Silly, silly, silly

 

 

This post is going to be silly.  Hence the title;)
So the cake above is one I created for Kim Zolciak's daughter.  The party was candy themed and the cake was super fun to make.  It has rainbow sprinkles, lollipops, gumdrops, gumballs, Starburst, Skittles, and Fruit Stripe Gum.  Talk about a belly ache!!

 I did not take process pictures for the cake:(  So when I was asked to make a 21st birthday cake for a friend I wanted to make a similar style cake.  This time using art as inspiration and I knew just the thing!

 I was in NY a couple years ago and stumbled upon this amazing building....

 

 

It's called The New Museum and the building caught my eye because....well, it looks like a cake!!

 

Here's a little bit of Wikipedia....

 

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world. On December 1, 2007, the New Museum opened the doors to its new $50 million location at 235 Bowery^.  The seven-story 58,700-square-foot facility,^[9] designed by the Tokyo-based firm Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA and the New York-based firm Gensler, has greatly expanded the Museum’s exhibitions and space. In April 2008, the museum's new building was named one of the architectural New Seven Wonders of the World by Conde Nast Traveler.^[10]

 

 

The thing I was most intrigued by though, was the sign!!.....

 

The giant rainbow "HELL, YES" made me giggle and I had to find out where it came from.
This hilarious creation comes from Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone.  He is definitely one to Google!  Here are some other pieces he created....

Aaaahhh!!  How cool is that!  Rainbow/Candy cake it is!!

I wanted to start with a base that the colors would "pop" from.  So I made this grey color for the fondant covering.

 

 

The bottom tier will be mostly about the rainbows!  They are the star of the show.  But I need a little texture.  You know how I love my texture mats!!

Hounds tooth?  Yes!!  I like to roll out a bit of fondant and make a test before committing to the cake.
 

 

 

Yes.  This is it.  Just a note....when you are using the texture mats, take your time!!  If you use them slowly and carefully make sure every bit of the fondant is being imprinted, then the final product will be much better than a rushed job!

 

I like to use the fondant smoother first and then go back over the mat with my fingers to make sure every detail is imprinted.

 

 

Beautiful!  Let's make the rainbows.  This is so fun!!

 

First I make all of my colors from fondant and add some Tylose to ensure the rainbows will dry and be firm enough to stand up.

 

Now we just roll, cut, and layer using the oval cutter set from Ateco.

I glued each layer with a bit of piping gel.  You could use water, sugar flower glue, or royal icing as well. 

Now I chop them in half....

 

 

....and use the smallest oval cutter to take out the middle and form the arch.

 

 

How cute is this!  I painted over them with a bit of piping gel so they would look shiny and bright against the flat grey color.  This could be a cake by itself!....but I think we need more!!  Two more tiers....

 

 

 

I stacked the cakes with bubble tea straws.....this I have shown in the previous post for Kim Z's wedding cake replica.

 

Oh and the rainbow sprinkle base is super easy!  All you need is the drum, piping gel and a ton of sprinkles....

 

Brush the gel over the base....

 

...add the sprinkles....

...shake off the excess...

 

 You can use a funnel to get the sprinkles back into the jar for later use.

 

Then I add a little chocolate to glue the bottom tier to the base.  Notice that the middle of the cake base has no sprinkles!  This is because we want the bottom tier to me glued to the base and not to the sprinkles! 

 

 

and now for the Skittles.  Yes, I had to separate them by hand!

So this is super easy.  I just used piping gel and placed them one by one in a pattern.

 

Yay!!

 

For the top tier, I just used the left over rainbow colors to create stripes with a ribbon cutter. 

 

 Here she is with the finishing touches!  I made this "21" and black and white fashion flower to pull it all together.

And that is not all.  So my friend has a really good since of humor and we teased her about turning 21; that it's the one day in your life (we at least for an American) were everyone wants to by you drinks and get you really drunk.  So her friends ask if I would write something on the cake that suggested that she was going to throw up.  Lol.

I found this funny clip art and figured it was appropriate for the theme and inspiration....

I couldn't resist!!!

 

Ha ha!!  She got a kick out of that!  See, cake doesn't always have to be serious!

Here's a couple other silly cakes I did in the past....

