American Baker in Germany

 This was a request from a friend for her 5-year-old son. He loves Spidey and His Amazing Friends. That's like Spiderman for preschoolers. I made 8-inch vanilla cake with red food coloring. There were three layers and I filled it with dark chocolate ganache. I frosted the cake with the ganache as well. I covered the cake with light blue fondant. I cut out a bunch of gray fondant strips and placed them on the side of the cake at different heights to make a skyline. Then, using a dresden tool, I made marks in the gray strips to look like the windows of the sky scrapers. Then I rolled out some red fondant and traced Spidey's face onto it. I cut out the number 5 and the name Tim. I placed the Spidey head and the name on the cake and decided it didn't have enough room for the 5. Then I rolled out some white fondant and cut out the name again and stacked it on top of the first name. And I cut out the eyes and placed them on the head. Then I used black food coloring to paint on th...

 I was thinking about the kinds of cakes that I haven't made yet. And since I don't have any boys, I don't make a lot of boyish cakes. I thought it was time. Today I'm making a dinosaur cake. And which dinosaur is the clear favorite of most boys? Tyrannosaurus Rex. Let's do this. I started out frosting an 8-inch cake dummy with vegan American buttercream. I printed out this cartoon-ish image of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Using a pointed sculpting tool, I pressed the design through the paper onto the green fondant. I cut it out and pressed the details in with the sculpting tool to emphasize the lines. I filled in the mouth with pink fondant. And before I moved on to the teeth and claws, I placed the dinosaur on the cake. Then I cut some very small pieces of white fondant. Rolled them into points and placed the teeth and claws on. I also made small balls of green and added some texture to the T-Rex's head. Then I cut out a whole bunch of rose leaves and cut slits into t...

 This cake was a suggestion from one of my Facebook followers, Alice Schmidt. She asked if I had ever made a police themed cake.  I frosted an 8-inch cake dummy with vegan American buttercream. Then I covered it with blue fondant. I rolled out a strip of blue and folded it in the shape of a collar. Then I added a vertical strip to make the edge of the shirt as well as the shirt pockets. Then I made a few blue buttons. And placed them on the cake. Then I removed the last button and added a thick strip of black fondant around the cake. I added a yellow buckle and small circles to be belt holes. I also made a couple of yellow strips and painted them with black food coloring to write the word Police and Smith, representing the name of the officer. I also added a few blocks of black fondant onto the side because a police officer carries a lot of things on their belt, like a radio, taser, night stick, possibly even a weapon. These are just general sections, not necessarily represent...