World Traveling Grandma
June 20, 2009 by cakegrl
What an awesome lady this birthday gal must be! My client, Camille, came in for a design session for the cake for a special 85th birthday and we came up with this terrific cake. After a loose sketch and an extensive list of locations her Grandmother had traveled to and a list of her hobbies, the design was complete and I turned it into cake.
Here is her 3D globe, loosely rendered and hand painted with little fondant push pins in as many locations of travel that I could fit on the white and chocolate cake globe. Then a new flavor that I am really fond of - Coconut Creme Cake with raspberry filling - was covered with fondant and surrounded by 13 paper doll cut outs to signify the number of grandchildren. On the cake I situated several 3D fondant vignettes of her hobbies. They included: movie reel, popcorn, books, roller blades, raking leaves, exercising, jam making, berry picking. What a busy lady!! My daughter Emily made some of the little figures for me, she is so talented, she’ll be helping on many a cake when it comes to mini models. Her popcorn was awesome!
Two photos today for you. Enjoy! And Camille, thank you so much for your enthusiastic pick up of this fun cake! I hope she loves it too!
Lots of other great cakes were picked up for this weekend, I’ll put them up soon for you to enjoy! Thanks to my fab clients who order challenging designs and fun, yummy cakes!
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Very nice! I have been giving your name to brides who are looking for unique looks. Coleman Florist Inc. Joan