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Finally Here

10/4/2014

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Oh My God!!! I haven't posted anything in... like forever.  I was so busy with school, and extra-curricular activities that left me with no time for blogging. I'll try to work on my blog more often this year. 

I have made a lot of cakes and learnt quite a few new techniques in the interim. More and more, I find myself using fondant for my designs. I'm still learning everyday, and the newest technique I am learning is to carve a cake.  Last week, Pallavi aunty ordered a spider-man cake, and I thought this will be a good opportunity to carve the Spider-man's face out of cake. Just between you and me, Spiderman was supposed to have a bigger nose then what he has in the picture. Here are some photo's of how I carved and created the face.  I'm pretty happy at the way it turned out! Click on the pictures for additional information!
Cutting and carving the Spider-man face out of Cake
Spiderman face getting more rounded.
Finally, Spiderman is getting a nose out of butter cream.
Spiderman getting his mask. Does not look like much now...
Spiderman getting webbed...
I CAN SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spider-man is finished and ready for action. I mean eating. ;)
Designing the base for the face...a black and blue web. Dad is watching what I am doing, I am trying to teach him, but not on the cake.
All done. Ready for Aakash to cut the cake!

I am also getting several two tiered cake orders. The most recent one I made was for a dancer's sweet 16 party. She wanted a Salangai/Ghungroo (the bells dancer's wear around the ankle for dancing) as the key design element. The entire cake was covered in fondant, as all of my 2-tier cakes are. I worked on this cake for  about 19 hours, in total,  but enjoyed every minute of it. For this cake each bead had to be separately rolled, cut, and painted 3 times, and  fixed on the base individually. I went through several trials and errors before I figured out the way to make it perfect. My hands hurt a lot by the time I finished everything. I have some pictures of my original conception, to the final product, as well as the making of the Salangai. Click on the pictures for additional information! 
It all started with this design...
First, I finished the base for all the beads to sit on and painted (edible, of course) it red. It took two days just to dry
Me painting all the beads, by hand! It took FOREVER!
Beads are drying out after they have been painted. They are waiting to find out what happens next.
Fixing the beads to the base of the salangai.
Drying and chilling for the 4th time. Waiting to get placed on the cake.
Finished Product, What do you think? I hope you liked it!
Finally, a big Thanks to everyone who ordered from Frosted World, so far! My target is $1500 for this year and as of today, I have earned $465. Need a lot more orders, obviously. Post your thoughts on the cakes in the comments section below. 
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    I am Sanjana Srinivasan and I started baking when I was 11 years old. Thanks to cupcake wars! A year later, June 2013,  I started an online bakery called Frosted World . I donate all the money I make to charity. Hopefully, I will learn to become a better baker, and a better person in general. It feels good to bake cupcakes for a cause.  Thanks for all your support!

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