Incredible Edible Hulk

Although the Hulk is incredibly large, this cake is incredibly tiny... yet incredibly edible.

 

His body is only 6" round and his head is a mere 4" round cake bump. He is covered in a mean shade of green fondant though. 

 

 

To complete this hulk's intimidating look, I added some shaggy black hair and a torn up loin-cloth-belt-type thing which is supposed to represent his shorts. A simple mean expression was what he needed next.

 

 

Yes, he is pretty small but he is certainly mean and incredibly green.

Hello Kitty Cupcake Toppers

I hardly even remember making these Hello Kitty cupcake toppers but I took photos of them, so here they are.

They're similar to these kittehs I had made previously with the only difference being that I swept on some shimmery luster dust for this group.

I don't remember who I made these for... I vaguely remember someone really tall picking them up from me at my office... whoever they went to, I hope they were enjoyed!
 

Glazed Skull Spice Cakes

I had used this Wilton mini skull cakelet pan before here but I couldn't help using it again, they just bake up so nicely. This time I used a spice cake mix to create the skull cakes. The features show up really well when you coat the pan with a non-stick spray like Wilton's Bake Easy.

I didn't want to ice them in buttercream and then cover them in fondant or make a batch of dreaded ganache so I came upon the idea of making a simple sugar glaze. Boring, right? I decided to spice up "boring" by adding some Tyler's Sweet Revenge cinnamon pear butter I had bought at a pumpkin festival in Connecticut to the powdered sugar and water mixture. The texture was interesting. A little lumpy. I little bubbly. Just the right amount of creepy.

I poured on the sweet glaze concoction until the skull cakelets were as evenly coated as possible but thin enough for the face to show through.

These creepy quickie skulls ended up sweet, delicious and easy to share. [also just a tad bit sticky]

I even saved a few to add to brunch with my parents.

Bridal Blossom Cake

Currently the date is October 29th 2012 and I'm in the midst of hunkering down for the arrival of hurricane Sandy in Queens. This leaves the perfect opportunity to catch up on a year's worth of blogging. As you'll notice by the date on this post being October 5th 2011, I'm going to keep the post dates closer to their actual creation dates in order to keep things organized and in chronological order.

It's hard to recall the details from a year ago, but here goes...

This cherry blossom cake was made for a co-worker's office bridal shower.

I was happy with the chance to use a new Wilton fondant mold I bought with no intended end use. [I do that a lot - and I still want to buy more]

 The mold was super easy to use since it's made of a flexible silicone material. I made the blossoms, birds, leaves and floral borders from colored fondant and attached them to a white-fondant-covered square cake. I can't even remember the flavor of the cake... most likely chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream?

I used dark chocolate fondant to make the cherry blossom branches. They would have been easy to create rolling them out by hand but I ended up using the mold for those too just to try it out. Pretty simple either way.

I dusted the pink cherry blossoms and floral border with luster dust and topped them off with some white sugar pearls.