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Hippie Figurine

Jun11

Yolanda of Crave Cakes asked me to do a Hippie Figurine for a 21st birthday cake.  A friend of her daughter was celebrating her 21st with one of Yolanda’s cakes and knowing her well Yolanda sent me the brief and photos of a beautiful blonde young woman with a gorgeous hippie style. I created this mini sugar figurine in blue stitched denim dungarees to show off long slim legs and a cute printed bandana top as well as a hand painted bandana to hold back her blonde sugar tresses.

Hippie Figurine

Cupcakes2Delite goes Hippie!

Beautiful expressive blue eyes, a soft gentle mouth and long lashes finished off this figurine perfectly and I was delighted to see that Yolanda placed her on a gorgeous hippie car cake to complement her style!

Hippie Figurine

Just Chillin on my 21st!

Ninja Turtle Cake and Cupcakes

Jun10

Ninja Turtle Cake & CupcakesZanele always has the best praise for any orders I make for her and I love that she called me a genius after making this Ninja Turtle Cake for her son Theo.  The genius part may have loads to do with the inspiration I got from the photos she sent me and from the fact that her 6 year old son is a Ninja Turtle fan and was bound to be excited about the 4 little masked ninja turtles popping out on top of his birthday cake. The children were delighted with the Ninja Turtle Cake and Cupcakes and the adults enjoyed their flower topped cupcakes. Thanks again Zanele for trusting me with another birthday order for your celebrations.

Ninja Turtle Cupcakes

Minion Cupcakes

Jun10

Minion Cupcakes5 Minion Cupcakes in Party HatsThese Minion Cupcakes are just too cute not to blog about.  Their bright yellow sugar faces, naughty smiles and googly eyes just makes them so loved for party themes at the moment.  Welile asked me to add purple party hats to the minion face cupcakes above to get them completely party ready!

The next order just a few days later was for a birthday celebration for a guy, a surprise from his girlfriend Refilwe, so I sugar dressed these cupcakes in the traditional blue minion dungarees. Refilwe said to me she had never seen her boyfriend so excited as when she gave him his cupcakes!

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Louis Vuitton Shoe Cake!

Jun7

Louis Vuitton Shoe CakeLouis Vuitton Shoe Cake (36)When Sharon asked me to do this cake for her daughter, Kirsty, she said she wanted a special Louis Vuitton cake.  Kirsty is a Louis Vuitton fan and had already had several different LV designer birthday cakes for previous celebrations including a handbag and LV logo.  I thought of adding a Louis Vuitton Shoe to a shoe box cake which was a challenge as I have never made a sugar paste shoe. As this cake had to be perfect at short notice there was no time to practise and it was one of my sugar art teachers, Pat of Cakes By Pat who came to my rescue and crafted this most exquisite Louis Vuitton shoe for Kirsty’s cake.

Louis Vuitton Shoe Cake Not only did the shoe have the most beautiful gold, red and black detail but it also had a Louis Vuitton label and stitching and buckle detail. Pat masterfully included all the intricate zebra pattern on the heel of the shoe and it was so pretty and dainty it looked like you could just go dancing in this heeled-beauty. I completed the chocolate cake with a layer of gorgeous ivory fondant edged with edible lace. I added 2 small red roses to tie in the red of the shoe and made a Crystal Lace Flower using the Crystal Lace  3 D Peony mat which I centered with tiny ivory pearls. The board was also fondant covered and then emobssed with Louis Vuitton embossing logos.  Kirsty was delighted with her birthday cake but which young girl wouldn’t be with such an exquisitely hand crafted sugar shoe!

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Jasmine Figurine Class with Vicci!

Jun5

Jasmine Figurine

Jasmine FigurineJasmine has to be one of the prettiest faces I have accomplished in Vicci’s (of Victoria Bean Bakery) classes.  Jasmine was a challenge in sugar as we worked with wet rice paper for her clothing and rice paper for the Lotus Flower. This delicate flower was taught to us by Pat of Cakes by Pat. Jasmine’s clothes look almost ethereal and the coloured wet rice paper allowed for the beautiful draped effect on her body. Her gorgeous dark sugar paste locks, gold body painting and midnight blue eyes add to her mystique. I couldn’t resist photographing her in front of a small ornate gold framed mirror I had as she was as beautiful from the front as she was from the back.  Thank you again to two awesome sugar crafters sharing their skills with us once again!

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Giant Cupcake Cake with Ruffle Flowers

May4

Giant Cupcake Cake with Ruffle FlowersBoth Vee’s daughters celebrated birthdays with Giant Cupcake Cakes this year so when Vee ordered this one for Kristen I had to change the design a bit to make it unique for her. I chose a soft lime green and pastel lavender as the colour palette for the cake and made a green chocolate casing for the cupcake cake. I popped the chocolate-cased cake onto a lavender embossed board finished off with a green polka dot washi tape. The cupcake cake was generously iced with a cream cheese icing which gave me a soft background to place my gently ruffled lime and lavender ruffled flowers. I added white sugar pearls to the flower centres and small roses and blossoms to the cake.