Corona Ice Bucket Cake

13 Saturday Jan 2018

For all the Corona fans out there, this one’s for you!

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Loved making this one…It was sort of a last-minute order, but I couldn’t resist doing it for a sweet mom who wanted to give her son a special surprise on his 21st birthday.

Note: The Corona is real, all the rest is cake or sugar…And no Coronas were hurt in the making of this cake, the birthday boy got to drink it –eventually :0)

It started as a 3 layer 7″ vanilla cake that I carved into a bucket shape and rough-iced with buttercream. I then cut a hole out of the middle to accommodate the Corona bottle. That was the tricky part…making the hole big enough for the bottle while leaving enough cake to maintain the structure (and to eat, or course!).

After letting it set up in the fridge for a few minutes, I covered the entire thing in Continue reading →

Eagle Scout Cake for J.J.

02 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Laurie in Cakes

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Eagle Scout cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, Sour cream vanilla cake

I was extremely honored when asked by a dear friend to create this cake for her son’s Eagle Scout celebration. Making Eagle scout is such a huge accomplishment for any young man and deserves a special celebration cake…

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Before I go too much farther, let me say that the Eagle topper is an actual statue provided by the client that I added to the finished cake…I didn’t make it.

But all of the other details are made from homemade marshmallow fondant.

The 2-tiered (8″-6″) vanilla sour cream cake is smooth-iced with vanilla buttercream. The draped flag, gold cording, and fleur-de-lis symbols are made from fondant.

I had had to create a special platform covered in fondant with extra support on the top tier to hold the heavy Eagle statue, which was placed on the cake at the venue. It made it easy to remove the topper in order to serve the cake.

Congrats again on the incredible accomplishment, J.J., it was an honor to make your cake!

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