Recently, I took some time to make a cake that has been on my baking to-do list. Using a couple of things that I learned when I took Mike McCarey’s Advanced Cake Sculpting class on Craftsy, I decided to make a Zelda themed cake that would require an inner structure.  Being a total beginner at creating a cake skeleton, I made the Mailbox from LOZ: The Wind Wakerbecause I thought it would be easy. Ha!

Wind Walker Mailbox Cake

Wind Walker Mailbox Cake

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Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Mailbox Cake

5 layer Vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and coated in dark chocolate ganache. Detailed with marshmallow fondant & candy clay.

Main Box: Cake
Bottom Post: RKT
Top: RKT

Recipes Used:
Cake: @yolanda_gampp’s vanilla cake
Fondant/Candy Clay: @jessicaharriscakedesign’s
Buttercream: @MidtownSweets

The cake stand structure was created based on what I learned in @mikemccarey’s Bobbleheads class

Fondant letters inspired by GalleyArts Komali Letter on @deviantart

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Super Mario Cake and Cupcakes

Cake:  Chocolate cake filled with Chocolate Frosting mixed with crushed Oreos. The cake was then covered in dark chocolate ganache and decorated with yellow marshmallow fondant & white modeling chocolate

Cupcakes: Chocolate & vanilla mini cupcakes with marshmallow fondant Super Mario themed toppers.

Super Mario Cupcakes

Super Mario Cupcakes

Super Mario Cupcakes

Super Mario Cupcakes

Super Mario ? Box Cake

Super Mario ? Box Cake

I finally took a moment to make a cake pop themed around one of my favorite gaming series, Legend of Zelda. A Zelda themed pop has been on my to-do list for about 2 years and I decided to make one today with an extra cupcake from the latest bake up. I was actually planning on making a Link (Wind Wanker) Cake Pop but all the heart displays from Valentine’s actually gave me the idea to try a heart shaped Majora’s Mask Cake Pop. It was a tricky, tricky pop.

The pop is chocolate cake molded into a heart shape and then dipped in a blend of dark blue and pink chocolate. Tinted rolling fondant was used for the eyes and horns.

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I created these cake pops for a very special birthday & guy.  They represent one of his favorite Capcom video games, Megaman.

French Vanilla cake pops dipped in candy melt and detailed with modeling chocolate.

The pops are Megaman, his dog Rush, and his Mega Buster Cannon.

Megaman Cake Pops

Megaman (Buster Cannon) Cake Pops

Megaman (Rush) Cake Pops

Megaman Cake Pops

Kratos (God of War) has been on my Cake Pop To-Do list for a while. I’ll call this draft 1 and will be revisiting him in the future.

The Cake Pop is chocolate fudge cake covered in white candy melt and detailed with red & black food color pens.  The beard and eyebrows are black candy melt.

God of War Cake Pop

Sometimes after a big order, I’ll take the left overs and practice designs or create something different. This week I took inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons and decided to see if I could create a few RPG dice (Role Playing Game).

These 4, 6, 8, and 12 sided Cake Pops are Chocolate Cake dipped in Chocolate Candy Melt and brushed with gold luster.  The numbers were added with a food color pen.

RPG Dice Cake Pops

RPG Dice Cake Pops