A Game of Cat & Mouse

When it comes to cartoons, I’m old-school all the way.  Me no like Pokemon, Jimmy Neutron, Bubble Guppies, etc. etc. etc.

Give me Rocky & Bullwinkle, Fred Flintstone, Bugs Bunny, or these guys…

I was super excited when a mom contacted me about doing a Tom & Jerry cake for her four-year-old son.  She chose this design to go along with Blake’s swimming party.

The cake is covered with homemade fondant which I marbled with a couple of different shades of blue to give it a watery look. I also made the name with rolled fondant.

To make Tom & Jerry, I started with a base of rice cereal treats and covered it with a combination of fondant and gum paste.  These little guys took some time to complete.

Ty was a little confused at how Tom & Jerry were able to get so close to each other without fighting.

This cake was made with 8” and 10” rounds and serves about 45.

Lindsey

Spiderman

With a new Spiderman movie coming out this summer, you know some little boy is going to want a Spiderman birthday party.  Here are a few pictures of the Spiderman cake I made for 4-year-old Clark.

This cake was made with 6” and 8” round tiers.  It serves approximately 30 people.  The cake is filled and iced with buttercream and covered with homemade marshmallow fondant.  The buildings and numbers are cut from fondant.  The rich red and jet black colors on this cake were achieved using an airbrush.

Lindsey

Mission Completion!

Here are a few pictures of the Go, Diego, Go! cake I completed this weekend.

One thing you may notice about this cake is that the figures are not handmade. The birthday boy’s mom ordered these characters for me to use. Hey, I’m not complaining. Those were the easiest figures that I’ve ever done!  That doesn’t mean that there weren’t plenty of other details to make for this cake.  All of the flowers, trees, leaves, hills, and the sun were made from fondant.

The waterfall consists of a blue sheet of fondant draped over the side of the cake.  On top of that I brushed on royal icing to resemble waves.  I love the way that technique turned out.

This cake was made with 6” and 8” tiers and served approximately 30.  It’s filled with cream cheese icing and covered with marshmallow fondant.

Lindsey

Umizoomi Cake

I have a fun little cake to share with y’all today.  It’s an Umizoomi cake for three-year-old Walker.

The shapes and characters were made using fondant fondant.  My monkeys don’t watch this show on TV, so I had to do a little research before sculpting the characters.

This cake was made with an 8” round tier and a 4” square tier.  It was filled and iced with basic buttercream, and it served approximately 25.

Lindsey