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Lesley's birthday cake, inspired by a birthday card Mick gave me a couple of years ago. It is a print by fashion artist Renee Gruau and it struck me as ideal! Cake is syrup Vic Sponge 3 layered with apricot conserve and a touch of vanilla buttercream. Fashionista lady is 2D, some fondant accents and some painted. Cameo from a mould and my first go at the pleating effect. I am so happy with this cake, think it may be my best work yet!

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Comment by Katy Nott on September 1, 2014 at 7:44am

You'll breeze it Becky - your ability is way beyond mine, so it will be dead easy for you.

Comment by Becky sheridan on August 31, 2014 at 11:21pm

The next cake I do for practice - I'm doing the pleats.  Doesn't sound to bad!!

Comment by Katy Nott on August 31, 2014 at 10:53am

Thanks Becky!  No, it's not hard at all, because it's a cheat.  It isn't really pleating at all!  You just take strips of fondant, cut to the height of your cake and overlap them.  Then I smoothed the edges over with my finger, so you couldn't see a straight line where it was cut.  Then smooth the single layer into the cake.  Remember to start at the back as you will have an double overlap there with your first and last piece.  Hope that makes sense....

Comment by Becky sheridan on August 31, 2014 at 10:15am
This is awesome! Love the 2D. This has given me ideas! I have wanted to try the pleating - is it hard?
Comment by Katy Nott on August 25, 2014 at 5:30am

Thank you Luz x

Comment by Luz Iglesias on August 24, 2014 at 7:53pm

Gorgeous Katy, lovely job!

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on August 24, 2014 at 3:50pm

, me to , I do love it !

Comment by Katy Nott on August 24, 2014 at 3:03pm

Thanks Gail - no worries, I was happy with it anyway!

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on August 24, 2014 at 2:36pm

aw ! sorry Katy ! , it is an awesome cake !

Comment by Katy Nott on August 24, 2014 at 2:25pm

Thank you Bonnie, so much for your lovely words!  Even my husband was enthusiastic about this one.  Sadly, I'm not so sure about Lesley.  She had said to me, almost in passing, please don't worry about a cake or anything.  But we and the grandchildren decided that it would be all wrong to let their Mum's birthday go without a cake from me, as I always do the family celebration cakes.  I think she was a bit annoyed, so I have been left with a bit of a sorry taste in my mouth.  Never mind, I won't do it again...

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