Anyway, recently I've done 4 cakes, three of them im much more proud of than the fourth only as I completed it in two hours.
The first cake was a 3D character from Cars/Cars 2 the animated movie. This character's name is Mater (also know as Tow Mater).
Heres my cake version of Mater;
Mater was for two young twins (Mitchel and Mathew) and their older brother (Bradley), it wasn't for a special event just as a visiting gift. The flavor of the cake was fairly basic so it was firm enough to sculpt. The cake was part Chocolate Mud and Half White Chocolate Mud, and was filled and covered in Milk chocolate Ganache. My favorite part from the creation of this cake was connecting with one of my cake idols! Her name is Verusca Walker, she was nice enough to give me some pointers and templates that she only gives her paying students. From then we have been talking ever since, shes been a huge booster in my motivation! She has also said I'm welcome to come and stay with her in Sydney any time, which was really lovely of her. Im hoping to travel to Sydney very soon, to take one of the cake decorating classes, so I should start saving! :)
My next cake was a Golden 50th Anniversary cake with 24 matching cupcakes for a very lovely couple. I struggled to use the color gold as its a hard color to match with different materials, I feel as though I pulled it off and my client sure thought so! This cake was Utility Sponge filled with a Raspberry Plum Jam with a covering of White chocolate Ganache to make a sturdy base for the RTR icing.
Here it is;
And heres the Cupcakes;
Here they all are lined up!
The next cake I did was Mia's Christening, It was by far the largest order I had retrieved it was to serve 80 guests as well as 30 kids. So my plan was to do a two tier cake which consisted of the giant cupcake (as requested) and a base that would serve 40 people. As the customer didn't want two tiers under the giant cupcake I insisted to to an undecorated cake that would be just a serving cake. I offered to not even charge her for the undecorated one as it was so important to me to have enough cake to cater! In the end I had 80 servings at the event as well as 30 cupcakes for the kids, as requested.
Im very proud of this cake, it was my first cake for a large function, I set the cake up on a cutting table and spoke with the kitchen staff as to how i wanted it cut and served. Im very disappointing by the lighting in the room as i couldn't get a professional photo of it set up on the table provided. I have taken a photo of it before the event which it isn't completed but it still looks great. I have also taken a photo at the event, but its terrible lighting.
The final cake was for my Grandpa's Birthday. I wish I had of had more time to complete it, I had 2 hours. I would have liked to put details on it, especially a message, but for two hours work I think its pretty good. He thought so, and so did the staff at the Pancake Parlor! It was Utility Sponge (again!) with Raspberry Plum Jam, the sweets on it are his favorites.
Here it is;
Thats all Ive done recently, but here are some recent others im proud of,
Anyway, I wanted to post about my cakes because I hadn't attended the day that everyone else was blogging about, I felt it was important to also personalize my blog to my life and my passion. After the past 4 cakes I've decided to stop doing cakes temporarily to be able to attend more often. Decorating cakes takes alot out of me, especially when I'm sick to start with. This decision has been tough but William Angliss means just as much to me as my cakes and its time to let myself shine at William Angliss.
Thats it for now! :)
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