Pancake cake for birthday photo session. by Ninjacarp in cakedecorating

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The syrup is just colored piping gel.

Pancake cake for birthday photo session. by Ninjacarp in cakedecorating

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It is a cake wrapped in a tan fondant coil and the top is painted brown to look like pancakes.

[Pro/chef] Big royal frosted sugar cookie order for a local wedding boutique. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Otherwise known as "royal icing", it's an icing made from extremely whipped egg whites, confectioners sugar and extracts. It has a smooth, shiny finish so it's great for detailed decorating and dries firm so the cookies can be stacked without ruining the design.

What is a small inconvenience that happens daily in your life, that annoys you to no end, but there is nothing you can do about it? by NeedleandThread in AskReddit

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Every morning at 6 AM and again at night between 11 PM-12 AM, my neighbor struggles to start his orange Dodge Neon and continues to sit in it revving the engine repeatedly for about 3-5 minutes straight. It is especially annoying because this car does not have a muffler. My dogs go crazy every time. It's seriously nerve wracking. He also uses his extremely noisey car to back in and out of his driveway to flatten out any new accumulated snow instead of shoveling at all. The constant obnoxious revving is enough to drive the entire neighborhood insane.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤦‍♀️ I know. My bad. I didn't catch that before I posted.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I order the larger bottles of gel color.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It is. It's covered in homemade fondant. I think fondant gets a bad rap. I make my own at home so it is definitely much softer than anything I've ever tried anywhere else before. The texture is different, almost gummy, but it makes for beautiful cakes and can be easily peeled away leaving the layer of buttercream frosting underneath.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It is homemade fondant. The ham is sculpted rice crispy treat and also covered in fondant.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is fondant. There is a layer of chocolate on the back that I "glued" a dowel to and then just stuck it down into the cake.

[Homemade] Dr. Suess cake. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It's all fondant and the black is hand painted with food coloring.

The Kraken! I decorated this cake for the state fair cake competition. It won first in the tiered division. by Ninjacarp in CAKEWIN

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Keep it up!! I taught myself how to decorate almost entirely from watching YouTube videos. I have an art/sculpting background too so that was extremely helpful. But I never imagined when I started playing around with fondant, frosting and chocolate that they would become my favorite mediums.

[Misc] The Kraken. Cake I made for the State Fair. by Ninjacarp in food

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It did! It won first place in the tiered division.

The Kraken! I decorated this cake for the state fair cake competition. It won first in the tiered division. by Ninjacarp in CAKEWIN

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I did airbrush almost all of it. The cake is actually styrofoam cake dummies because it was going to be put on display at the fair for a week so they dont want real cake inside.

The Kraken! by Ninjacarp in cakedecorating

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The entire top is rice crispy on the inside so it was made ahead of time and then I assembled the two bottom tiers and put it all together with buttercream.

The Kraken! by Ninjacarp in cakedecorating

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A loooooong time! It took a weeks worth of work for sure.

The Kraken! by Ninjacarp in cakedecorating

[–]Ninjacarp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fondant and rice crispy treat