Gator Boys

Seems like the majority of cakes that I do are geared more toward the girls than the boys – you know, like polka dots, bows, and colorful zebra prints.

Not this cake. It’s lean and mean and dirty and green.

In a good way.

Meet the Gator Boys.

I hand-sculpted these lovely lizards using a combination of fondant and rice cereal treats.

Take it from me.  There are a lot of little scales on those gators’ backs. It took me about one hour to complete each alligator.

Once I had the gators looking the way I wanted them, I finished them up with the airbrush.

Obviously, the alligators were the focus of this cake, but I added a few swampy details to give the cake some more character.

No swamp scene would be complete without a snake…

…and a turtle.

This was an 11x15 single layer cake that served approximately 30.  The cake was iced with buttercream, and the details were hand-sculpted from homemade fondant.  Except for the stems of the cattails, the entire cake is completely edible.

Lindsey

Forty and Fishing

This weekend I did a fun cake for an over-the-hill fisherman.  His wife contacted me weeks ago wanting to get a special cake to surprise her husband on his big day.  I think the birthday boy really enjoyed his cake.  What’s even better is that, completely by accident, he was dressed to match his likeness on the cake.  Too funny!

 

This cake was 8” round and served approximately 20 people.  The cake was iced and filled with buttercream, and the decorations were hand sculpted from fondant.  The tiny fisherman is seated on a rice cereal treat tree stump covered with chocolate fondant.  The only part of the cake that is not edible is the fishing pole and line.

Lindsey