10 Year Millwright Cake

Tomorrow is my husbands 10 year anniversary at his job - his job is as a Millwright (hence the cake). I wanted to do something special to mark the occasion - so I made him a cake to bring to work. I made all the fondant letters look like tools he uses daily at work: Hammer, Screws, Calipers, Square, Wrenches, etc. For the 10 - I did a tig welder handle (for a 1) and a sprocket (for the zero). It was really kind of fun. I did a light blue-gray buttercream and did some outlining and writing in a darker cornflower blue.

My plan was to make a 2 layer cake - but since there will only be a few people at work tomorrow, I just did a single layer.

Happy 10 years hunny! How many more until you retire??

Purse Cake

Tomorrow we are going to a birthday celebration...so I decided to make a cake.

I've been wanting to try a purse cake...so here it is:

A burberry purse cake!

Next time ... I need to wrap the fondant around the top of the cake - so it doesn't slide. i made the base of the purse in a loaf pan and then added two more layers from a 9x13 pan. used Food Writers for the stripes. It's kind of fun making "practice" cakes - so I can figure out the best way to do things. Of course it's not anywhere near perfect - but cute!