Clone Army

10-31-08 Here I attempted to create an army of edible clone trooper helmets. I simply used a box of coconut flavored cake mix and baked it into mini cupcakes. I used white cupcake papers and modified canned icing. By modified I mean that I had to add powdered sugar to the icing so that it would be stiff enough to keep shape and to crust slightly. The details were piped on in black cake mate icing using Wilton tip 2. The dome of the helmet was created by really piling on the icing, waiting for it to crust, and then making the point on top of the helmet by squeezing it gently between two index fingers. The size was perfect for the kids and by their standards just enough icing. I still didn't feel as though they were able to be recognized as what I had intended so I put a picture of a clone trooper helmet near the tray of them. It was a lot of work, so I suggest that if you are making them for a party you definitely want to get an RSVP from each guest before deciding to dive into this major ordeal. I made a total of 72 mini helmets with one cake mix and 2 cans of frosting. Hope you all are inspired to think up your own twists on the common cake to better fit your themes.

Classy

10-07-08 Elegant, yet simple Birthday cake. It was an orange spice cake with butter cream icing. I used piping gel and parchment to transfer the image onto the cake so that I could trace it with the icing color of my choice. In this case I wanted white. I thought it would go nicely with the skin tone color of the cake itself. I used a ribbon curl design on the upper portion of the sides and a tip 3 border at the base. A touch of pink on each star as well as a few randomly placed dots finish it off.