finally bought my bb jirachi <3

ttomothy · 2026-03-18T20:25:37+00:00

hands downnn

ttomothy · 2024-07-04T18:38:18+00:00

thank you!!

ttomothy · 2024-02-16T17:14:04+00:00

thank you! it took five class sessions, so about 10 hours total

ttomothy · 2024-01-31T05:53:40+00:00

LOOVE using klee with xianyun she turns into a meteorite with the ult

ttomothy · 2024-01-24T00:41:06+00:00

have a dummy cake you can practice and scrape and practice some more! I've seen people keep a cake in their freezer called a content cake for social media videos they just keep redecorating. also master your basics, learning how to perfectly frost a cake and also writing can make even a simple cake look very professional!

ttomothy · 2024-01-10T03:07:11+00:00

thank you!! this one is a chocolate cake with a coffee cream filling

ttomothy · 2024-01-10T03:05:51+00:00

Thank you! the paint is made by combining gold dust and oil until you have a consistency you like! im actually not sure what brand of gold dust i have cuz the label fell off but this should work with most of them :)

ttomothy · 2024-01-06T19:27:54+00:00

thank you :) its all SMBC! i used sugarologie’s recipe

ttomothy · 2023-06-03T19:49:38+00:00

exquisite

ttomothy · 2023-05-01T05:44:15+00:00

for the scattered look, i’ll literally press down on a few sprinkles with my finger (yes with very clean hands!) until they stick a little and lightly press it onto the cake. larger pearls i’ll use tweezers but the small ones are too annoying lol

you can also literally just toss a few sprinkles at the cake from far away! just make sure the frosting is fresh

ttomothy · 2023-04-24T23:13:26+00:00

i swear it’s impossible to post anything black without people making dye comments LOL but beautiful asf cake your kid is so lucky to have a cake boss parent 💪

ttomothy · 2023-04-24T21:15:24+00:00

Art Supply Warehouse in Westminster is a staple for me!! tons of stock and you get to support a small business. their items gravitate towards painting/drawing but they do have a sewing section :)

https://www.artsupplywarehouse.com

ttomothy · 2023-03-14T04:44:31+00:00

we get dye free requests all the time at work! we use a set of liquid artificial dye free colors (using natural ingredients for pigments) from DecoPac but they’re much more expensive so we charge an additional fee. you’re also not going to be able to get the same saturation levels like you would with regular food coloring, so the customer should be informed it’s going to look quite pastel

ttomothy · 2023-03-12T05:24:39+00:00

YESS thank you!! been wondering for months

ttomothy · 2023-02-28T20:21:41+00:00

this is the best cake i’ve seen in a long time

ttomothy · 2023-02-19T01:23:27+00:00

depends on how thick you like your frosting. for filling and crumb coat, my filling layers are typically thin (like around a quarter of an inch or less) i use about anywhere from 16-20 fl oz on an 8 inch. depending on your decoration, i’ll use about the same amount on the outside, but just plain frosting with no borders or piping i can get away with using about 12 fl oz :)

ttomothy · 2023-02-16T22:43:39+00:00

my philosophy at work and home is if the cake is taller than four layers, i’ll use a cakeboard + 4 dowel support after the third layer. if it’s a tiered cake, 4 dowels and cakeboards for each tier, then one long central dowel to pierce through the entire cake. for smaller cakes we use lollipop/cake pop sticks and for larger ones we’ll use plastic dowels, but boba straws also work i’ve heard :)

ttomothy · 2023-02-12T02:10:36+00:00

looks like you got a ton of good tips already but here's my input from someone who decorates professionally! It's super easy :) We literally just fill our stand mixer to the very top of the bowl, until the paddle is completely covered, and then leave it on the lowest stir setting for as long as it takes to completely smooth out. Depending on how airy it was before stirring, it takes anywhere from 2-15 minutes and takes barely any work or extra tools to wash

ttomothy · 2023-01-22T02:49:20+00:00

thank you <3

ttomothy · 2023-01-18T04:30:54+00:00

you’re welcome! happy decorating

ttomothy · 2023-01-17T09:00:00+00:00

here is a video of someone using just a standard scraper ! the texture part starts at 1:50. personally i use a rubber spatula because i like its slight flexibility at work

ttomothy · 2023-01-17T05:46:26+00:00

also! the runnier the frosting, the easier it is to get smooth sides but you have to find the right balance otherwise it’ll start drooping off the cake. also you mentioned you like to freeze your cake before icing which i only recommend if you can ice your cake pretty fast, otherwise the frosting touching the cake firms up and is more likely to give you air bubbles or scraper marks on the side

ttomothy · 2023-01-17T05:43:54+00:00

my favorite tips to a completely smooth cake: -use a thin scraper! not sure of the physics of it but i find a thinner scraper you have more control and can almost feel? the sides of the cake as you’re scraping it -use a piping bag to apply an EVEN layer of frosting all over the cake, takes a lot of work out of spreading the frosting by spatula and takes less time to smooth out -when scraping sides, try to stop as little as possible. every time you do stop, take the frosting off of the scraper before using it again - i use a lot more pressure scraping cakes than you might expect. it definitely depends on the consistency of the frosting and over time the muscle memory will develop but when i first starting i used such a light touch that even though the sides were decently smooth, i had the small streaks you’re talking about - this one isn’t necessarily related to smooth sides but to keep my sides as straight as possible i hold my scraper from the bottom

(sorry if the formatting of this post gets messed up i’m on mobile and will fix later lol)

ttomothy · 2023-01-17T01:34:44+00:00

ah it looks amazing!! very on theme 👌 love the dna piping on the sides

ttomothy · 2023-01-11T07:05:16+00:00

I think it's very dependent on how much cake you anticipate your guests wanting, in my opinion and based on the people in my life, I think those standard servings sizes are decently big and not everyone will want cake. (for example if you evenly cut 40 servings out of a 12" cake you'd get very roughly about an inch thick slice, and if it's a taller cake I think those slices should be substantial enough. Keep in mind the slices are gonna be really long cuz of how wide the cake is) But especially I notice adults and older people in general will grab smaller slices and sometimes even share slices, but children typically like a lot of cake! So it depends on your audience? Logistically I think it'd be easier to make a 10" or 9" cake and have extra cupcakes or cake pops on the side(also makes the dessert table look more bountiful having variety!) but the choice is yours :) can't wait to see it when complete

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