Cookies were molded with almond bark (white and chocolate) using molds from Spinning Leaf. To adorn the top, I used the almond bark molded in the Mini- Hearts 6 Pack and dusted them with gold luster dust. To attach the chocolate hearts to the top after dusting, I set them for a couple of seconds on one of my long icing spatulas that I heated under hot water then dried off. The small amount of heat on the metal spatula was enough to melt the back of the molded heart and stick to the molded chocolate covered cookie. 
Elver's cake was plaid airbrush with half bottle again to look like a wine bottle. Play on words making it Elverberry wine instead of elderberry wine. He's a card player so this worked perfect. Again, edible image painted with gold luster dust/everclear made the top look like it was wrapped in foil.
Make a log of your base color and add some stripes.
Gently press the fondant down into the mold.
Using a cell pin she pushes the fondant into the full cavity.
Make additional logs with stripes to fill in the other areas.
The full mold!
After a quick trip to the freezer to chill Sandy uses a needle tool to help start removing the gecko. Placing in the freezer helps the gecko to keep his shape will being removed from the mold.
Flip the mold over and gently remove.
Now isn't that one cute gecko!
You can then move the arms/legs into different positions.
A first birthday cake for Ava!
Close up on the cute candle holder.
A trio of geckos to help Garrett celebrate!
Product Used:
_________________
Pumpkin carving class. $50.00 --6-9 m
Just in time for Halloween or fall parties.
Learn how to carve, ice and finish the cake with an air brush machine. I will also show you how to recreate it at home without an air brush machine too.
You will go home with your own 8” pumpkin shaped cake.
Mature children are welcome to work with a parent in this class if you like to share the project or you can both come and make your own.
Mature teens welcome too.
Space is limited to 8.
_________________
Basic fondant class. $60.00
In this class I provide the cake and supplies needed and even a box to take it home in. If you have a rolling pin please bring it along.
In this 3 hour class we will review basic base icing techniques and ways to speed up your time. You will also learn how to handle fondant and cover the cake and various techniques for finishing it with embossers, pearls etc. I have plenty of tools to play with and try out.
You will go home with an 8” round cake you have made yourself.
Space is limited to 8. Mature teens welcome. One person per project.
_________________
What a beautiful art form these are. I know at first glance the classes seem expensive but I do guarantee you will go away with full knowledge of how to make these and make them well. There will be plenty of time for individual help during the class.
This is for the beginner or intermediate gum paste flower student.
I have broken down the classes into two different ones. Each one covers totally different flowers. More class options will be added at a later time.
The cost is broken down into 5 part decisions. I have tried to make this as easy as possible for each persons goals. If you are just learning for fun you may not want to order all the equipment. If you have a business and plan to make this a part of what you offer then you would probably want to invest in the whole package.
Part one: class fees.
Each class covers 3 flowers or fillers and leaves. You will learn from start to finish each flower in a very simple step by step process. You will go home with these flowers.
Part 2: Borrowing equipment: You can choose not to purchase the equipment for this and just use my supplies. There is an additional 10.00 fee to cover petal dust, wires, floral tape etc.
Part 3: One time purchase equipment: It is suggested that you get this set. It will be useful for a very long time. It is not mandatory.
This is the basic set of equipment you will need to get you going if you have a desire to continue doing these in the future for yourself or for your own business. I have simply searched the web and gathered the best prices for items and passed it along to you at that exact cost without mark up. If you want to order your own or you already have these items then you can bring them with you to class and not pay this fee.
The cost is $105.00 for the one time set. These will be used at every class you attend in the future either with me or other instructors.
The items are: Cel pad, Cell board, Ball tool, 6 petal dust colors, 3 paint brushes, floral tape.
Part 4: Choose your class. If you don’t know exactly what the flowers are just do an image search on Google and you will see hundreds of examples. Yes they will look very much like the real thing when you are done.
Classes are limited to 6 persons. Adults only please.
Part 5: Specific equipment:
Each class has a specific set of equipment for making the flowers. Cutters and veiners are not always cheap. Do not waste your money getting low cost supplies. Eventually you will end up upgrading to the better options.
Class one:
You will learn the following flowers.
Casablanca lily, Poinsettia, Mini blossoms for fillers and Ivy leaves and trailing vines.
Class fee is $200.00-- This is 8 hours of instructions done in two evenings. Probably scheduled from 6-10 pm to make it easy to attend.
Borrowing the equipment is 10.00 more.
Purchasing the equipment for this will include the cutters and veiners for all the flowers and leaves. These are excellent quality tools. Not the plastic sets of stuff you get at the craft store.
For Class #1- it is $170.00
_________________
Class #2:
Class fee is $200.00-- This is 8 hours of instructions done in two evenings. Probably scheduled from 6-10 pm to make it easy to attend.
