Fit For a Princess Cake

When someone asks me to do a Disney Princess cake I can't say no!

As someone who works in animation and still has a secret lifelong dream of someday working on a Disney film, I really wanted to do something awesome.

I wanted to do a cake that somehow represented all of the princesses, without actually having to mold each one. So I decided to take something that represents each one and make that instead.

 

And well, I'm an animator, so instead of printing each princess image and sticking them on I thought I'd draw little sketches of them, and make them like vintage cameos.

 

And have them going all around the cake.  The birthday girl's favourite princess is Mulan, so I put her picture on top.

 

The cake itself is a victoria sponge with pink almond buttercream icing.

  

Here's a view of the top. Hopefully people can have fun guessing which thing belongs to which princess! ^_^

London Day 12

Today was all about extravagance!

Extravagant lacework on cakes:

Then we got to finally try some of the cake - mmmmmm!

Then my classmate Yujin took me for a walk around the most expensive parts of London!

Extravagant bread!

Extravagant streets with extravagant cars!

Extravagant... stuff!

This is the most expensive building in London!

Which was right near this place! A store so extravagant I couldn't even take pictures in fear of all the scary looking security people watching my every move. But let me tell you, it was... extravagant!

My feet are tired!

ON TO DAY 13

Modern vintage sweet 16 birthday cake

Or, For Those Who Hate Fondant

This was a sweet 16 birthday cake with a special request: They didn't want the cake covered in fondant! Actually I know quite a few people who don't like fondant and wonder if it's possible to make a cake without it, or maybe just with normal icing and fondant decorations. Well, apparently it can be done! All the white part is buttercream icing.

I'm not a huge fan of fondant myself, so making buttercream that's just as smooth as fondant is something I really want to get better at. Here are some detailed pics:

It was also requested that the cake have lots of pink, so I went crazy with it :D I also was inspired by Marie Antoinette (I love that movie from a few years back), and Laura Ashley