A patchwork heart cake by the very talented Lindy Smith was the inspiration for this birthday cake which I really enjoyed making as I love the icons and colors of the 60's Hippie era. I hand carved a buttercream filled vanilla orange pound cake to give it a puffy heart shape and covered it in fondant. The decorations were made with a combination of fondant and Mexican paste. Cutters were used to make the flowers and smiley faces as were the hearts which I further modified with an Xacto knife to add more curves. The Smiley faces were drawn on with black edible marker. Letters/numbers, swirls and silhouette were also cut by hand with an Xacto knife. To further personalize the silhouette I included a nose stud made with a silver dragée and a thread dread made by using gum glue to attach different colored tubular pieces of fondant. Peace and Love to all!
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love the colors and everything....
Wow wow and wow
I love, love, love this cake
Sharon, I wish!!! Even though I'm not too shabby when it comes to drawing, I usually look for clipart that I can modify and use for the designs I have in mind. I then print out, laminate and cut out my paper patterns and go to it with my trusty retractable Xacto Knife. For this cake I modified an image from the Cricut Groovy Times Cartridge for the "splash" next to the silhouette and used a font called bellbottom laser. I used three different silhouettes to come up with the final model for the cake and drew the hair strands myself.
Illiana..did you cut out most of that freehand?? Can't stop looking at it!
Thank you ladies for all your kind comments! I really had fun designing and making this cake...the birthday girl (lady) was thrilled beyond words when she received it but I'm especially happy to be able to share it with a larger audience!
Peace, Baby! Absolutely gorgeous cake. I love the colors. Takes me back to my teenage years. Such talent. Thanks for sharing with us.
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