One of my girlfriends daughters was having a "Disney's the Little Mermaid" themed birthday party, and since having recently gone through what I now refer to as "cake college" I asked her if she would mind if I did her cake for free, so I could get some practice. Oh, and of course she agreed, I mean free cake, who wouldn't agree? So here are some photo's of Ariel and Flounder. I felt pretty darn good about the whole thing, excpet for one small mistake. When I was coloring all of my buttercream, I forgot to leave myself some plain white buttercream for her eyes and teeth. Ooops, this is why I need the practice!
I used the piping gel trace method I learned in Wilton Course One to get Ariel on the cake. Then I filled her with tip 16 (star) and tip 4 (round).
Here is my "work in progress" shot.
And finally she is ready to go on the road. Everyone loved it, especially the birthday girl! She requested a vanilla and chocolate marble cake, with vanilla butter cream. Hmmmm, it was yummy!
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It's always so hard getting those characters to look just right, but you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteQuite impressive :-)
You did a great job. I know how it is to get all of your colors together then realize you were suppose to set aside some white. I can't wait to trace with piping gel again. I think it's a neat trick to get your picture on the cake.
ReplyDeleteMonica - Thank You!
ReplyDeleteMichel-lee - Thank you, I also like piping gel transfers, it is one of those sneaky little tricks that non decorators don't know about. :)