Tuesday 12 November 2013

Jewellery Birthday Cake



Phew, things have been a little crazy to say the least – I have a backlog of creative projects to blog about and no time to do it! Anyway, here are some photos of a cake I made for my friend Kerry’s birthday the other week.  I wanted to try out using jewellery as a cake topper – I have seen some amazing designs by cake artists online, LindySmith for example. I have to say, I love the effects that you can achieve with a little jewellery wire and beads. I will definitely be using this technique again!



You will have to excuse the lighting - I have about 10 minutes to take the shot before I
delivered the cake and I had very little natural light!

 

To create the topper, I selected a variety of purple tones and crystal beads in an assortment of designs and sizes then threaded them onto some 26 guage gold wire. I then looped the wire around the beads to hold them into place. I made the twirly bits by wrapping the wire around a pen, then secured all the ends into a flower pic, which was already inserted into the cake. If you stuff the flower pic first with a little sugar paste, it will hold the wires steady.



The cake design was inspired from the label of a bottle of bubble bath! I used a mixture of
silicone molds and Little Venice Cake Company nozzles to create the paisley effect. I loved the dimensional result, but make sure you allow plenty of time for this technique as it can take ages!


 Thank you for looking!

Jill x

8 comments:

  1. This is stunning!
    It must have taken forever!!!! and it looks far too good to eat!
    Nikki x

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  2. Thanks Nikki, she didn't want to cut it! x

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  3. stunning cake. its a shame to cut it.

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  4. I bow to your patience and decorating prowess! Super stunner of a cake, I'm not surprised she didn't want to cut it! x

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  5. ... but I managed to and it tasted every bit as good as it looked - isn't she amazing :-) x

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