Transformers Cake… take… what now? Three?
19 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in awesome, badass, birthdays, black, dude cakes, friends, manly, movies, red, transformers Tags: baking, birthday, Blog, cake, deocorating, fondant, food, friends, transformers
I believe this is the 3rd Transformers cake I’ve made. Possibly the 4th. I forget. It’s for sure, one of the coolest.
I decided I wanted to make “metal” panels for the sides of this cake. I cut the panels from grey fondant and then added “screws” to the corners by cutting little circles and scoring them.
I lined the cake with the panels and then painted them with edible silver shimmer. A few “rusty” accents and I was loving how it was shaping up.
Finally, I decided to add some “patches” here and there for a more worn look. I was really happy with the results!
Funny enough, when I went to cut out the logo, I planned to print it out, lay it over my fondant and cut from there. Well, my printer had other plans and refused to print! I was furious, but I calmed myself down and cut the design out free hand, using a photo on my phone as reference. Not bad if I do say so myself.
I love this cake!
Also, wish me luck… I’m fighting the mobs to go Christmas shopping today lol.
More Than Meets the Eye
27 Nov 2010 2 Comments
in awesome, birthdays, black, cake, sliced cake, transformers, tv show, yellow, zebra cake Tags: baking, birthday, Blog, bumblebee, cake, deocorating, fun, transformers, vw, wolkswagen, zebra cake
So, through the wonders of technology, I’ve set this to post while I’m actually on the road on my way to Wisconsin. Right now, I’m probably chugging Monster and rocking out to The Postal Service.
So anyhow-
A while back, I made this awesome Darth Vader cake for my friend Janna’s son’s birthday. 
It was an epic party and I’ve made several cakes for people who were at the party and saw the cake.
Well, now I have another to add to that list. I was contacted by Jennifer about making her son a cake. He likes Transformers. I’ve done one Transformers cake before, but this would be a bit more involved. She wanted it to be similar to the Darth Vader cake with the logo on top and then a decorated cake on the bottom.
She said he likes Bumble bee, one of the characters on the show. Not the new version though- the old school version. Love it!
I used black fondant on top and then painted the logo with edible silver dust mixed with a little bit of vodka to make a paint. Then I outlined all that in buttercream.
The bottom part had a little VW and a Bumblebee face on the sides.
The best part though…
You had to know it was coming!! Bumble Bee inside!!!
So cool. I’m told the cake was a big hit and everyone loved it! That’s the best thing to hear and I never get tired of hearing it!
And of course, the zebra cake tutorial!
Like this:
Manly Cakes
07 Oct 2010 1 Comment
in clouds, dude cakes, fondant, manly, nintendo, plane, purple, transformers
Decorative cakes, by nature, normal aren’t so… eh… manly. I suppose you could say. Most decorative cakes boast swirls and flowers and shimmery things. Most are whimsical and cute. So when it comes time to make a cake for a guy, I always try to keep it as masculine as possible. I hold back the need to embellish things and frill things up.
The last three cakes I’ve done have been for guys. Two of them were delightfully nerd-themed.
A girl I met at Jess’s wedding contacted me about making a cake!
Nintendo! Who doesn’t get all nostalgic over that. I remember when I was a kid, my brother and I used to fiiiiight over some Nintendo. He probably has the scars to prove it. One day, during a particularly bad outburst, my brother and I were reduced to swapping punches over a game of Mario. (You know the ORIGINAL Mario…) anyway, my dad calmly walks into the room, yanks the cords out of the Nintendo, opened the living room window, tossed the console outside and left the room.
We were in shock. And quite devastated. I remember we had to duct tape it together to make it work. We couldn’t live without it though!
I can only hope this cake brought David equally thrilling childhood memories! Hahaha.
The next cake was for another guy who still enjoys childhood things such as Transformers! My friend Samantha sent me a message on Facebook asking me to make this for her boyfriend.
This Decepticon cake was made of fondant and the logo was cut from layered white and purple fondant for a more 3D look.
My camera wasn’t picking up the true colors of the cake for some reason, but the photo below shows it!
I was asked to make the cake “decepticon purple” lol
I hear it was totally loved!
The next cake, I’m sort of cheating by posting. I normally don’t post cakes until I’ve given them to the person who is having me make them, but I’m cheating, because I already sent her this photo. :)
My friend Nickie, who is totally awesome, had me make this for her boyfriend’s birthday!
I’ve never made a gum paste model before. So this was different for me! It was a challenge and lots of fun. I looked online for ideas and saw lots of airplane cakes. But most of the planes that were MADE of cake were weird and squatty looking. Jet planes are sleek and slim and there’s not much “meat” on them. So I didn’t want to make the plane out of cake. I decided to do a gum paste model rather than blow out the proportions of the cake. I was very pleased with the result!
So, the next time you’re in need of a “dude cake,” remember, there’s more to cake than flowers and frills! Even sweet confections can be manly!
*Edit*Silly me! I see that I already posted this transformer cake!! But guess what, it fits the post! So it stays! lol**