 

 

This giant Nintendo controller was a grooms cake and so much fun to make!

 

 

Angry birds!

 

M&M...now this is a candy cake!



 

Lady Ga Ga cake!  Talk about a fashion cake!

 

 

Well I guess the Wicked cake was more whimsical than silly.  But it got me tickets to opening night!

 

 

And lastly.....I taught a class this weekend at my friend Nicholas Lodge's school, ISAC and just wanted to share some photos.

 

My students were great and we had a fun two days together....

 

 

Here is my cake that the students were recreating.

 

 

 

And here are some action shots of the students work...

 

They all did so well! 

That's all for now! 

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Mustache Party!!!!

I know what you are thinking.....What does this have to do with fashion?  Well here's the thing.  Mostly, this blog will be things I create based on a certain fashion inspiration.  But, sometimes I get to do a project that I love and just have to share.  So this post is mainly inspired by pop culture! 

A couple weeks ago my friend Candace asked if I would make her son's first birthday cake.  His name is Major!...best name ever!  Of course I said yes; especially because she wanted to create a "Little Man" birthday party with a mustache theme.  Done!  I have always wanted to make a mustache cake.  Weird.  I know!  But true.

So let's look at some pop culture references shall we.  See, lots of celebrities grow mustaches.  It seems to be a fashion trend from time to time. 

Here is James Franco with a mustache....

And Zac Efron....

Newly Oscar'd Ben Affleck...sporting both mustache and beard...thank you Ben.

Classic mustache by Tom Selleck...

Oh and here is Sandra Bullock pretending to have one....





And last but not least....

Phylicia Rashad???

Wasn't it Clair Huxtable who said you can't eat cake for breakfast??  I disagree!

Okay let's get to it! So this first thing we need to do is cover the cakes in fondant and texture the edges.  I am going for a vintage look.....

So I use my gumpaste tool to mark the edges.  Stay with me.....

 

I bought this Black Onyx cocoa powder in Austin when I was out there judging the Austin Cake Show (www.thattakesthecake.org) and I want to use it to "age" this cake.   I made the marks with the gumpaste tool for added drama.

So I am just using a dry paintbrush to work the cocoa into the fondant and rough it up a bit....

I know....it looks ruined.  But it's not!!!  Stay with me....

I thin a little cocoa with vodka and splatter the whole cake....this is super fun, by the way.  I think
I want to be Jackson Pollock when I grow up!!

Now for the staches!!!  I am going to cut most of them out by hand but you can use a cutter.  There are many on the market.

This one I traced first with a gumpaste tool and then cut out using an Xacto knife....

Here is another one.  I use the same tool to add texture.  Oh I am doing a whole blue and brown thing.....forgot to mention that.

It's coming together!!!

Looking good.  I am gonna add some frames as well but I want to get started on the other treats.

First....the smash cake.  So, many times when a child turns one, a smash cake is provided for he or she to rip into...because it's a.)funny and b.) probably their first taste of sugar.  This one is going to be a mustache of course:))

I baked a 6 inch round and used a circle cutter to score it....

Then I cut it into a wave shape by following the lines.....this way it is even....

Then I flip one over and sculpt them....

Now they are ready for a crumb coat....

Now I will chill the cakes and then pipe the mustache with a medium star tip...

It doesn't have to be perfect, just follow the lines and have fun!!  Here it is.

So cute!  If I could grow a mustache made of chocolate, I would never shave!!!  But then again, people would be constantly trying to eat my face.  Okay never mind;)

Here's another fun treat.  I love to make caramel corn.  So I have decided that bags of this sweet popcorn will be favors for peeps to take home.  But we have to "stache" it up a little!

I got these mustache stickers from the craft store and will use them to decorate the bags before I fill them....

Die!  Too cute!

Okay let's finish the cake.  I added a couple frames with this purple fondant.  It can be any color because I am going to paint them with black food coloring for a shiny look.  Purple is just what I had to get rid of!

So here you can see the purple and the black.  The frames were just cut and molded by hand.

Here he is!!!

And here are some shots from the party!

Mustache cupcakes!!!

So a big thank you to my friend Candace for letting me go wild!  And a super HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Major!!!