You will learn the following flowers:
Cymbidium orchid.
Hydrangea flowers
Stephanotis
Calla lily
+ leaves for all of these.
Purchasing the equipment for this will include the cutters and veiners for all the flowers and leaves. These are excellent quality tools. Not the plastic sets of stuff you get at the craft store.
For all the equipment the cost is. $125.00
_________________
All classes will require payment in full 2 weeks ahead of the class.
Fees are non refundable because it would be difficult to fill your place with a late notice cancellation.
IF there is room in an upcoming class you may transfer half the fee to that class.
If you need the equipment ordered 3 weeks notice will be necessary to make sure it is delivered in time.
You can pay for the equipment first then pay for the class the following week.
Classes are as follows.
Pumpkin carving class dates: This is a one night class offered several times.
Sept 14th, Sept. 28th, Oct 20th.
Basic fondant: One night class.
Sept 29th,
Gum paste flower classes. Two nights 6-10pm
Class #1---
Oct 12 and 13
Nov 9 and 10.
Dec. 7and 8.
__________________
Class #2.
Nov 2 and 3
Nov. 17 and 18.
Here is a shot of the palm. I wish I had taken a better pic of this side so you could see where I had to do repairs -- trust me though it was difficult to tell unless you got up close. 
First, the Giant Gerber Daisy was big…very big. I used a small bit of white gumpaste/fondant as the center. Then I added pink gumpaste/fondant on top of the white for the petals. I was careful not to add too much gumpaste/fondant to the mold because I was concerned about too much thickness thus adding more weight to the flower. I also did this same process for the small blossom set mold that had little daisies in it.
It worked out great and after removing the flowers carefully I allowed all of them to air dry for two days.
I wanted to give the giant daisy (and the smaller ones) more depth by painting them with the following dusts: plum, then mauve for the petals and apple green and avocado for the centers. I highly recommend using dusts as it gave the giant daisy so much more depth.
I decided to use the Feather Swirls #2 Texture Mat to make impressions all over the dark chocolate fondant that I rolled out to cover the cake. The result was so subtle and very nice compliment to the dark color of the fondant. I attached a 1 ½” size bronze colored ribbon around the bottom for added contrast.
I realized at this point the Giant Gerber Daisy was going to be the focal point and adding all the small daisies to the cake was not the right approach. I decided attach the giant daisy in the front (with some green leaves I cut out from my own collection) and laid the smaller daisies on the cake stand around the cake.
I hope you enjoy the project. I still can’t get over how large the mold is for the Giant Gerber Daisy and I’m looking forward to more possibilities for using it.
Products Used:
| Aloha, This a simple gift box cake using the package bow mold. The bow is made from gumpaste and everything else is tylose strengthened rolled fondant. Mahalo, Maria Short www.shortnsweet.biz Bow Loop Molds: Grosgrain Bow Loop Hearts Bow Loop Plain Bow Loop Polka Dot Bow Loop Vine Bow Loop Large Vine Bow Loop X-Large |
The pearls are size 8mm from a CK mold that I have. I tried the 12mm but the pearls were way too large and took the focus away from the cameo piece. 
This small 2 layer cake was the top cake for a First Communion cupcake tree. The cross topper was molded of white chocolate coating using the Pearl Jeweled Cross mold. Once removed from the mold, the cross was dusted with pearl dust. A lollipop stick was attached to the back with melted white chocolate coating to allow the cross to stand upright on the top of the cake amidst the flower spray. 
The tear drop lace border mold was used to create this shower cake. Simply dusted with some pearl dust the lace make a wonderful accent on the cake. The full mold was used for the lace at the top and then cut in half lengthwise for the bottom border.
The best part is how easily it molded onto the round curve of the cake and was very quick and easy to make. Wouldn’t this also look great as wings on a bat or bird? Just make the middle part a bird or something and you have a double use for this mold!
It was very easy to just place the lace onto the buttercream, if my cake had been covered in fondant, I would have used either water or vanilla extract to adhere the fondant.
First I took the fondant and flattened it out in the basic shape of the mold in my hands.
Then I “smooshed” the fondant into all the crevices of the mold.
I used my spatula to take away any extra fondant.
The fondant peels out of the mold very easily.
I then trimmed off any extra fondant again after removing it from the mold. I centered the lace where I wanted it to go and pressed it gently onto the cake. This lace turned out the best. I had used less fondant on this one and I was able to get every detail to show. I LOVE this mold.
You can also make impressions onto fondant to cover the cake. I rolled my fondant out onto the board.
My picture of the good impression did not turn out, but you can see what a pretty design it makes here.
Posts
All Comments
