Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Dora, Dora, Dora, the Explorer... - November 2007

I made these Dora the Explorer cakes for my daughter, Carissa's, 3rd birthday.

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake 1

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake 1

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake 2

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake - Side View

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake - Back View

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake - Close-up of Map3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake - Close-up of Map Before in Pocket

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake 3

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake and Hill Birthday Cake Together 1

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake 2

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake - Close-ups of Dora

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake - Close-up of Stars

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake - Close-up of Little Fondant Birthday CakeDora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake - Close-ups of Grass & Flowers

3D Dora the Explorer Hill Birthday Cake 3

3D Dora the Explorer Backpack with Map Cake and Hill Birthday Cake Together 2
I made the cake for Backpack in a batter bowl.  I carved the cake some on the sides to make her pockets.  Backpack is iced in buttercream.  The backpack flap, straps, eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are made out of fondant.  The outline around the eyes and eyebrows is painted on with food coloring.  The outline around the different parts of Backpack (straps, flap, pockets, etc) and the outline around the mouth is piped on with buttercream icing.  I used dowels or straws (I can't remember which now) to hold up the backpack flap.  I covered them with purple fondant because you could see them some when you looked from the side, so that helped them blend in a bit better.  Map and all of his features are made out of fondant.
 
For the hill I also used a batter bowl to bake the cake in.  The hill is iced in buttercream.  The grass lining the path and the flowers are piped on with buttercream using different tips.  The stars and their eyes and mouths are made out of fondant (their pupils are done with food coloring).  I put them on metal wire and put the wires into the cake so it would look like the stars were in the air above the hill.  The little cake, candle, and plate are made out of fondant.  The purple decorations on the cake and the flame of the candle are piped on with buttercream icing.  Dora is made from fondant.  (I was going to make Boots, but I ran out of time.)  Her pupils, nose, and mouth are painting on with food coloring.  She saw the cake at the top of the hill and is just about to climb up and celebrate.  :)  'Where are we going... to the cake; where are we going... to the cake...' (That's for all you Dora fans, or parents of Dora fans.  :) ) 

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

How 'Bout Them Cowboys! - October 2007

I made this Dallas Cowboys football helmet cake for Ronnie's birthday.  He is a long time fan of the Cowboys.

3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake 1

3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake 2
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Front View
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Back View
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Close-up of Riddell Nameplate
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Close-up of Star
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Close-ups of Cowboys Nameplate and Chinstrap Parts
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Side 1
 
3D Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Cake - Side 2
 
For the star cake I made a round cake and cut it into the shape of a star.  Then I iced it with buttercream and piped the blue lines on it.  The helmet is made from a ball cake.  I carved away some of the bottom front of the ball and added some cake to the top and the front to make it more like the shape of a helmet.  I also scooped out a circle on each side where the ear holes would be.  I put the helmet on a cake board and placed it on the star cake (I put dowels in the star cake under the helmet to help keep it from sinking into the star).

The football helmet cake is iced in buttercream along with the stars, stripes, ear holes, and jaw pads.  The chinstraps, face mask, Cowboys nameplate on the back, and the Riddell nameplate on the front (along with it's straps and screws) are all made out of fondant.  I wish I would've double checked the stars and the Cowboys nameplate to make sure they were even and centered, but oh well, know for next time.  :)  The words are all painted on with food coloring.

Ronnie really liked the cake!  Go Cowboys!  :)

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Same Blog... New Look :)

Hi!  Some new features became available on the site (wider blog screen, new templates, etc) so I decided to change things up a bit.  Hope you like the blog's new look!

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