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When my nephew Travis, graduated from high school I designed his cake to look like books sitting on a desk with an open bible in the foreground.
The two books in the background are made from sheet cakes that I cut to size and covered in fondant then pasted on the fondant book titles. The graduation cap is a 6-inch round cake covered in fondant with a fondant tassel topping it off. I used a garlic press to create the tassel strings and I cut and rolled some white fondant to resemble the graduation diploma.
The open bible started out as a sheet cake. After I carved it into the shape of a bible, I covered it in fondant then scored lines in the sides to resemble the pages. Once I brushed on some brown and gold food coloring, the lines popped out and looked like stacked pages. The two top pages are sheets of rice paper that I ran through my edible ink jet printer. I finished the look by covering a board in fondant then used an impression mat to create the look of wood grain.
This was a really fun cake to create!
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This cake is gorgeous Dahn! I’d love to learn cake art.
Thank you Marie, I started out a long time ago by looking at the Wilton magazines and trying to copy the designs.
Wow; amazing cake! I’ve decorated some cakes in my day but this makes mine look like child’s play!
Thank you Barbara, I know your cakes are far from child’s play, you have some yummy creations.
You are so smart and talented! How would you ever think of doing these things? I guess it’s the passion and the love to create that drives you! It’s only too sad that the taste cannot be savored for as long as the picture is around. Or that all of your hard work gets eaten up! 🙂 It’s what we call: Cherish the moments! And you have, with these wonderful pictures to share! Thanks Dahn!
Thanks Jerry, I really do have fun with it plus it can be pretty therapeutic at times… as long as I have the time to get the design done. Good to hear from you Jerry.