ngrant

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday to you!!!!

Thank You NGrant for the picture comments..I am a newby as well, and have learned so much in the past 6 months, this site rocks!!

oh cant forget about jolly ole santa, he is so charming, very nice

your baby shower cake was very good!! very unusual...was it hard to carve that bear?? im sure the lucky mom to be was blown away by it!

I forgot to tell you one thing that I've discovered. When I've carved cakes, dense cakes work the best. Light and fluffy ones seem to crumble more.
Hope you have a good day!!

I'm fairly new at this cake decorating thing, too! I just chilled and carved it. I finally found a use for the wood carving lessons I had when I was younger, and cake is A LOT easier. I covered the whole thing with butter cream and fondant. I've found that when working on something that is a little more "free form" like Mater and the severed head a little extra buttercream underneath gives me a little play with shaping the fondant w/ my hands/tools, plus I'll make the fondant on the thicker side too. The mirrors, tires, and the stuff in the back (towing apparatus?) is all gum paste.