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Showing posts with label grooms cake. Show all posts

Captain America Shield Cake

6:00 AM | Labels: Captain America, grooms cake, red white and blue, sculpted, Star

I did this groom's cake for a very neat couple last weekend. They had their reception on the Delta Queen Riverboat. In case you're not a fan of the comics, this is Captain America's shield.

For this cake we started, as we do with a lot of cakes, with some images from Google image search. Chad then took one of those images and used a freeware program, PosteRazor, to enlarge the image to the appropriate size.

From there we took an 18 inch round cake and began carving. I wound up making the shield a little rounder than I wanted because I still had to account for everyone getting an full serving of cake in their slice.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

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Chocolate Panel Grooms Cake

5:34 AM | Labels: autumn, chocolate, fall, fern leaves, grapes, grooms cake

A few weeks ago I did this little groom's cake for a couple celebrating with an autumnal wedding theme. Why is it that fall and winter weddings get their own "theme", but no spring or summer themed weddings?

For the chocolate panels, I melted chocolate onto sheet pans and cut the panels just as they were firming up. You have to catch it at just the right time. Too soon and the chocolate's still runny, too late and it's hard as a rock.

I garnished the cake with some gumpaste leaves and some real black and red grapes. A smattering of rose petal leaves completed the look.

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

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I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night!

5:30 AM | Labels: Grandview, grooms cake, KISS, Rock

...and Bake Cakes Every Day!!

I delivered this groom's cake recently to The Grandview. Our groom here is a HUGE KISS fan and Rock And Roll Over is his favorite album.

We started with a small one layer square cake and then a round cake cut at an angle (for optimal viewing). We printed out the album cover on edible image paper and mounted it to a buzzsaw shaped modeling chocolate plaque. We also cut "KISS" letters out of fondant.

The bride caught a glimpse of us as we were delivering the cake. She was SO excited and happy with it! Rock On!!!

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Neyland Stadium Vols Cake, Revisited

6:00 AM | Labels: grooms cake, Neyland, stadium, Vols, Volunteers

I have done a Neyland Stadium groom's cake before, but this one is my best to date (until the next one - LOL).

This time around, my brother (the master woodworker) was visiting and watching me very intently. Before long I could tell he was itching to play in some edible material. I had a few sheets of white modeling chocolate rolled out, so I had him to glove up and start cutting out my templates. He's a dog-gone natural I tell ya!!

The weirdest coincidence? Both of my Neyland Stadium cakes have went to the same place! The Loose Cannon Art Gallery! Must be a great place for Vols fans to get married!!

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Rock'em Sock'em Grooms Cake

6:00 AM | Labels: grooms cake, pearls

This week I met with a couple that were interested in a cake I did a long time ago. It was a Rock'em Sock'em Robots cake (sorry about the quality of the photos, I don't know what happened to them!), Looking back through my old photos, I remember having such a good time making this cake. Even though we technically cheated by using the robots and the ring posts, there was still a lot we had to figure out.

We used hot glue, floral wire, and skewers to create "extenders" on the posts and the robots so that we could seat them in the cake properly. Now that I think of it, this may have been where I came up with my monogram extension method I mentioned some time ago.

The most fun part of this cake was making the bride and groom outfits for the robots. The groom's tux is made from that foamy construction paper stuff and the bride's outfit is made from genuine faux pearls and some netting for the veil. Here's a closer view:

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Vertical Stripes are SO Slimming!

6:00 AM | Labels: fondant. stripes, grooms cake, monogram

When I meet with brides that are fondant-phobic, I like to tell them that most cakes can be done either in fondant or buttercream. This cake, however, is a fondant only affair.

Now, I'll begin by saying that with most cakes, I decorate each tier (almost) fully and then put the tiers together. I found that the stripes on this cake went on much better when I put the whole cake together and then started applying the fondant stripes. Trying to handle those stripes once they were on the cake was not going to be pretty!

I started with the bottom tier, then mixed my leftover chocolate fondant with white to make the graduated coloring for the tiers. For the monogram, I cut a circle from modeling chocolate and let it dry on a curved flower former. Then I hand painted the "W" monogram using brown luster dust and the accented it with gold luster dust.

This was a grooms cake, but I have a wedding coming soon using this same stripe design for a wedding cake. I can't wait to see how this thing looks in white!

Have a great weekend everybody!!

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A Groom's Hobbies

5:40 AM | Labels: 3-tier, college, fraternity, grooms cake, sports

Most grooms have a lot of interests, and that's certainly not an issue. Sometimes however, figuring out a way to put them all on a cake can be problematic.

