I Bake

Or rather I used to bake a bunch. I still bake but I don't 'do' cakes anymore.
Hey, my husband says I'm a great cook but a better...'Baker'. Yeah... I know. It's corny but I kinda like it. ;0]

Here are some of my cakes. I do some occasionally, but after I had epicondylitis (tennis elbow) in both arms five years ago....I maybe do, one or two fancy cakes a year. I certainly did my last wedding cake this past winter...I don't care what anyone says. I ain't doin' it no more.
So, enjoy.












A close up of these layers

I don't know if you can tell, but this was 'A Bug's Life' theme cake I designed.

And Winnie the Pooh. Another Pam original. (That blue/purple is almost the color of the St. Valentines cake I did for Bill that I mentioned in my previous post)

I made a peppermint candy cake for a work related Christmas party one year. I used a stencil for the tree and holly. That is a lot of fun to do.

You can see what this one was for. Bill drew the scissors and the camera from diecuts and I 'colorflowed' them. I tried to get ricepaper prints for the pics but had to laminate them instead.

I found a coloring book and made a stencil of Batman and filled it in with stars. I didn't like doing stars. Too much work. His cape went down the side.

I practised making cakes one month and it happened to be Easter and I donated the cakes to a soup kitchen.

Lesson learned with Barbie. A real barbie doll is too tall to stand up in a traditional 'dress' cake form. Spend the 3 or 5 bucks and buy the barbie 'pick' to stick in the cake. To fix this, as no one had a barbie 'pick' and the cake was due the next day, I made another 'dress' cake and cut the bottom off and stacked it.

In this picture it's hard to make out the 'brands' I had put in. The frosting looked like leather and the brands were hand drawn and stained.

I designed this cake as well. I took a toothpick and drew 'woodgrain' on the coffin. Then piped nails with dark frosting. The tombstone is cardboard covered with royal icing. I was particularly proud of the miniture long stem roses on the coffin.

Just so you know, sometimes I didn't prepare my cake well enough. I should have stabilized the cake with dowels or tubes inserted thru the center....

Another wedding cake.

My favorite wedding cake

I loved the dancing couple. I think I still have it in my cake stuff. So romantic.

A 'first job' cake... and my first rolled fondant.

Photo's a bit washed out but another wedding cake...

Birthday cake for a teen
I later added the center fork to make them 'peace signs' as opposed to Mercedes signs. Heheheeee.

Another birthday cake

Okay, are you as tired of looking at cakes as I am tired of looking at things I can no longer do anymore????
Right.

So, what do you do or what did you do for a hobby?? C'mon, post those pictures. Show us your talent. Tell me you posted and I promise I will come oooo and ahhhh.

Abiento!
♥Pam