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.

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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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This week was especially awesome! It was awesome because I had the chance to test shipping cake pops and it was a shipment at the request of the creators of the Robot Chicken TV Show! They contacted me to order some Robot Chicken cake pops to give them a try. Midtown Sweets doesn’t currently ship but it was a great opportunity to see what it takes since they were ordered as a Just Because.

Mr Senreich was kind enough to send a few pictures of one of the RC Cake Pops checking out the Studio. 🙂

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These Star Trek Themed Cake Pops were ordered as a Thinking of You/Just Because Gift.

Molded Vanilla Cake dipped in colored Candy Melts.

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I made a secret “Stache” of Cake Pops for my hubby. These are chocolate cake dipped in white chocolate. The mustache art is food color gel paint.

 

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These pops were created to go along with the Music Cake Pop order…

Vanilla Cake dipped in black candy melt and dusted with white luster then lightly drizzled with white chocolate.

Black Satin Cake Pops

Black Satin Cake Pops

My friend, Jenni, has been one of Midtown Sweets biggest customers since day one.  She ordered a number of cupcakes, cakes, and cake pops to celebrate the birthdays of her daughters, Mackenzie (Cupcakes & Roller Skates) and Sydney (Cake Pops & Cupcakes).

With that said, I wanted to include a special “Thank You!” with her most recent order of Birthday Cake Pops.  So, I created a few Louis Vuitton & Chanel Purse Pops just for Jenni.

Purse Cake Pops

Purse Cake Pops

Purse Cake Pops