One of my favorite animals is the elephant, so of course I had to come up with an elephant cake! This cake is similar to the race car cake in that it uses the same egg shaped cake. First, the cake is frosted in gray buttercream and smoothed out. Next, I add the ears, trunk,…
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Race Car Cakes
I created these cakes for the store I work at. We offer a variety of novelty cakes, and I’m always working to create a new design. I came up with the race car because my father used to be a race car driver. Since first making this cake, I always use the number 82 because…
Castle Cake
I learned a great deal from making this cake. I had some triumphs and some disasters. After I finished this cake, I was disappointed with it. However, other people who saw it thought it was great. I think because I worked so long and hard on it and wasn’t able to present the initial idea…
Dog & Cat Critter Cupcakes
I love creating these types of cupcakes. Trying to figure out the best way to make them look like the animals they represent is fun! When I set out to make the dogs and cats I had a purpose in mind. I wanted to create a tutorial for other people to learn from. I went…
Spring Frog Cake
This is my first fondant cake. I didn’t know much about fondant before I experimented with it for this cake. I was always interested in working with fondant, and after watching a few cake decoration competitions on Food Network I really had the urge to play around with it. I bought ready-made fondant at a…
White Tiger Critter Cupcakes
White Tiger Cupcakes Originally uploaded by sweet_tease_blog These cupcakes were made for a birthday girl who is a fan of white tigers. The basis for these cupcake tigers is very similar to the lions and lambs. The bodies are piped with a #8 tip, the legs and tail with a #4, the ears and muzzle…
Tie-Dye Wedding Cake
This wedding cake is the follow up to the bridal shower cake. For her wedding cake the bride wanted something different and fun. She had her cake topper picked out long before her cake design! She had previously seen tie-dye birthday cakes I had done, and one of the first things she said to me…
Bridal Shower Cake
Wedding_Shower_Cake_by_theshaggyturtle Originally uploaded by sweet_tease_blog This cake was made specially for my friend bridal shower. I was her maid of honor, so her shower cake had to be extra special! I wanted do make the cake look very delicate and fancy so I used a reverse shell border and light pastel colors. After the cake…
Lion and Lamb Critter Cupcakes
These are the first cupcakes I made in my CupCake Series. I was asked to prepare a dessert for a local crafting group last March. I wanted to make something was was fun and creative, and I thought it would be neat to make a reference to the saying; “March comes in like a lion…
Apple Newton Cake
This is one of the first cakes I ever made, it has to be at least four years ago that I made it. I like to look back at my earlier cakes to see how I’ve improved. I still think this cake is pretty neat aside from the roughness about it. I remember the part…