Friday, February 25, 2011

My First Cake Decorating Competition

There is an annual cake competition in Austin, TX (where I reside) that I have wanted to enter for the past 3 years. Due to lack of money to fund this venture I haven't been able to do so until this year. I am very happy to present my very first entry into a competition.

The competition theme this year is Superheroes and Supervillians, and as you can see I decided to go with Wonder Woman. While I love the entire cake, I'm most proud of my hand painted comic panels (which you will find surrounding the bottom layer of the completed cake.) Here are the close-up pictures of those panels so you can fully enjoy their individuality. Each panel is about 2.5''x3.5'' or smaller. The cake itself is 25" tall and the core is made from styrofoam.






My 24th Birthday Cupcakes

This year for my birthday I decided to make myself some really awesome cupcakes. My favorite thing about cake decorating is piping, so I went crazy and did 23 unique designs. Since my designs were so detailed I kept the colors simple, white designs on a turquoise background. The cupcakes themselves were french vanilla coconut cake with a raspberry creme filling. They got rave reviews from my friends that were lucky enough to devour them.