Danish flag cake + seal cake topper

My first made to order cake. I was asked to design a cake that included a Danish flag and a very cute seal + a sign saying "Don't Kill Me".

Step 1: Making the cake toppers

The Danish Flag

The naked seal on an iceberg

The little seal all dressed.
He's all edible except for his whiskers which are made out of wire used to make sugarpaste flower sprays.

With his 'Don't Kill Me' sign - Does he look mopey enough?

Step 2: Putting it all together

I made a yellow butter cake and froze it to facilitate carving.
Cut the cake to size and cover in buttercream
Place flag cake topper carefully

Pipe the borders using a star tip

Place the seal topper on top

Save the seals!

Arsenal T-Shirt Cake Topper

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A cake topper made out of fondant for Izzy's boyrfriend's birthday. I didn't make the cake for it to go on, though. Everything is made out of fondant except the word 'Majesty' which was painted on with food colouring.

The making of the tulip bouquet and cupcakes

First, you roll out the fondant/sugarpaste thinly and use the cutters and then press them between a veiner. I had a photo of all the cutters and veiners and other tools I used but for some reason it won't convert into a jpeg.

You have to let it dry in the position and shape you want to set in so I let my petals and leaves mould in spoons and a bowl. You might have noticed that you don't see any of these petals in the final bouquet. That's because as I said, they weren't dry enough and they all broke on me.

Cover the cake in fondant, wrap around a decorative red ribbon to bring out the colours of the flowers.

Apply finishing touches 5 minutes before you have to rush out the door because you're already half an hour late.

And there you have it!

Close up shots of the momentos

Love my $15 Bake and Take cupcake carrier from Coles!

Cakes by Caryl now taking orders

Hey all,

I got 2 enquiries today about whether or not I do made-to-order cakes so I've decided now that I do! I may not always be able to do them. It really depends on how much work I have to do and how close I am to finals, but if you are interested or if you know someone who may be interested, e-mail me at cakesbycaryl@gmail.com .

Caryl
xoxo

Lots of stuff for Monica's 23rd Birthday

I made a whole bunch of stuff for Monica's birthday:-
1. Vanilla cupcakes with red buttercream icing
2. Vanilla cakes with buttercream icing with momento decorations
3, Madeira cake (made by Diana) covered in white fondant and decorated with a sugarpaste tulip spray

Photos courtesy of Emily Yu






I'm not sure if you can see the momentos clearly but they are
1. Karate outfit with black belt because Monica does Karate
2. Golden Venetian mask because Monica and I went to Venice together
3. Red ball of wool with knitting needles because we used to be in a knitting circle together
4. White ball of wool with knitting needles
5. Pink ballet slippers because our 'awesome foursome' group of friends danced together in Revue
6. Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat hat from our days doing Medrevue '04 'The Cat with the Fat'
7. Surf board with "Surfer's" written on it because the trip we made to Surfer's Paradise in 2004


Not what I wanted to do initially but it turned out ok in the end for my first spray, I think. I had a lot of drama putting it together because I didn't really allow enough time for the petals to dry, so luckily I managed to salvage enough petals for 4 tulips.

Ta Da!

I took some photos along the way to show the process. I shall put those up soon. Happy Birthday, Monica!

Easter hazelnut chocolate cupcakes

I used chocolate buttercream with a basket weave tip and for the "grass" I melted white chocolate, coloured it green, let it harden and shaved it.


I got tired and lazy after a while so I just dumped icing on the rest of the remaining cupcakes.







Happy Easter everybody!

Earth cookie for Earth hour!

Vanilla cupcakes with yellow buttercream icing for Ian and Sarah's wedding

Pinku the pink ape cake

Hazelnut gateau with dark chocolate ganache, whipped cream and strawberries

1957 Chevrolet Corvette Gasser Convertible two-tone for Mr. Higgins' 54th birthday

The finished product

Now for the step by step guide:

1. Freeze the cake and carve it to desired shape
   

2. Cover in fondant sparing the inside of the car

(not easy to do if this is one of the first few times you've worked with fondant as it was
for me!)

3. Roll accessories ie. seats, steering wheels etc out of fondant and place


4. Cut windshield out of plastic folder and hold in place with fondant around the edges


5. Add fine detail



And VOILA! you're done!