I think we did a pretty good job of including all of this groom's interests without overpowering the cake. Let's see... here we can see our groom is into golf, baseball, U of Auburn, Engineering, peanut butter cups, fraternities and organizations, and Chik-fila chicken (or at least their cow mascot).

We used several techniques on this cake, edible images, figure molding, modeling chocolate; we even used the Cricut Cake to cut out the Auburn logo. The baseball was rice crispy treats covered in fondant.

This groom's cake was delivered to The Farm's clubhouse in Dalton.

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Armadillo Groom's Cake

5:11 AM | Labels: animals, grooms cake

Now I must have seen Steel Magnolias at least a dozen times, but I have never been asked to do an armadillo cake... until now!

I carved the cake and covered it with fondant, and used my clay tools to make the lines and the armadillo plates. Then I used oval cutters to make the scales. I dry brushed the whole thing with dove gray petal dust to give it a more natural look.

When we delivered this to the Grand View Hotel, we ran into the bride and groom and they were both super psyched about their cute little armadillo cake.

Thanks for stopping by and everyone have an excellent week!!

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UGA Sanford Stadium

5:51 AM | Labels: Football, grooms cake, Scale model, sports, stadium

I always love a good challenge, especially when it comes to cakes. When I had clients ask for a quasi-replica of UGA's Sanford Stadium, I knew that I had my work cut out for me. I visited all my favorite web sites and really couldn't find any good blueprints of the stadium, only seating charts (which were still helpful). Finally I ordered a scale model off the Internet. I used the model to take measurements and transfer them on to graph paper. Then I used the graph paper to make my full-size patterns.

I know it's hard to tell, but this cake is actually mostly cake. There are a few rice crispy treats, and it has its fair share of modeling chocolate, fondant, and edible images, but 95% is just pure delicious cake.

I delivered this groom's cake to the Dalton Golf and Country Club. None of the guests were there yet, but I think all of the staff came out and took pictures with their phones.

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Peanut Butter Paradise

5:17 AM | Labels: Cricut Cake, fondant, grooms cake, logo, Scale model

This weekend we were tasked to make a HUGE package of Reese's Peanut Butter Butter Cups. And when I say huge, I mean almost 2 feet long! Since it was a Reese's Cup cake, it only makes sense that it was chocolate cake with peanut butter icing, right?

Nothing terribly fancy going on here - the sides of the package were made from rice crispy treats and the whole thing was covered in fondant. The one cool thing we did on this cake was to use our Cricut Cake to cut out the logo. Chad took the logo and somehow got into this new software we bought (called Sure Cuts a Lot) and used it to cut the logo out of modeling chocolate. It was very cool, and if we ever do another one, we can use the same file to make it as large or small as we need!

Once it was finished I had some extra space left on my cake board so I covered most of the exposed areas of the board with ganache and then topped it with quartered peanut butter cups and Reese's Pieces! Peanut Butter Paradise!!!

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Grooms, Start Your Engines!

5:15 AM | Labels: grooms cake, Jeff Gordon, NASCAR, tuxedo strawberries

We live in the South, and people here really love their NASCAR racing, but it's odd that until now, I have never been asked to do a NASCAR groom's cake.

This groom is a big Jeff Gordon fan, and wanted his signature "24" number to adorn the top of his groom's cake. We printed the checkered flags out on card stock, and cut the numbers out of black and yellow modeling chocolate.

To get a little more chocolate on the cake, the groom opted for the "chocolate drippy" look and a few tuxedo and chocolate-covered strawberries.

As we were setting up the cake, a lady approached us and was telling us what a huge Jeff Gordon fan the groom was. So big, in fact that the couple invited Jeff Gordon to their wedding! She said that Jeff had declined their invitation, but did send the couple a wedding present... how cool is that?

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Auburn Helmet Cake

5:16 AM | Labels: Auburn, football. helmet, grooms cake, sculpted

This is not the first helmet cake I have done, but it was the first with a free standing face guard. The couple specifically asked for it. I accomplished the task by rolling out gumpaste logs and inserting wire through them before they dried. They did get a little more wrinkly than I would have liked, but overall it turned out well.

Carving this one took me forever; that stack of cakes just DID NOT want to become a helmet! Once I had it in the shape I wanted, I carved a small section of the inside of the helmet out; just enough for me to cover with black fondant and it still be inset. I thought it add a lot to the realism of the cake.

Overall, I thought it turned out very good! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!

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Argyle Robot Grooms Cake

6:00 AM | Labels: 3-tier, argyle, grooms cake, topper

I made a groom's cake for an awesome couple last weekend. They were both self-professed "computer geeks". They wanted the groom's cake to match the wedding cake's colors. They decided on retro circles and an argyle pattern.

