I love the story and adore each and every character. I would probably make all of them if only the cake was larger and comfortable for everyone.
Inside, there is a rich chocolate cake, moistened with kirsch syrup, filled with strawberry jam and kirsch-flavored Swiss buttercream. The figures are molded from gum paste. The only thing inedible is a bee-holding wire.
June 11, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Thats great, thank you for letting me know. Ill take a photo and send it on to you once its done. wish me luck!
June 2, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Shanelle, you can’t wrap in fondant a whipped cream-frosted cake. What you can do is to pipe a buttercream “dam” around the edge first, and then fill the space inside with the whipped cream. The cake has to be refrigerated all the time. Set the fridge to low, so the fondant wouldn’t suffer much.
June 2, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Hi, I love this cake. Its my sons birthday soon and ive thought it over and over and over. i am going to try copy your cake (if you dont mind) Im not actually worried about the figures cause im arty but im worried about the actual cake!lol Everyone in the family loves plain sponge with whipped cream but how to i cover it with icing? whipped cream with make the icing slide everywhere,right?Oh gosh i need you help Vera. thanks
October 1, 2010 at 11:17 pm
absolutely stunning,who would want to spoil such a beautiful cake
July 10, 2010 at 7:51 pm
woooooooooooooooooooooooow this cake is amazing love ur work you inspire me je l’adore in frensh that mean i love it
June 21, 2010 at 11:07 am
Thank you, everyone, for the kind words! I’m very much obliged!
June 7, 2010 at 9:51 am
Hola Vera, Sugar Plum Fairy here, i somehow landed here again today and am thrilled to coz u replied and said ok and i din even know all dis time:-(
Was sure i added u to my google reader but somehow have missed ur posts, well have an email sub now, so am assured i miss nothing!
Thank u very muc, am sure gng to love these pics on my little blog!
U have some of the best bakes around here!!
May 4, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Какая красота! Очень аккуратная работа! Пример для подражания!
March 3, 2010 at 8:46 pm
You are an artist, this is so flawless.
This is wonderful, keep up the amazing masterpieces!
p.s – recently stumbled upon your blog and i am so glad – i adore it :)
February 3, 2010 at 10:03 am
this cake is just too good… I love the way the characters look so natural…
January 31, 2010 at 1:13 am
You are talented. I can’t imagine pulling this off. Adorable.
January 27, 2010 at 5:52 pm
OMG that is stunning!!! I wouldn’t want to cut into it at all.. just preserve it forever!!!
January 23, 2010 at 6:31 pm
STUNNING!!!!!!!!
January 23, 2010 at 12:59 pm
wow another great creation! So cute and love the colours!
January 22, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Thank you, guys, very much! You are too kind!
Sugar plum fairy, I wouldn’t mind at all!
January 22, 2010 at 11:52 am
This cake is amazing! I wish I could even approach to the ability to make a cake like this!
January 22, 2010 at 4:06 am
Just WOW!! I’m speechless!
January 21, 2010 at 6:49 pm
that’s true talent. What perfection!
January 20, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Lovely cake…so perfect :-)
January 20, 2010 at 11:32 am
Woooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww its stunning Vera.
so perfect
January 20, 2010 at 2:14 am
Oh My God….this is absolutely awesome….im a total winnie de pooh fan and so in love with him…u had me at WInnie…where was i all this time but not to late am following ur lovely blog now-cant afford to miss any more……..gosh i am a total fan and my blog bears proof to that though its really not easy (for me-am so new to the internet) to get hold of good pics and here u have a live pic….i cant express how impressed i am and if u allow it would love to post this pic on my side bar(plz no say no :-)))) )
A winnie the pooh huggie to u.
January 20, 2010 at 12:50 am
WooooooooooooooooooooooooW!
January 19, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments! I greatly appreciate it!
