cute owl cake for a little girls christening
You might remember the birdcage cake I made in yellows and grey for a baby shower. Well little Abbey is now part of our lives and this is her Christening cake.
It is a slightly different variation of the owl cakes I have been teaching. I love the closed eyes which I think are softer and cuter for a baby’s celebration.
The wings have been embossed and had little daisies pressed on to add detail to them then the usual stitch mark I trace around the edges.
I think the owl sitting on the fondant bow is nicer in this design than the branch idea and is perfect to drape down the side of the bottom tier.
detail of owl christening cake Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
I kept the bottom tier simple so that the owl was the feature in the cake design. It has been quilted but to make it a little different I created a scallop that the quilting finishes to. Diamante finishes the quilting and the little daisies. The cross shape was copied from the christening invitation.
Abbeys name has been piped onto the cake board. It matches the script used on the christening invitation. The name and eyes were both then painted with silver lustre.
Abbey is a very special little girl and I wish her a wonderful Christening and an amazing life!
Bye for now, Michelle
Michelle Rea
Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
Easter cake idea and little bird and bunny cupcakes
I spent some time today playing with an easter cake design. I worked in white on white to save time but I can easily see this in soft pastels.
I did make the egg top tier out of cake but having finished this I would recommend buying a chocolate easter egg as the base – my reason being that I ended up using quite a bit of royal icing to get this effect so I do not think this outer covering would be that nice to eat so you might as well use the chocolate egg as a base saving time carving the egg shape out of cake.
easter cake design idea
Before you get carried away with the easter egg cake design (my original idea was to make a cake 3 – times this size) it takes quite a lot of piped flowers to cover. This egg is only 6″ in height but it took about 240 piped royal icing flowers to cover it.
Suggestion for adding ribbon to the top edge of a cake – make sure that the fondant cake covering has had at least overnight to dry, the icing shrinks slightly as it dries and could cause the ribbon to drop.
bird and bunny cupcake ideas
I also spent a little time using the PME bunny and bird cutters for a couple of cupcake designs that could be served with this cake. I was actually thinking of the bird cupcakes to go with a birdcage cake design which I think I will make in the next class. The bunny cutter is so cute and i think it would be nice white on white as well.
The design still needs some work but I thought I would share it now just in case I run out of time before this easter to work on it again.
Bye for now, Michelle
Michelle Rea
Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
60 Old Northern Road
Baulkham Hills NSW 2153
Australia
strawberry shortcake 1st birthday cake and matching cupcakes.
I have to say I was really pleased when I finished this 1st birthday cake.
The brief was to match the strawberry shortcake party theme and the birthday girls Mum had lots of ideas that we combined to create this three tier cake.
I had to work stripes, polka dots, strawberry texture, strawberries and a number one into the design.
I think the colour tones work well and I kept the strawberries to just a few so they told the story without over doing it.
strawberry shortcake cupcakes
These cupcakes were made to continue the theme. They are topped with a swirl of soft pink super smooth buttercream and finished with the fondant strawberries and blossoms used on the cake.
I’m in the middle of planning a few new designs for Easter and look forward to sharing them in the next couple of weeks.
If you would like the recipe for the buttercream then you can find it on my website here. I used the vanilla version and coloured it with pink gel paste.
Bye for now, Michelle
Cake Decorating Classes new dates Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
Even though I need a couple of days to recover I thoroughly enjoyed teaching back to back in February. I got to spend my days with amazing women with plenty of laughs and I learned so much and I hope my students did to.
These are the new dates for class in May and June. There will be a couple of new designs but they are still to be added – I just need time to create the originals although I will say due to so many requests one will be a double height/barrel cake.
Below is a brief outline of the cake decorating courses – more details can be found here.
New Cake Classes for May and June 2012
May 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Decorating Details Class 9.30am – 3.30pm each day – $850.00
May 5th Saturday
3D Owl cake 9.30am – 4.30pm $325.00
May 7th and 8th Monday and tuesday
Birdcage Cake 9.30am to 3.30pm both days $500.00
May 15th Tuesday Night
Piping class 6pm – 9.30pm $175.00
May 20th Sunday
Beginners class 9.30am – 4.30pm $300.00
May 26th and 27th Saturday and Sunday
The White Collection 9.30am – 4.30pm Saturday and 9.30am – 2pm Sunday $500.00
cake decorating classes inspired by michelle cake designs
June 11th Monday Night
Piping class 6.00 – 9.30pm $175.00
June 13th and 14th Wednesday and Thursday
Big Beautiful Beginners Roses 9.30 – 3.30pm both days $500.00
June 16th Saturday
3D Owl cake 9.30 – 4.30pm $325.00
June 18th, 19th and 20th Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Decorating Details 9.30 – 3.30pm all days $850.00
June 21st and 22nd Thursday and Friday
The White Collection 9.30 – 4pm Thursday and 9.30 – 2pm Friday. $500.00
Please contact me via email inspiredbymichelle@gmail.com if you would like to attend a class or have further questions.
Positions are held with a non refundable 50% deposit (your spot in the class is only added once the deposit has been paid and you have notified me of this) and the balance is payable before the class date. Minimum numbers are needed for the class to be held. If these are not reached then deposits will be refunded.
Bye for now, Michelle
Ballerina Christening Cake – Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
I have just noticed that all the words from this post are missing!! So here I go again…
This ballerina christening cake was an absolute joy to make. I have met some of the nicest people making cakes for them and this was one of those occasions.
A ballerina cake is a sweet idea for a little girls christening cake. The ballerina is the one from Debbie Brown’s “Enchanting Magical Cakes” and as I was making her I wondered just how many 1000′s of times this had been made all around the world!!
The original idea was the actual cake but here I made the ballerina as a cake topper so that she could be kept. The idea was also to make her look a little younger than the original as it was for a christening cake.
The colours on the cake matched the balloons that decorated the tables and room. I actually sat there with blown up balloons to make sure I got the colours perfect.
ballerina christening cake idea Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
The tiers were quilted and finished with little fondant blossoms and the smallest silver sugar balls.
It is so nice to finish a cake and know that you got the clients brief perfect – I actually wanted to keep this cake for my display case. I also received a lovely thank you which always put a smile on my face.
I can not remember what else I originally wrote but I think I have covered everything.
Bye for now, Michelle
Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
by inspiredbymichelle on January 24, 2012
in Cupcakes
Owl cupcakes Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
OK I have to confess I have had fun making these little owl cupcakes to match Olivia the Owl 3D cake. The confession is I did this on the spur of the moment and the cupcakes are very old and I found them in the bottom of my freezer but I promise no one will eat them and I just wanted to play!!
I have added an image on how I made them.
How to make Owl cupcakes
how to make owl cupcakes
I used two rose petal cutters. The larger one was used for the body and the smaller one to cut the top out of the head and to cut two wings. They are very easy but as I was making them I was thinking and they are quite time consuming so if I had a lot to make I would pipe the beak and the feet just to make it quicker.
You could make these owls on little fondant discs to add to the top of buttercream cupcakes.
In the photo the cupcake bases are white, chocolate brown and soft pink – the pink does not really show.
I should also mention that I have added a weekend class for the 3D Owl Cake as I had a lot of requests for it. It will be Sunday 26th February more…..
owl cupcakes Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
I will have a really bright and colourful owl cake to show you soon similar to my signature cake after that I promise no more owls!!
Bye for now, Michelle
Inspired by Michelle Cake Designs
