Louis' Birthday

Fun times over the labor day weekend.  My mother baked the cake ("funfetti," as requested by the birthday boy), I decorated it.  I manufactured a fair amount of fondant, then set to work making sushi "cakes" with a wad of fondant hand-shaped into an oversized rice cake.  I rolled the cakes in chopped up marshmallows (to simulate the rice), then topped them with colored bits of fondant made to simulate salmon, tuna, egg, and fish eggs.  The seaweed wraps were of fondant as well.  I set actual chopsticks on the cake and added a little plastic cup with chocolate syrup to simulate soy sauce.  And yes, the wasabi and pickled ginger were made of fondant as well.  Louis was pleased.  That's what I always aim for.

Wolfner Library's 10th Anniversary of the Recording Booth

Well, this was fun.  I made everything out of either chocolate plastic (melted candies and/or chocolate plus corn syrup) or fondant.  I had just purchased one of those cake markers in black, so I used it for all the lettering and lines.  Folks were impressed.  Maybe you can't tell from the photo, but this was basically a full sheet cake, rendered in two layers.  The top layer was angled to simulate the mixing board.  Oh, and the wires were made out of black licorice whips.  You wouldn't believe how many places I had to go to find that stuff.  I finally ended up at the candy shop here at our local mall.