all utensils completely grease-free for proper icing consistency. Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).  For stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water. When using large counter top mixer or for stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water.To thin for pouring, add 1 teaspoon water per cup of royal icing. Use grease-free spoon or spatula to stir slowly. Add 1/2 teaspoon water at a time until you reach proper consistency.

Car themed birthday cake

One of my friend asked me to make the race car themed cake for her sons first birthday. It was a devils food cake with butter cream icing. I used 12'' and 8' cake layers. Also baked extra 9''X13'' cake for making a path. For carving the cake i found instructions on cake central. The color scheme was to match there invitation card. I used store bought cars to keep on the cake.

This is the top view of the cake. I prepared flags from gum paste and used black color food marker for checks. I  made them 4 days ahead so that they will be harder to stand up.

This is the right side view of the cake. For signal i used m&m and just stick them in a fondant.

This is the left side view of the cake. Except cars all the decorations were made from fondant.

This was my first attempt of carving a cake so very pleased with the my work.everyone loved it.