Saturday, June 20, 2009

Oh the Places You'll Go!

Hey everyone, so sorry that it's taken me so long to update and show off the stuff I have been working on. I wanted to share with you all a graduation cake I did back in May. I got a call from one of my cousin's friends whose daughter was graduating from high school and she wanted a really bright, vibrant, fun cake. Her main specifications were...vanilla cake, stars, and lots of colors! Every thing else was carte blanche, so being that it was her graduation it came to me to use the Dr. Seus book "Oh the Places You'll Go!" for inspiration. To begin Dr. Seus is all about color and the thought behind the book served well for the occasion.
Here is what the end result looked like...
The cake was a 16" base square with a star shaped cake on top with the graduates name on top.

I made gumpaste stars on wires ahead of time to dry hard adn dusted them with peony disco dust. I made a combination of 3 different shapes to create the star bursts


All along the sides of the cake I piped the words of book in a rainbow of colors. This was something different for me and I think it was perfect for the cake. My favorite part is the curly font of the words, totally glad I did that. Let me tell you my hand hadn't hurt so much, but it was well worth the pain.


Here is a top view of the cake...her name is Mireya.


As my gift to her, I bought her the book to go along with the cake, and at the party all of her guests signed it with little messages of congratulations and encouragement. This is how it was displayed at the party.


I dunno but I think she liked it....what do you think?


I had so much fun with this cake, it was huge and COLORFUL! Hope you guys like it.
Thanks,
-Chris-

1 comment:

  1. omg. That cake looks amazing.I can really see your growth as a baker on this blog. Now you have to bake me a cake soon. :)

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