We're on Facebook!

I finally got the page up on Facebook for That Little Cake Place. I'll start posting links to special offers only available to Facebook users next week so keep an eye out! Especially around holidays and big events.

And you know one is coming up!

I'll give you a hint... love is in the air!

See you soon!

Snarrrrll... (cont.)

You remember this guy, right?

I was at it again last night and will be until Saturday, but this is the last sneak peak I'll give of this particular cake. I'm coloring him tonight, making the people, and putting everything together over the next couple days. I finished his other wing, covered the rest of his body, gave him some plates on his belly and spikes on his back. So here he is in all his ferocious gum paste glory...

Grrr, grrrrr! Still trying for that "I'll eat you" look. Still debating on fire. To scorch or not to scorch, that is the question!

Snarrrrll...

I'm still working on details for the wedding cake this weekend. Friday night I was up late carving Styrofoam for the towers and spires for the Temple cake due next weekend, and decided to work on the dragon as well. I didn't want to make him entirely out of gum paste because he would be too heavy, and probably wouldn't dry in time for the wedding. I decided to do most of the body out of foam, carving the basic shape and adding limbs and such as I went. Please remember that this is the work in progress. I promise he will have the other wing tonight, and maybe some plates on his belly and spikes on his back. I'm considering coloring him first with green to accent the scales and then with a black wash for the evil two-toned look.I was going for an angry look, but then a friend of mine from work said he was cute! Grrrr.

Another sneak peek...

I said in a previous post that I've been busy working on gum paste details for a series of cakes due around the same time. This sneak peek is for the Fairytale Wedding Cake. Without giving away too many details (I'd like you to be surprised when you see the final product!), the turrets of the castle will each have a red and black flag at its peak, and there will be a final banner atop the castle itself. Tomorrow evening I'll be working on the figures and more...

I've been busy...

I've been working on the little details for three cakes due in the next couple of weeks. I actually had to stop baking last night because I ran out of eggs. So while the cake is in the oven, I'm working gum paste things for on the cakes I'm making. Last night I finished possibly the most difficult piece for the temple cake - the Angel Moroni (for more information click here). It took 30 minutes to form him, over night to dry, and 20 minutes last night to paint him with a light yellow wash and dust him with gold pearl dust for that shiny metallic look. This little guy is only 2 inches tall and will sit atop a 28" tall cake representation of the Washington D.C. Temple.