It’s been awhile since I posted any decorated cakes that I make. So, I decided to share some cake photos with you. This is one of my recent creations.
The baby’s favorite toy is a frog and it determined the theme. All decorative elements are made either from gum paste or fondant. Everything is edible except the wire.
This is a chocolate almond cake filled and frosted with chocolate mousseline with armagnac-soaked prunes folded into the filling portion. Obviously, the cake is intended for parents’ consumption. Poor Nicki will only be allowed to blow the candle – quite a tease for a little guy. Although, I agree that it’s not yet the time to introduce sweets into his diet.
Happy Birthday, Nicki!
June 16, 2011 at 12:45 pm
gr8 cakes! You should do video tutorials! :)
May 27, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Thank you very much!
May 26, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Super, Super, Super !!!! Beautiful detail and gorgeous colouring. I’ve never written a comment on a website before but this cake is really wonderful.
November 13, 2010 at 7:45 am
Wow this cake is absolutely gorgeous and the pictures are so professional. I vote you quit your job and devote yourself to your craft…that is if you haven’t already.
October 1, 2010 at 11:22 pm
amazing work,a treat for our eyes
October 1, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Hi, Ilove this cake, roaming the net look for ideas/tip for the cake im gonna make for my little girl lilly’s 1st birthday lilly pad is her nickname hence the theme :D, i wanted to know how you made your letters for the words round the base of the cake they are brill. :D thanks
September 4, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Vera, YOU are amazing! My 3 year old son loves frogs and toads and decided for his birthday that a froggy pond cake is what he would like!! When I seen your gum paste frog I couldnt believe it!! Needless to say 24 hrs later I gotten my frog as close as possible to yours and my sister picked it up to show her husband!! (Dear Lord help me to not be violent!!) Now I am going to try again. God Bless you and your work!! From one obsessed baker to another, GREAT JOB!!!!
June 29, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Vera, I’m so impressed with your sugar craft. Where did you acquire the skill. I’m a first time mom and would like to devote myself to culinary crafts instead of heading back to a 9 to 5 job in the office. Is cake decoration something that one can self-learn?
December 5, 2009 at 2:55 am
This is soo adorable!! You are amazing! How I’d love to learn from you!
December 2, 2009 at 7:44 am
Absolutely gorgeous.
November 16, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Thank you all for the kind words!
Dolce, thank you. I guess you misunderstood me though:) 3-D figures usually require two-days drying time, not the whole cake decorating project; these figures just sit on a sponge and I either do nothing or bake/fill a cake itself during this time.
November 16, 2009 at 8:42 am
A couple of days. Impressive… The result is stunning (as is your Mickey Mouse new cake too)
November 16, 2009 at 1:04 am
So cute… I love it.
November 13, 2009 at 4:32 am
If that isn’t the cutest frog I ever seen! LOL Hope Nicki loved the frog. And such a beautiful cake.
November 12, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Vera, I am blown away by your talent!!! This is sheer art! So beautiful and neat! I am speechless…
November 12, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I still cringe when I think of the pile of cake-like mass that passed for a cake on my daughter’s 1st birthday (had to order, couldn’t make it at the time). Now I’ll cringe even more and am even more determined to make up for it for her 2nd BD.
An absolutely gorgeous cake and you’ve outdone yourself with this cute theme – so many extras (bugs, flowers, pond) when the obvious choice would have been a frog-shaped cake for so many.
November 12, 2009 at 9:48 am
LOVE your cake decorations! This is another great piece!
November 12, 2009 at 6:56 am
Amazing! Such talent!
November 12, 2009 at 2:57 am
Wow! Really just wow!
November 12, 2009 at 12:31 am
outstanding, incredible, wonderful..<i’m so amazed
November 11, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Thank you, everyone, for such lovely comments! I greatly appreciate it!
Dolce, Anda, the process is time-consuming. It’s hard to estimate the whole amount of time spent on this cake since some elements were made in advance and left to dry for a couple of days. It’s not a problem for me, since I enjoy the process itself.
Tamela, thank you, you just knead the paste well and then roll it in your palms until there’re no creases visible.
November 11, 2009 at 9:35 pm
how do you get your gum paste so smooth! gorgeous work! I have a new appreciation since working on my first gum paste figurines… every little detail is a painstaking effort, but so rewarding.
November 11, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I am blown away by the detail. What a spectacular cake!
November 11, 2009 at 4:53 pm
This is just adorable! great job.
November 11, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Vera, this is absolutely gorgeous! How I wish I can do fondant cakes like yours .. you are a pure artist.
November 11, 2009 at 2:24 am
Astonishing!!!
How much do you spend on decorating such a cake?
November 10, 2009 at 10:33 pm
What a fun cake and what beautiful work. Love the bee on the back.
November 10, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Wow that is incredible! Do the entire world a favour and never, ever stop baking!!
November 10, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Wow! That cake is stunning! I wouldn’t even want to cut into it…
November 10, 2009 at 2:06 pm
So cute!
November 10, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I’ve told you before, this is so amazing I don’t see how anyone can eat it!
November 10, 2009 at 9:40 am
Gorgeous work!
November 10, 2009 at 8:45 am
I really love your cakes! I can see you’re such a prefectionist! You should post more. And the flavours sound delicious too!
November 10, 2009 at 7:57 am
You cake is perfect..just perfect. Put any of my cakes to SHAME!!!!
November 10, 2009 at 7:34 am
Amazing cake – you are so talented!!
November 10, 2009 at 7:18 am
Vera, you have done it again…this cake is amazing! The ladybugs, the fence, the mushrooms, the fly…fabulous!!!
November 10, 2009 at 7:13 am
You have some mad skillz when it comes to cake decorating. Every detail is breathtaking.
November 10, 2009 at 6:59 am
That is just a priceless cake…
November 10, 2009 at 6:48 am
This is amazing! How long does it take you to decorate a cake like this?
November 10, 2009 at 6:33 am
so not only is the exterior massively impressive, but the innards sound pretty good too! what a masterpiece, vera!
November 10, 2009 at 6:01 am
This is so amazing!
November 10, 2009 at 5:18 am
SO marvelous!
November 10, 2009 at 5:14 am
What a beautiful cake! I love the theme!
Cheers,
Rosa
November 10, 2009 at 3:17 am
Hey ! This birthday cake is just PERFECT for me, the Foodie Froggy !!!
November 10, 2009 at 2:00 am
I love the fly! It’s so cute :)
November 10, 2009 at 1:17 am
So cute and whimsical! The fly is an especially nice touch :D
November 10, 2009 at 12:53 am
oh my goodness! this is amazing!
November 10, 2009 at 12:20 am
Wonderful doesn’t really say enough. Exquisite. All so perfect in detail, an artist indeed!
November 10, 2009 at 12:00 am
Speechless!!! :)
November 9, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Outstanding, simply outstanding!