Jerry Sailor Wedding Cake

My work was asked to create a wedding cake revolved around the Jerry Sailor tattoos. I was extremely excited to do this cake; I personally have a couple tattoos and love the old tattoo style. Also, as much as I love glamorous and dainty cakes, I love an atypical cake once in a while. :) I basically built this cake on my own which was awesome. My coworker baked the cakes, I filled and frosted them, and then decorated. My favorite part was cutting out white, fondant disks and then hand painted them with food coloring. This is the part I am most passionate about; handpainting cakes. I would love to be known for handpainting cakes. (How many times can I say 'handpainting cakes' in one post eh?) Anywho, this cake was a lot of fun to do and turned out great.

Whipping out Cakes at Work...

I've been relatively busy at the bakery I work at in downtown Olympia making cakes, cupcakes, and more! Here is a taste of what I do...

Cupcakes & Chocolate Decorations;

Sheet Cakes (1/8", 1/4", 1/2");

Tortes;

Wedding Reception

My former coworker Alviena had asked me to create a cake/cupcake combo for her wedding reception that she was hosting for family and friends that were unable to attend her wedding in Vegas. She gave me an image of a small 6" cake atop a tower of cupcakes; black and white with red accents were what I had to work with. I made a 6" chocolate cake frosted with a delicious vanilla bean frosting. The cupcakes were the same but in bite size form. :) The red flowers were specifically requested; I used gumpate and painted them red. I have found it difficult to color white gumpaste red; it tends to turn out pink. I then sprinkled red sugar sprinkles on them to add texture and add a sense of glamour. Alviena supplied the cake topper which is a beautiful engraved piece with their initial and wedding date :)