For the argyle tier, I measured the height and width of my middle tier and then used Microsoft Powerpoint to make a custom harlequin diamond template. I do this a lot, especially when I want a very precise fit. For the "stripes", I wanted them to be very thin, and very unobtrusive. I wound up cutting thin strips off of edible image paper and then painting them with silver luster dust.

But I almost forgot about the best part of this cake, and I had nothing to do with it!! The bride and groom (the self-professed computer geeks) made their own wedding topper. Didn't they do a great job? The french cuffs, the lacy bodice, it's all just so cute and wonderful.

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Grandview Grooms Cake

5:57 AM | Labels: grooms cake, Scale model, tutorial

While I was very disappointed in the pictures I took of this cake, I was very pleased with the cake itself.

When I took Mike McCarey's class some time ago, he said that he cut a lot of his cakes at an angle for static logos and that's what I did with this one (although you can't really tell it from the pics... grrr). It does make it easier to see!

For the logo, I had Chad enlarge the logo onto card stock paper and then use poor man's laminate (packing tape) to seal both sides. From that, I used the entire template to cut the light blue edging (using modeling chocolate, thank goodness). I then cut off the light blue edging from the template and cut the dark blue parts out. When I was done, my template was all cut up, but all my modeling chocolate pieces were exactly what I needed. I put everything together and the different levels of the modeling chocolate made it not so flat and gave it an extra little layer of dimension to it.

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Acoustic Guitar Groom's Cake

5:52 AM | Labels: extreme, grooms cake, guitar, Scale model, Tennessee Aquarium

I know you've all been waiting, so here's the groom's cake that we delivered to the Tennessee Aquarium last weekend! The groom wanted a replica of a Martin Acoustic Guitar.

Chad got busy on the Interwebs and found the appropriate guitar graphic and enlarged it so that we would have a scale template to work from.

I carved the cake but I was initially stumped on how to handle the neck of the guitar without building an elaborate stand. We finally decided to use black modeling chocolate to "hide" all of the cake that wasn't part of the neck. You can see it in the picture below, I thought it made for a very realistic effect.

The couple were very against fondant, so only the top of the cake is fondant. I airbrushed the buttercream sides with browns and blacks to give that dark wood-tone look. I made the strings by extruding fondant through my clay gun, but I wasn't totally happy with how they turned out. Next time, they would either be smaller, or I would maybe try to use floral wire or some other medium.

Well, there's more cakes to do that will have to be it for this time! Check back on Tuesday to see what new cake adventures we have been up to!

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Any Volunteers?

6:00 AM | Labels: buttercream, grooms cake, sports, Volunteers

Last weekend I got the chance to do my first stadium cake. The groom wasn't looking for a scale model replica (thank goodness!) but he did want a visual approximation of Neyland Stadium, home of the Tennessee Volunteers. They wanted to make sure that all of the "fans" were orange and gray and guess what? I couldn't find a single vendor that could get me JUST orange and gray quins. So I put my poor husband to task with a piece of orange and gray fondant and a teeny tiny circle plunge cutter. He cut out circles for over 2 hours!

Carving out the "bowl" wasn't the easiest thing I ever did, but it wasn't as hard as I expected.

Speaking of hard, Chad and I are gearing up for a big wedding show in Chattanooga this Sunday. So much to do and so little time to do it in! If you're thinking about getting married and you're in the Chattanooga area, stop by the Chattanooga Trade Center on Sunday January 24th between Noon and 4pm and we'll give you a little snack!

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Do Not Adjust Your Sets...

6:00 AM | Labels: Cake stands, Chattanoogan, extreme, fondant, grooms cake

This post weekend I visited the fine folks at the Chattanoogan. This time my bride and groom had a very clear idea of what they wanted for their extreme groom's cake.

They wanted an upside-down cake!

Luckily, I had a whole year to plan and get ready for this one. Did I use it all? Of course I did!! I had my brother make another of his soon to be famous cake stands. A rod screws into the base and runs through the center of the entire cake. Small clamps attach just above tier 1 and tier 2 to provide about an inch of clearance, as well as supporting the weight of tier above.

The topper was made using triangles cut from modeling chocolate and dusted with various luster dusts. I think it turned out really cute, don't you?

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A Groom's Interests

5:30 AM | Labels: books, fishing, football. helmet, grooms cake, sculpted, sports

This weekend I did a couple of cakes at The Chattanoogan hotel in Chattanooga, TN. This was a groom's cake and in it, the couple wanted to really showcase the groom's interests.

