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.

Daisy Ruffle Cake in Peach & Lime Green

May4

Daisy Cake in Peach & Green

Welile celebrated her birthday in February and she was excited about my cakes and cupcakes after her sister introduced her to some of my sweet sugar work.  She asked me to make this ruffle flower cake with its dainty daisies in shades of lime green and pale peach and to add a selection of cupcakes she chose from my website. The cupcakes were bright and colourful capturing the warm summer celebration day. Everyone enjoyed Welile’s celebration and enjoyed her beautiful cake and cupcakes.

Hat & Flower Cupcakes

Snoopy Cupcakes

Apr29

Snoopy Cupcakes

Karen ordered these cute cupcakes for her daughter’s swimming team. This little Snoopy with his goggles and flippers is their mascot so I had him printed onto edible paper and then cut them and let them dry on sugar paste discs before topping the vanilla swirled cupcakes with them. The girls were delighted with these Snoopy mascot cupcakes and I’m sure after a hard training session they went down well!

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Making a splash with these Snoopy Mascot Cupcakes!

Will You Marry Me Cupcakes!

Apr29
Marry Me Cupcakes

Jeffrey makes his Sweet Marriage Proposal!

It was such a sweet request (excuse the pun) of Jeffreys when he asked me to make these cupcakes for his proposal to his girlfriend. He planned to sweep her off her feet first with a delicious lunch and then to surprise her with a Will You Marry Me Dessert. As he left the design of the cupcake up to me I made 2 cupcakes, the first with 2 daintily embossed hearts with white roses and the second with a single embossed heart and a tag with his proposal of marriage. I then put the cupcakes in bright red polka dot cupcake boxes and the waiter presented this sweet proposal after lunch. Of course this sweet cupcake tale ended delightfully with Jeffrey’s girlfriend accepting his proposal and both of them enjoying their sweet treat! May these be just some of many sweet words you offer in your lives together Jeffrey!