You can now purchase my new tutorial which will take you through the steps to create Fuzzy the Bear. This tutorial has color photos detailing each step, as well as some great info on fondant, gumpaste and so on. the price is $12.99 until Jan 1st 2012 and then it will go back to $14.99. For more info go to www.gumpastefigurine.com
I was asked to do a baby shower cake recently and then create a baby carriage cake topper. Instead of using gumpaste as I normally do she wanted me to create a cake topper that could be kept forever as a memory of her first grand child.
I have made some small things out of clay in the past but never a full-blown cake topper so this was a new world to venture into for me. I must say I really loved working with the clay it was soo much different from using gumpaste but before I knew it I was well on my way to creating what looked like a baby buggy. The nice part was that I was able to create the base of the carriage and bake it so that it would hold the top part without any problems. Had that been created with gumpaste it would have been a bit of a nightmare.
I created a blanket and pillow to go inside of the baby carriage and she also wanted a pink elephant as well. It took several days to create the baby carriage and I must say that it turned out better than I thought it would.
I created these gumpaste animals for a baby shower cake that I will be doing in a few weeks.
Seems as if more and more people are ordering sugar cake toppers for their cakes. Instead of doing a giraffe that is standing like you normally see, I decided to create a giraffe that looks as if he is laying on his stomach, I think he turned out great!! The other animal is a hippo that was replicated after a little stuffed animal. And the frog, I wanted to create with large bug eyes. I hope you all enjoy looking at my figurines and that they give you some ideas for your cakes in the future. When the cake is complete I will make sure I post a picture of it for you all to see. Happy creating!!
Donna
This gumpaste baby is my latest creation that I made for a cake that I have coming up in the next few weeks. I love to create baby sculptures they are always soo cute. Each and every one I do always ends up looking so different, I don’t think I have created any two alike.
Alot of people are not aware that you can actually keep most sugar sculptures as a keepsake. As long as they do not get wet they will last indefinately. I always add tylose powder to my fondant which acts as a hardener as well as helps in areas that have alot of humidity. I have some of my very first sugar sculptures that I created when I first got started last year and they look just as good as they did the day I made them. Its always a good idea if you can enclose them in something which will keep the dust off of them as such, its not like you can just pop them into the sink and wash them, lol! Last year I made my cousin Sue a Wizard of Oz cake and made sugar sculptures of Dorothy, The Tin Man, The Lion, The Scare Crow and of course Toto in a small basket. My cousin kept all of the sugar sculptures and has them sitting in her curio cabinet on display she says that she lightly dusts them once a week and they are still in perfect condition.
If you would like to keep sugar sculptures as a keepsake
Make sure you wipe all icing off of them once them are removed from the cake
Do not get them wet or use water on them for any reason, they are made of sugar dough and will soften up and fall apart.
I store some of mine in shoe boxes up on a closet shelf.
Keep sugar sculptures out of direct sunlight because it will cause the colors to fade.
It’s best if they are displayed in a glass cabinet or one of those glass dome covers that are used for displaying dolls.
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