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Offline barleychown

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Cake decorating
« on: Sep 19, 2007, 09:19:09 PM »
Does anyone else decorate cakes or cupcakes just for fun? :grinnnn:

I started decorating a few years ago during the winter months, because I can make flowers out of frosting, when there are none outside to enjoy.

I had to take a break from it while we moved and got settled in here, and have just started again in the past weeks.

This is the cake I did today. It measures 6 inches across, and is two layers tall.



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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #1 on: Sep 19, 2007, 09:42:06 PM »
wow Sarah great Job.. I have tried to do it and was Never sucessful at it.. I love the colors.. looks great! :ThumbUp:

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19, 2007, 10:25:05 PM »
Sarah, that is sure pretty!  You did a great job on it and it is small enough that you are not going to have tons of leftovers.

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #3 on: Sep 20, 2007, 01:27:38 AM »
OK, I'm trying to figure out if that's a mini cake, or a supersized cupcake. :ScratchHead:   Hmmm... I've never heard of a 2 layer cupcake, so I guess it IS a cake! What I'd like to know is WHY you would make a 6" cake when there are 4 people in your household! That only gives each person a 1½" piece, & there won't even be any leftovers! :SmileyFit:

Well anyway, I think it's pretty enough, so I hope that whoever cuts it will feel bad about desecrating a piece of art! Your frosting flowers are sooo cool, & I like the idea of making flowers out of frosting when you can't go outside & play with the real ones! :clap: One of my teachers taught us how to do that in cooking class once, but I think I've forgotten how to do it, cuz I've tried to stay out of the kitchen as much as possible. :wink5:

When I've had to, I've made & decorated some pretty cute cakes for my kids when they were little, & they enjoyed the guitars, dinosaurs & Cinderalla cakes, or whatever was needed to match their party themes. Now, the only time I ever bake a cake is when I get a desperate hankerin' for hot devilsfood cake with a smathering of real butter!  It's a wonder I don't weigh 300 pounds!

Nice job, Sarah! :ThumbUp:

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #4 on: Sep 20, 2007, 07:46:39 AM »
Sarah! That is a beautiful cake!! I can't do frosting flowers to save my life!! Gr1eat j20o3.b!!0

Mackenna was helping type....sorry! :rofl1:

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #5 on: Sep 20, 2007, 07:57:36 AM »
That only gives each person a 1½" piece, & there won't even be any leftovers!
That looks like a good reason to make a small one to me!

That is a really pretty cake Sarah. My cousin made a ducky cake for her niece that was really cute.



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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #6 on: Sep 20, 2007, 08:49:42 AM »
 :ThumbUp: Sarah, thats really pretty, you've done a great job!!!!!

Too bad we didnt live closer, cuz i know who i would be having to make my cakes for me  :grinnnn: :grinnnn:.

Again......great job!!!

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #7 on: Sep 20, 2007, 10:10:49 AM »
Sarah, that is a beautiful cake.  The only thing I've ever managed to do is the little "ribbon" of frosting on the bottom and stars.  But then again hand-eye coordination is not my strongest talent...  That is just a beautiful cake, I'm surprised you let anyone cut into it.

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #8 on: Sep 21, 2007, 11:05:28 AM »
Thank you for the compliments. I think my next atempt will be a fall cake, something with reds and oranges and yellows. Maybe some mums, if I can figure out how to make them.

After eating it for two days, there is still cake left over. I was sure that it would be gone by now...
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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #9 on: Sep 21, 2007, 12:11:40 PM »
Fall leaves would be pretty on or around a cake! Oooh, aaah.



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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #10 on: Sep 21, 2007, 12:22:47 PM »
Still some left........wow....guess they liked how pretty it looked too huh!!

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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #11 on: Oct 01, 2007, 09:44:33 PM »
 :Wow:  sarah! you did a awsome job!! i use to decorate cakes all the time,
what kind of icing is that?  i never thought of doing the green icing like that, great idea!!!  looks great n i bet it was eaisier than a bunch of grass tips over n over or smothing it all with a hot knife  :ThumbUp:
 :laugh1:  now im getting the urg! may have to drag out all my tips n bags this weekend.
have you ever drew pitchures on a cake? i use to take pics out of coloring books to do,  just let the icing set put a pice of wax paper over it then your pic, n take a needle n poke the lines and in the icing, then its lets play dot to dot with a bagie n tip to trace it all. the hardest one i ever did was bat man for rj when he was 5.
cant wait to see your fall cake!

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« Reply #12 on: Oct 02, 2007, 01:21:06 PM »
heres an old pis of the batman cake, cant realy see the top. i know i have a better pic somewere,

 this is a store bought cake. i just made the monkey outta icing cause rj wanted a monkey on it
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Re: Cake decorating
« Reply #13 on: Oct 03, 2007, 04:19:39 AM »
Nice cakes, Sarah. Dianna and I sure would love to have had you around when her son got  married.
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