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Post by linscakes on Aug 20, 2007 17:43:23 GMT -2
This one is based on the old poem. I am sure you all recognize the Owl and his companion in their pea-green boat. The cake itself is done in rich fruit covered with fondant icing. The water and beach are done in royal icing. The reed heads are of fondant icing, leaves and stems made from florists tape & wire. The figures are made from oven-cured food safe modeling clay, the boat from cardstock.
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Post by rach on Aug 21, 2007 12:52:32 GMT -2
that is excellent alot of work how was it making those figures they look great
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Post by victoria on Aug 21, 2007 18:11:25 GMT -2
wow, another brilliant cake...is it easier modelling the figures with the clay rather than modelling paste?
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Post by linscakes on Aug 22, 2007 9:40:27 GMT -2
This cake was actually easier to do than some of the others, the Cinderella & Piano cakes in particular, because the cake itself is done in the traditional manner, not elevated. Working with the modeling clay is much easier than using sugarpaste as it does not change in consistency at all until it's baked hard and the person for whom the cake is made gets a lifetime memento.
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Post by Nauseen on Aug 26, 2007 11:31:32 GMT -2
Lin just looked at all your pics, love em all, you're doing a gr8 job, plz can you shasre some of your tips with us?
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Post by linscakes on Aug 28, 2007 18:09:05 GMT -2
Noddy cake for a childs birthday, in this instance the food safe clay train topper was bought though Noddy is handmade in fondant icing. Locomotives were on sale that day and it just complimented the cake perfectly, I could'nt resist!
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Post by rach on Aug 29, 2007 6:20:01 GMT -2
wow ..what an excellent noddy..was he difficult to do
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Post by linscakes on Aug 30, 2007 18:19:13 GMT -2
Natasha's Birthday Cake. This is a standard round fondant iced cake with a seated fondant figure. The football team logo we painted with food colouring directly onto a thin sheet of icing and then transferred directly onto the cake. Seated figures are quite easy to do as they don't have to balance or bear their own weight. And you can do them days in advance of baking the cake!
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Post by victoria on Aug 30, 2007 19:33:22 GMT -2
did you use a mould for your little girl? I tried to use moulds for wedding figures but it was such a disaster as the legs and arms kept breaking
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Post by linscakes on Aug 31, 2007 11:15:16 GMT -2
We used a mould on this cake because it was appropriate. Sometimes it's necessary to pin a posed arm or leg to the torso with a bit of dry spaghetti. Adding drapery or clothes of some sort over torso and arm/leg join will also greatly help in holding a posed limb in place.
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Post by britjap on Sept 4, 2007 20:04:08 GMT -2
I love the Noddy one! Had a Noddy doll just like that when I was a child.
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Post by linscakes on Sept 8, 2007 7:57:25 GMT -2
Parts for Owl and P-cat cake made up in advance and stuck in a block of foam for safekeeping.
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Post by linscakes on Sept 8, 2007 8:09:07 GMT -2
Figure and parts for Christening Cake made up in advance.
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Post by linscakes on Sept 8, 2007 8:13:10 GMT -2
Finished Christening Cake. This was baked in a 12" inch pan and set on a 15" drum cakeboard.
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Post by rach on Sept 8, 2007 14:44:11 GMT -2
oh thats gorgeous..so cute....................
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