Hello everyone!
What an exciting weekend it has been!
The Cake Expo has come to an end and I thought I would share my experience with how my cake came to be (similar to my previous blog about my Gnome cake for the Cake Bake and Sweet show)
So for the Cake Expo I had the choice of entering the One Tier, Two Tier, Three plus Tier, Novelty Cake or Cup Cake tower Category. Seeing as I did Novelty for my Gnome cake I thought I would give the One Tier Category a try.
So brainstorming time. I wanted something colourful yet simple, so I thought nothing would be better than to make a one tiered cake with some beautiful flowers on top of the cake. Also after participating in many flower making classes using fondant I thought I would be able to master my technique and produce and amazing looking cake.
The two weeks leading up to the cake expo was a nightmare! Almost every day was in the high 20 or 30s and every cake decorator knows that fondant melts in the hot weather and that it is extremely difficult to work with! However with the A/C on high and a fan going I managed to endure!
Without revealing to many of my cake decorating secrets with this post, this is what my work station (aka mum’s kitchen table) looked like every night. It was crazy hot!
The pictures above are just a few snap shots of myself making my petals for the sugar flower and assembling my rose petals. All these components dried for 3-4 days before I assembled them (when the weather is not so hot usually 2-3 days)
In the days that I was waiting for all my flowers to dry I assembled my cake. Again my cake wasn’t a real cake. It was just a poly 8 inch covered in foil and then covered in fondant twice to make it beautiful and smooth.
I also made some different shaped leaves that I added in-between my flower arrangement on my cake. I let these dry for just 1 day just incase I needed to move or change their shape.
The final result. Absolutely beautiful!
To view a 360 degree on my cake please visit my YouTube Channel Bindi’s Cake Decorating YouTube Channel or click the link below
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the Cake Expo!
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