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Pretty Rag Doll Cake Topper
June 16, 2016 in Birthday, Celebration Cakes | Tags: 3D, bespoke, birthday, Black, Blue, brown, buttons, Cake, cake decorater, cake decorating, cake topper, Celebration, contact, create, delicate, deliver, deliver to East Midlands area, delivering, delivers, derby, Derbyshire, design, detail, doll, dots, East Midland, email, event, fabric, Flowers, hair, handmade, inspiration, Leicester, leicestershire, little boy, little girl, model, modelling paste, Nottingham, nottinghamshire, occasion, order, Pink, polka dot, rag, rag doll, ring, royal icing, Skirt, special, stitch effect, Stitching, sugar paste, tel, unique, White | Leave a comment
Well I am back. It’s a while since I posted anything on my website.
So it’s sunny outside and I think I may go out in the garden and mow my lawn so this will be a small blog.
I just thought I would have a go at making a rag doll that would be perfect for a little girls birthday cake. It’s around 5 inches in height and took around 4 hours to create.
This cute little rag doll is made entirely of modelling paste. I first started with the legs then attached the feet. Putting a stitch effect around the booties to emphasize that is a rag doll made of fabric.
I used a lollipop stick to hold the body to the top of the legs and hold the body up straight.
Using embossed rolling pins I then dressed the model body with a pretty skirt and worked upwards towards the shoulders.
Just getting the basics down, I moved on to the arms and hands with more stitching embossing using another lollipop stick to hold the arm up (I had to prop this up for 24hrs to dry and hold).
Making the face was fun and enjoyable – just to see what I could do – I surfed the net to get an idea of what rag doll faces were attractive and put my own stamp on it.
All the pretty flowers, dots and detailing were the last job of the day.
I also am thinking of making a little boy rag dog in blue to match at some stage.
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Sitting Pretty Cake…
May 22, 2014 in Celebration Cakes, Wedding Cakes | Tags: 3 Tier, amazing, based in Nottingham, bespoke, birthday, boots, brown, Cake, cake decoration, Celebration, champagne, contact, cream, cute, Daisies, daisy, decorating, deliver, deliver to East Midlands area, delivered, delivery, derby, Derbyshire, East Midlands, Edible, event, figure, Flowers, flowery6, Football, football boots, fushcia, girl, Gold, handmade, icing, individual, intricate, iphone, lady, Leicester, leicestershire, lipstick, Nottingham, nottinghamshire, occasion, Pink, piped icing, pixie boots, Purple, quote, ribbon, special, sugarpaste, tanning lotion, tiers, unique, wedding, White | 1 comment
I was asked to create this wonderful 3 tier Birthday cake with a little lady perched on the corner surrounded by the things in life she loves; football and boots, champagne, tanning lotion, lipstick and iPhone.
The middle tier is turned around 90 degrees to give space to sit the lady on and add more interest.
The finished cake is covered in pretty flowers and the handmade figure is covered in a purple petal styled dress.
All the little intricate items sat at the ladies pixie booted feet are all handmade and edible – some hand painted.
Ever wondered how long it takes to make a cake like this – well this took me around 17 hours but it was worth it.
This cake can lend itself to a wedding cake too if a groom was added or even just a flowered cake without the figure.
If you’d like me to decorate a cake in a similar bespoke style for a special occasion then please feel free to contact me for a quote. Copper Top Cakes is based in Nottingham and delivers to the East Midlands area.
50th Running Shoe Birthday Cake
May 22, 2013 in Celebration Cakes | Tags: birthday, Birthday Cake, Celebration, centre piece, copper top cakes, dainy, deliver, delivering, derby, Derbyshire, East Midlands, Flowers, grey, handmade, icing, icing sugar, Leicester, leicestershire, marathon, Nottingham, nottinghamshire, photo, Pink, quote, running, running shoe, sculptured, Shoe, special, sponge, sugarpaste, trainer, vanilla, veteran, vw, White | Leave a comment
The lady I designed this cake for has taking up running marathons in the last couple of years so for her 50th birthday she wanted to celebrate it with a special cake.
The handmade running shoe (trainer) was created without any use of moulds – just sculptured from viewing a photo of her actual shoe. The shoe’s pink, grey and white colours are continued around the rest of the cake.
The ‘VW’ stands for Veteran Women running category. Dainty flowers were arranged around the edge to frame the centre piece.
If you’d like me to decorate a similar cake for a special occasion then please feel free to contact me for a quote. Copper Top Cakes is based in Nottingham and delivers the East Midlands area.