My Sculpted Bee-hive and My Topsy Turvy cake!

Couldn't decide what I wanted to sculpt, it was between a teapot and a beehive. Went for the bee-hive, with handmade bees...buzzz!!!...can you spot the lipstick on miss queen bee on the top?..

Figure Modelling!

I really enjoyed this class, I could not believe that it was possible to make an edible figure that looked so real...Our Instructor Sally Bratt is truly gifted!

Here is my little edible fairy!!.....check out her nail polish, bracelet, earrings and of coarse the worm on top of the apple!!...

Sugarwork and Gumpaste flowers!

Brush Embroidery on the most delicious chocolate cake I ever made!

Brush Embroidery is used to produce attractive designs on a cake very quickly. Flower motifs are mostly used for this technique however it can be used just as effectively in duplicating lace motifs from a wedding dress and folds of dresses.

Highlighting and shading the dried work gives an added dimension to the finished work. White brush embroidery on a white background gives a delicate finish ideal for a wedding cake but white on a darker background highlights the delicate and intircate work even further.

Joseph Lambeth Method

This week we were introduced to the Joseph Lambeth Method of piping which is derived from a style of decorating that was popular in England where chefs and decorators would use a lot of intricate piping to create 3-D scrollwork, leaves, flowers, and other decorating on a cake. The Lambeth Method is still popular today and is frequently one of the methods used by wedding cake designers and decorators to decorate ornate wedding cakes.

Fondant

What an exciting and sore second week! I can barely type properly after all the royal icing piping and colouring fondant. I wonder how these professional do this?...they must have really toned hands and arms.

Our new instructor Jaqlyn Douglas taught the basics of cake decorating and getting familiar with all the essential tools needed for specific techniques.

It was all about fondant, gum paste, basic royal icing piping skills and 50/50. An array of food colouring including edible silver and even some edible 24karat gold dust...what girl wouldn't be excited...