The cake was a present to my best friend’s daughter who is a big canine lover. Since it’s was a gift I decided to make the cake literary looking like one – a gift box filled with the birthday girl’s favorite chocolates. Besides, Anastasia is a very sweet girl, but incredibly picky eater, so giving her the Lindt truffles was sort of my assurance that she would have at least something for dessert.
Inside was an orange cake, soaked in Grand Marnier syrup, filled with chocolate mousseline. Decor is fondant and gum paste. Non edible were only wire and a piece of skewer holding a dog’s head in place (I usually use spaghetti for this, but it turned out we cooked them all for dinner lately).
Happy Birthday, Anastasia! We love you!
December 5, 2012 at 5:23 am
What fondant did you use ??
Can I use marshmallow fondant ??
November 19, 2011 at 10:49 am
Thank you!
November 18, 2011 at 9:47 am
WOOOOW! From one cake decorator to another, AMAZING WORK. Well done. You are truly talented.
September 15, 2011 at 2:39 pm
每一次看您做的蛋糕都是一种享受.它是心灵与视觉的双重享受.它对我来说已经不是用语言可以表达的了.谢谢您把这么美丽的食物做得如此用心.那个小狗的表情太可爱了.
August 31, 2011 at 7:58 pm
I love it. The detail is beyond words. Can you make this cake a plain cake on the inside?
August 30, 2011 at 6:44 am
Great idea. the dog is too cute.
August 8, 2011 at 2:59 am
That looks fabulous! Exquisite, even. The fact it’s an orange cake inside is genius, I bet it tasted wonderful!
July 10, 2011 at 3:04 am
I’m in the beginning stages of teaching myself to decorate cakes. I’m nowhere near so accomplished. That is so sweet!
June 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm
You never fail to impress me….beautiful.
June 15, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Stunning and creative. The talent it took to make this cake is obvious.
June 7, 2011 at 8:59 am
Vera, I can imagine how much happiness you give to the kids!
June 6, 2011 at 12:19 am
Oh wow Vera. My mouth was literally open when I scrolled down to see the picture. It’s beyond stunning. Wow
June 1, 2011 at 7:57 am
Well done! What an amazing piece of art (I mean what an amazing cake). You are a true artist and a pretty fine photog too! Is there another cake in your future with perhaps a black and rust Doberman girl on it? Have a great day and as Antonina says….Amazing as always.
May 30, 2011 at 1:05 am
It’s so beautiful! Amazing as always …
May 26, 2011 at 10:08 am
Aparna, thank you! I thought I made a basset hound :) But I sure love cocker spaniels as well.
May 23, 2011 at 7:08 pm
So, so beautiful. Love that doggie. We have a 2 month old cocker spaniel that looks exactly like that. :)
May 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Thank you, everyone, for your lovely comments! It means the world to me.
Leslie, it was stretched over a week, can’t say exactly how much time I spent on this.
Laura, it’s mousseline (my comp automatically corrected French spelling and I didn’t notice, sorry :) It is basically a cross between buttercream and pastry cream, or it can be defined as a creme anglaise-based buttercream. The custard is cooked first, then it’s whipped until cool and thick, and then butter is gradually added.
Olya, dear, thank you very much for the comment! It was my great pleasure to make the cake for Anastasia.
May 17, 2011 at 10:14 am
Verochka,
I wanted to thank you once more for the wonderful gift you created for Anastasia.
For all of you who are reading this comment, I wanted to share with you that the cake was not only a masterpiece from the outside but inside as well. It tasted absolutely delicious. The kids were thrilled and Anastasia was very very happy. I almost cried when Vera started to cut the cake, it was too perfect to eat. Although Anastasia is a super picky eater (this is so true) she enjoyed the cake very much and made sure we saved her another piece for later. It was really difficult because the cake disappeared in no time. We saved the dog, basket with roses and bones, and the beautiful butterflies. They are treasures to keep.
This was the best present and surprise ever.
May 17, 2011 at 4:25 am
Wow – those are some impressive cake making skills you’ve got there, hon!
May 16, 2011 at 7:08 pm
I love the expression on the dog’s face and the way you color coordinate the candies with the colors of the cake (which are so feminine). Beautiful job (as always). But, what is chocolate mussolini? I see you have used it in other cakes. Chocolate mousse?
May 16, 2011 at 6:07 pm
This is truly a masterpiece. At first, I couldn’t believe this was edible!!!
May 16, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Amazing as always..how long do you think this cake took you to make?
May 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Beautiful cake. What a lucky little girl!
May 16, 2011 at 2:11 pm
GORGEOUS! Love everything about this cake, even the sad looking dog,lol.
May 16, 2011 at 10:42 am
This is a masterpiece! It would have been such a shame not to have shown it to all of us! This is amazing!
May 16, 2011 at 6:52 am
gorgeous !!!! juss love it!! =))
May 16, 2011 at 1:00 am
I love it !!!
May 16, 2011 at 12:46 am
It’s perfect!
May 15, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Wow, you’ve really outdone yourself here! I love the idea.
Cheers,
Rosa
May 15, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Amazing! You are so talanted Vera..
It is a stunning cake..
Thank you so much for sharing this with us
May 15, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Waouuuu…impressive!
May 15, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Love it! It’s so beautiful! That cake is just too perfect.
May 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm
oh this is awesome. so cute!
May 15, 2011 at 7:39 pm
gorgeous !!!! absolutely speechless :)) am a great fan of ur work :)) wow – u rock ! good wishes always !
May 15, 2011 at 6:35 pm
As soon as I scrolled down and saw the first picture, my mouth literally dropped open O: That’s such a gorgeous cake! I wish you made me my birthday cake too XD