Vintage Valentine

Vanesa commissioned me (there I am using that phrase again!) to make a baby shower cake for a friend of hers who is due near Valentine’s Day. The shower’s theme is Vintage Valentine. This is what I came up with.

The “lace” around the cake is gum paste and is made by rolling out the gum paste very thin and using a cutter to give the different edge designs. The lace at the top is three layers and I used three different cutters and then topped with extruded gum paste rope. The small holes are made using a toothpick and are supposed to make it look more like lace. After it was applied I placed edible pearls onto the cake. The lace at the bottom is only one layer from which I cut the heart shapes and then applied them to the cake above the lace, then again applied the edible pearls.

The baby is hand-molded using sugar paste and the details are painted on with edible marker. The quilt is also made from sugar paste and embellished with heart motifs. The letters were made using “Tappits” letter cutters.

Speaking of Vane, she loved her bag (which actually makes me a bit sad because I was getting used to having it hanging around!). Oh well, I know she’ll love it and flaunt use it.