Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Samoan Wedding Cake

The Mission:
"Pin" and "pirate" this cake from Flour Girl Designs for my sister's friend's wedding (a.k.a someone I've never met!)

flourgirldesigns.blogspot.com
The Result: A cheap pinrec'ed cake!

(Special thanks to Flour Girl for answering random q's about the fondant plumeria. She took the time to reply to a complete stranger's email!)



Dino"sauri"-about-it!

The Mission:
A cool dino cake for a very picky 6-year old kid!  The pinned cake to duplicate from Cakes.KeyArt.Studio.com
The Result: Dinosaur-volcano-wannabe Cake

Troy Pull-your-hair Cake

The Mission:
A Steelers Helmet Birthday cake for Troy Polamalu's 9-year-old fan! The pinned cake to pirate from coolest-birthday-cakes.com:
 
The Result: A "give-me-some-credit-for-trying" Steelers Cake. 

 

Elmo's on the Move Cake

The Mission:
Satisfy a 2 year old Elmo follower on her birthday. The cake we saw on pinterest from Cake Central-
The Result: A very sad-looking Elmo Cake.

Angry Birds Cake

The Mission:
A cake for an Angry-Birds-Obsessed birthday boy! The pinspiration from Electricpig.Co.Uk.
The Result:A very happy birthday boy!!! Here's the pinrec'ed cake-

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Dragon Cake for the Merlin fan

The Mission:Duplicate a dragon cake posted Dabbled.
Cake by Dot via Dabbled.org
The Result: A "hey-I-tried" version for Merlin's apprentice! Oh well- better "luck" next time.