Katie turned 5! I got to make her birthday cake for her enormous party for all of her awesome friends. I made her a special little cake to go along with the large two-tiered cake. It is white cake, buttercream icing, with cream cheese icing filling. I made the white chocolate suckers, and I used a fun new addition this time - colored sugar crystals!! It made the purple part of the cake all shiny and glittery. CUUUTE!
This cake was massive, 12x18 inches! I did Carson's Transformers Cake last year and had a blast! This year, his Star Wars-Clone Wars cake was such a blast. I made a 3D "Captain Rex" with his helmet, gun, and all. The wording looks like the lettering of the title of the show. It was difficult to accomplish the task of molding his arm just right. It's supposed to be Rex's right shoulder then his arm is bent (where you can't see it) and it comes up on the other side of the cake with his gun pointing upward. It looked better on paper than on cake, so I learned a lot from this cake and I hope to do better next time I do a 3d cake like this. It is all white cake with cream cheese filling and buttercream icing!
(Above: Light Saber not lit up; Below: Light Saber lit up!)
For little Carson's birthday this year, his mom asked me to do a Clone Wars cake, like the new cartoon show based on the Star Wars series. I did a miniature light saber cake to go along with it, and figured out a way to make the light saber light up! (I refuse to make a LIGHT saber without a LIGHT.) I put a toy inside it that lights up with the push of a button. It turned out so cute!
This cake is my white cake with cream cheese frosting and fresh raspberry filling, and buttercream icing on the outside. I copied their cute invite for colors and had a great time making the little pacifier and bow out of fondant and gum paste!