This groom was really into reading, fly fishing, and the Carson Newman Eagles football (his alma mater). We decided to incorporate each of these items into the design.

This was my first "stacked book" cake. I was SO glad that I didn't attempt this BEFORE finding out about modeling chocolate. It made it SO much easier to make the book covers and the pages.

This was also my first helmet cake. I actually went out and bought a helmet for reference. And I was glad I did! It really helped me capture the shape and the spirit of the helmet where I think a picture just wouldn't have cut it.

Merry Christmas to all the readers of my blog. I have discovered so many wonderful friends and ideas through my blogging and I feel really good when I do share with you, so expect more in the future!

UPDATE: I just heard back from the event manager at the Chattanoogan and he said that the photographer couldn't find the groom's cake to take photos of it. Not because it was missing, but because he didn't think it was cake!! Event staff kept telling him it was the books and helmet and he kept yelling back "There's no cake around the books and helmet!" AWESOME!

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Back to the Future DeLorean Cake

6:36 PM | Labels: cars, extreme, fondant, geeky, grooms cake, Scale model, sci fi, sculpted

This weekend our very good friends Greg and Kristin were married at Welcome Valley Village in Benton, Tennessee - very close to the Ocoee River. It was a beautifully rustic little place and we had a blast! Even though we deliver cakes to weddings almost every weekend, we rarely get to go to one. Greg is a big Back to the Future fan, and wanted a Delorean cake as his grooms cake. Greg was really happy with it (as were we) and there was a lot of people there that didn't believe it was cake. I stopped counting the Ace of Cakes references at somewhere around 20!

A while back we purchased Mike McCary's Cakenology DVD and ever since we have wanted to give it a shot. Chad and I worked on this cake over 24 hours, but we had an absolute blast making it. Mike certainly makes it look easy, but he gives excellent instruction.

Speaking of Mike McCary and instruction, tomorrow I will be attending Mike's modeling chocolate class at the Nicholas Lodge school in Atlanta. I am absolutely giddy with excitement. I got my first experience working with modeling chocolate on this car and I am really in love with it. I see Chad making lots more modeling chocolate in our future!!

Everyone have a great week and Congratulations Greg & Kristin! Have a great time in Key West!!

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TV cake-not as easy as it looks!

5:05 PM | Labels: grooms cake, Scale model, sculpted, TV Cake

Well, it was bound to happen, I had a cake tragedy. I am trying to look at it as a lesson but I'm so tore up that I did not deliver a product that wasn't what I promised. Here is the set up. A mother of the groom (MOG for short) called me with 10 days notice because her other baker decided she could not handle the cake they wanted. The MOG met us at the Dalton Bridal show in January. They didn't use us because they were told, not by us but lots of others, that no baker would make the bridal cake they wanted because it had live goldfish in between the tiers. Anyway, the request was for a 3-D flat screen TV cake with ESPN on the screen and any prop items we had time to make. We made a box out of 1" x 4" wood and 1/4" hard board in the back. We drilled a hold in the bottom and a piece of PVC with threads went all the way up. My brother made me a great stand that was heavy with a metal thing in the middle for the threaded rod to screw into it. I just saw them do this sort of thing on "Amazing Wedding Cakes". The cake girls made a great box of sweet tarts. Those shows make it look SO FREAKING EASY and it's not. We spent hours on this cake, 7 decorating. We set it up and it looked great. THEN the fondant screen starting sliding. It tore at a weak point that should not have been, I don't understand why it did what it did. We sat there for 50 minutes and watched it slide and total of about 1/3". I used black royal icing to caulk the boo boo, it looked fine. We left, went shopping at Wal-Mart and the ladies at Trevitt Hall called and told us it was buckling. We went back and it was about 15 minutes to show time. The screen had slipped another 1/4" inch. I did the same caulking job and it was still OK. 85% of people would not have noticed it. I had to leave and hope for the best. About 11:30pm the venue called and told me that as someone was walking by, the cake PVC rod broke and fell. Luckily the person caught it and nothing hit the floor or anything. They laid the screen down on the table and cut it as a sheet cake. Everyone got cake and it didn't break until after everyone sat down for dinner. I guess that's the good news? I don't know how upset the MOG is, but my heart is broken. What I learned....I should have insisted on a pound cake. I should have used a metal threaded rod (I don't know for sure that the PVC snapped until I pick up the stand). I should have stacked the cake in small layers, as opposed to the big sheets of cake that filled up the box. I should have put it vertical the day before decorating it so it could settle all that it wanted before I put the fondant on. I think I'm going to do the cake again and see how it goes with all my newly gained knowledge. Tomorrow is another day.

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