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Whoa, this summer is flying by. It took a hurricane for me to sit long enough to post a new cake entry. I made this cake for one of my favorite clients, I think out of his six birthday's I have made five of his cakes! (See Oscar's fifth cake here)
Oscar has been spending this summer near the water, his Dad drew a Marlin fish to put on his birthday invite and his mom (who is a very cool designer) orchestrated the cake. I came up with a sketch based on her direction and away we went. It's a completely designed nautical themed cake, with a sugar Marlin popping out of the top, half vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and the other half was a decadent chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting (I used the recipe from our kids book: Confetti Cakes for Kids).
Enjoy the photos!
Marlin fish made out of white gum paste on a wooden skewer and painted with luster dusts and gels.
BEFORE
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DURING
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AFTER
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Buoys painted with candy colors and petal dusts
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Oscar's name spelled out to look like rope. I used gum paste and a clay gun.
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