Devanys Designs: October 2012

Saturday, October 27, 2012

My son's birthday is the week before Halloween...not that his cake choice would have been any different otherwise.

He asked for a zombie cake. He isn't a big fan on fondant (neither am I, honestly) which was perfect for this cake.

I just frosted a normal cake and put cookie crumbs on top for dirt.

Then I made a (half) zombie head and two hands out of fondant.

Then I made three hil-ar-ious tombstones, also out of fondant.

The final touch is the bones "underground".

Oh why, oh why can't my kids want fun themes like this for their birthday partys?!?

Luckily, I have a friend with really cool kids who like the

really fun obscure things that are great to make cakes of.

For example...

I have done topsy-turvy cakes before, but never the "right" way.

There is a little, very obvious, trick that I used. It's very effective and very, very, very time consuming.

It should not slide, anyway. So that's good.

Too much fun to do (and a whole lof of wor..zzzz).

We all know everybody likes the owl cake.

This one is the same idea, just with more COLOR!!!

For a birthday boy with no theme in mind...

...but having a swimming party!!!

This cake was completed today for a baby shower for an amazing woman expecting twins.

She is expecting a boy and a girl, which was a challenge, but...

...I think I did ok.