Tire Cake in Buttercream- Cake Decorating- How To

This cake was tough to make! Not because of the skill involved, but because of the shear agony of destroying a perfectly good Wedding Cake! Every decorator knows that a large sigh of relief when all of the borders and flowers are perfectly placed on a cake, especially one the size of a Wedding Cake. This design calls for chocolate meant to look like mug to be splattered all over the side of the cake. For any decorator the act of splattering anything all over a newly finished Wedding Cake is horrifying!

In the end this is a fun design! It's great to say you've done at least once. The tire part of this design is really cool and can be done quickly without the use of fondant. It would be a great design for a boys birthday cake with the addition of some hot wheels. Any car lover would enjoy this design as well.

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Gardener's Hat Cake- Mother's Day- Cake Decorating

I wanted a way to showcase Ranunculas and Peonies in buttercream. I had also received a request for a Ladies Hat Cake, so I decided to combine them in this Gardener's Hat Cake. This design is built on a single 10 inch and sculpted in Butter Cream. 

I love this design for Mother's Day but I think it would be perfect for any Gardener.

How To Train Your Dragon Cake- Photos and Video

Stormfly, from the How to Train Your Dragon Series, was actually quite difficult for me to figure out how to create. The cake is intended to look like the Dragon's Nest with different colored wings and ice around the base. 

I originally pictured more wings and in fact made many more pairs that I didn't use. They as well as the ice are made from cany melts. 

I wanted the dragon to appear that it is peering over the side of the nest. I had to figure out how to secure the the weight of the head. I ended up using a giant marshmallow for the base of the head attached to a skewer.

The overall effect was quite dramatic! These huge looming wings really added to this effect!

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