Saturday, December 26, 2009

Santa Needs Help!



This Christmas, I was in charge of desserts for our family gathering. I decided to do a tres leches cake which is a family favorite, hazelnut "kitkat" bars (another family fave) and a christmas cake in fondant. I did want to do a snow globe fondant cake from the beginning but the design I had in mind was too much work for the time I had left so I decided to go with this.



Santa hanging on...


The design is partly inspired by an actual snow globe I wanted to purchase. But since it's an unnecessary expense, I decided to just customize and make a cake inspired by it. The "globe" is a vase which I purchased in a local craft store. All decorations are made out of gumpaste. I had a lot of fun making this cake. I wish I had made Santa's bum a little bigger though! He was pretty lean.


Inside the globe



Another shot of the whole cake



Hope everyone had a great Christmas! And may you all have a happy and prosperous New Year.




6 comments:

  1. So adorable! I love the idea of snowglobe cake!

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  2. That's absolutely brilliant and perfect and oh so cute!! I love your creations!

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  3. thank you all :) hope you all are enjoying the holidays!

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  4. Your cakes are simply amazing! Fantastic!
    How did you get the gumpaste to stick to the glass? Thank you so much for sharing!

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  5. Thank you Ana! The "snow" on top...I actually didn't use anything for it to stick. It stuck on by itself since it was a fresh piece of gumpaste.

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