Amaze me August #54 - Pregnant Bella Cake Tutorial

Welcome to the 54th edition of:

<a border="0" href="http://bellabeforeandafter.blogspot.com/search/label/Amaze%20me%20August%20Challenge" target="_blank"><img src="http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad234/bellabeforeandafter/amabuttonblue.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>Today I am sharing with you another great cake decorating tutorial. This was first shared over at my good friend Ami's blog ALILILLY. 
This past week I did some things that were out of the ordinary for me, but really interesting to say the least. I spoke my mind more than usual on a few of those posts, and while I didn't get AS much of a reaction as I'd thought, it left me wondering if anyone even read it, lol. Totally go check out these posts if you get a chance, and let me know what you think!LMM  and a not so nice anonymous comment got me thinkingWIWW - The world BIGGEST photo shoot everMy Dumb and Dumber haircut :(
I hope you enjoy checking those posts out, please let me know what you think. Now enjoy this great tutorial, and then make sure to link up to the party.Thanks everyone!!

Pregnant Belly Cake Tutorial

At this point I didn't glue anything down yet. It still needed to be easily transferred to the finished cake. Once you have it on the cake , and are happy with the placement of everything, you just need to dab a little water to make everything stick, like glue. Be careful not to add too much, or else the fondant will slide. 

Also you will notice everything is really powdery at this stage. You need to keep everything dusted well, so it doesn't stick, but once you are finished assembling the cake, you can steam the fondant, or use a paintbrush to paint it with water (slightly) and this will take care of all that powder, along with making everything shine.

Do you want to see the finished cake?

It is so pretty, I really love the way it turned out.

Make sure to stop by and take a look.

How to make Rice Crispy Treat ELMO -- Cake Tutorial

Have you guys ever wondered how you to make those nifty cake toppers. Things that you just can't imagine actually carving out of cake. I'll let you in on a little secret. In the cake business we usually make those from RICE CRISPY TREATS. Yup, it's the perfect solution. You can easily shape it, carve it, and then decorate it with buttercream, and even fondant. It is light, and won't add extra weight to an already heavy cake. It's also TASTY, I love Rice Crispy, so what is there not to love?

Today's tutorial is how to make Elmo from Rice Crispy Treats.

My mom insisted on taking some pics of me. Great!!

Ok mom, enough already, lol.

Follow your favorite recipe for making Rice Crispy Treats. I use the basic recipe, nothing fancy. Well except that I'm pretty sure I toasted mine a bit too much, ooops. It sure tasted good so no biggie.

Roll out log shapes for the legs, and arms. 

Make a round head. 

Shape the body, an oval shape will do.

Roll out three smaller balls for the eyes, and nose.

1. Make sure you pack everything TIGHT, and compact. You do not want your rice crispy to fall apart on you.

2. Attach the arms, Legs, Head, Eyes, and Nose with wooded dowels, or toothpicks. 

Cover the eyes, and nose with Fondant. Make sure your fondant is rather thick, or else the eyes, and nose will look rather lumpy. Even though you made everything compact, and as smooth as possible, you will still see the texture. So make sure your fondant is thick and it will be smooth. Like if you look REALLY close, I could have made mine thicker, BUT by this time, his poor eyes, and nose were ALREADY sooooo BIG, I didn't want to add another layer, lol.

Just goofing off, I gave Elmo a mustache, he he.

Ok, so Elmo is kinda naked right now, next step is to get him all filled up.

Use a star tip and start piping in Elmos fur. Cover his entire body, and refrigerate.

Are you curious to see what he looks life all finished?

Come check out the finished cake on:

EURO STYLE CAKES - ELMO CAKE

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How to make a fondant LADY BUG ~ Cake Tutorial ~

Why hello there!! Today I'm going to show you how to make some fondant ladybugs. They may look easy, and they are, but trust me when I tell you they are also pretty time consuming. Don't be fooled by their small size, these little buggers take a lot of time to create!!

Thats about it. Was that easy enough? I know you can do this, just be prepared to spend some time on it. If you want to see the finished cake, and I know you do, make sure to check it out on:

EURO STYLE CAKES - LADY BUG CAKE

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