Miriam, the bee is the easiest part :) You just roll a small amount of yellow gum paste into a tiny sausage-kind-of shape, glue a couple of black stripes (very thinly rolled and cut gum paste), glue microscopic white eyes (dot them with black food color). Moisten a wire with egg white (I use pasteurized) and insert into the body. For the wings, roll equal tiny amount of white gum paste into tear shapes, flatten them and attach to the body with a bit of sugar glue. Dry.
Anechka, thank you very much for the feedback! It was a pleasure working on a cake for such a charming little gentleman :) I wish Maksim all the best!
Maybe, thank you. Smoothly iced cake is a key to a smooth fondant.
January 19, 2010 at 11:23 am
this is outstanding, it takes lot of effort for such fineness, great work, u r an inspiration
January 19, 2010 at 11:00 am
that is amazing! so talented!
January 19, 2010 at 6:10 am
This cake is absolutely perfect ! How do you get such a smooth fondant ???
January 19, 2010 at 4:58 am
Amazing Veera!! You are so talented!!!
January 18, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Thank you again for this wonderful cake! It was delicious as it was beautiful!
January 18, 2010 at 7:27 pm
OMG!Vera, this is a marvel! You are so talented!
January 18, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Vera, you’ve done it AGAIN! Another gorgeous cake and the details in each character is amazing.
January 18, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Beautifully done! I love the expressions on the faces and I really love the theme within the theme of the gumpaste birthday cake on the birthday cake.
January 18, 2010 at 10:11 am
Absolutely amazing and wish I had your talent. The creativity/artist gene went to my sister and totally skipped over me.
January 18, 2010 at 9:03 am
oh wow this looks so cute! I ve just posted a winnie pooh cake too but yours is surely better :)
January 18, 2010 at 8:31 am
Fantastic job. The figures are so true to the book.
Mimi
January 18, 2010 at 6:34 am
So cute! I love all the characters, and great photos too. I must have a try at modelling these characters, its always a bit stressful agreeing to modelling them and then seeing if I can actually do it!
January 18, 2010 at 6:21 am
Once again…AMAZING!
January 18, 2010 at 5:20 am
Super cute cake..me tooo posted fondant animals cake today…Liked the
pooh a lot…
January 18, 2010 at 4:48 am
Your cakes always amaze and inspire me. You are so talented! The colors are perfect and the figures look like they walked out of the book. Thanks for the inspiration!
January 18, 2010 at 4:11 am
sory! marvellous!!!!
January 18, 2010 at 4:11 am
Congratulations on the job! It’s maevellous!!!
January 18, 2010 at 2:37 am
Hello, my name is Noemia. I am Brazilian and I live in Portugal. I am a great admirer of his work. I do not speak English, and I use a trdutor on line to read the recipes. Congratulations on the job! It’s wonderful!
January 18, 2010 at 2:01 am
As beautiful as it is perfect. What a treat this is Vera. I love Winne the Pooh, esp Tigger…and you are the most talented cake baker & decorater I have ever seen! Thank you for this visual treat!!
January 18, 2010 at 1:52 am
OMG. I love Winnie the Pooh. This is one of the cutest cake I’ve ever seen!
January 18, 2010 at 1:32 am
wwwwwwwwwwwonderful………
how perfect they r. stunning. how do u craft those marzipan with such ease? ‘amazing’ is not the word. wish i could make something like this for my daughter, who adores winnie, who is turning 4 next month. once again, brilliant. keep the good work going and us drooling for more :)
January 18, 2010 at 1:05 am
What an amazing cake !!! So beautiful, so perfect… And the figurines are so great !!!
Congratulations, perfect work.
January 18, 2010 at 12:31 am
Oooh, I still love the Winnie-the-Pooh books… how did you manage to make the bee? It’s amazing!
January 17, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Absolutely adorable! Stunning little figurines, I happen to know someone with a little baby boy turning 1 this month who’d drool over this cake. (eh…not literally although I wouldn’t bet on the little one hehe)
January 17, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Marvellous!
January 17, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Yet another stunning and perfect cake – how do you do it?! Amazing.
January 17, 2010 at 10:38 pm
What a lovely cake!! You did an awesome job!