Cakes by Steph

Here are some more giant cupcakes!  This time for a male so bring on the blues   To give some reference the base on these has a diameter of about 5-6″ and they are about 7-8″ tall.

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There are few women who don’t enjoy a bit of shopping.  This cake was created for a lady who loves to shop.  She is a co-worker of my husband’s and they are celebrating her birthday tomorrow at work.   So for this I created a purse cake and a shopping bag … after I finished I thought the shopping bag could be interpreted for just a gift bag but really either work for the occasion!

The purse is about 6″ wide x 6″ tall.  The gift bag is 7″ long x 6″ wide and 4″ tall.  Everything is edible except the wires inside the handle to form it   Even the “tissue paper” in the gift is fondant.  The purse is painted using a pearl dust to make it shimmer.

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My MIL’s birthday is on Monday and tonight we are taking her and FIL out to dinner and then to our place for – cake of course   This cake was inspired Eric Lanlard’s design in the book Glamour Cakes.  Looking back I could have used a smaller tip for the lavender buds – this especially came to mind when my 4 yr old walked in and said “Mommy, you made a grape cake?”   Gotta love kids   But I still like it – and its chocolate cake so what’s NOT to like?