Well, I'm finally getting my act together and am working on the birthday cakes for three of my KIDs. Two of them actually arrived in December of 2016, but they weren't painted until early 2017. So I guess I'm really not that late for those two. And the third arrived in the end of March of last year, so I'm actually ahead of the game for him.
Cakes are made with either a styrofoam or wooden core, depending on if they will get covered with Sculpey and baked in the oven - then they are wood inside. Non-baked cakes are styrofoam covered with drywall compound, and painted. All the 'candies' are made of Sculpey and are ready to be glued on one at a time....
Cakes are made with either a styrofoam or wooden core, depending on if they will get covered with Sculpey and baked in the oven - then they are wood inside. Non-baked cakes are styrofoam covered with drywall compound, and painted. All the 'candies' are made of Sculpey and are ready to be glued on one at a time....
'Drip icing' is made by mixing drywall compound, white glue, paint, and a bit of water. However, it does tend to shrink and crack a bit as it dries.
I glued a row of tiny balls in a rainbow pattern around the base of the polka-dot cake layers, and found the effect way too 'dotty', and eye-boggling, so pulled them all off, and made new balls in just two colours. I like it a lot better...
I glued a row of tiny balls in a rainbow pattern around the base of the polka-dot cake layers, and found the effect way too 'dotty', and eye-boggling, so pulled them all off, and made new balls in just two colours. I like it a lot better...
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