Peach and Strawberrry shortcakes

Last week I spent quite a bit of time trying to make these shortcakes.

I had a few questions and if anyone would offer some advice, I would really appreciate it.

My question is in working with the "frosting". I used silicone and piped it on between the layers and around the fruit toppings.

It was a little tricky because I can't bake the silicone so instead of making a glaze for the fruit from tls, I had to use sculpy glossy mixed with artist chalk. Can anyone think of a better way to accomplish this?

Also, I wanted to grate some chalk for "powdered sugar" and "cinnamon" on the top. Once again, I can't bake it so how do I adhere it to the topping?

I would appreciate any suggestions.

For the cakes, I textured them with a variety of items to get a shortcake look. I used crumpled aluminum foil, them a toothbrush and finally sandpaper.

The peaches were fun to make. I rolled the clay and flattened it on one side on my ceramic tile. Then I popped it in the freezer to firm up a bit. I dusted the top with grated artist chalk in the red color. Then I slices the length into peach slices. With a toothpick, I made a tiny indent in the peach were the "pit" would have been.

The strawberries were just a cane that I sliced.....easy.

Enjoy!

Working on "Le Petit Patisserie" in class

I have nothing but good things to say about the Whitledge-Burgess class that I took in Chicago last week. Ray and Scott were wonderful teachers and I learned so much.

First, we built the walls outside of the main box. Some of the walls we wallpapered and some we covered with fabric. The print above is a quality quilting fabric.
This is the box that we installed the finished walls. It was already partially wired and we competed all of the wiring in class. I believe there were 18 recessed lights in the ceilings and display cabinets. There is one main light above the stove and another behind the door and window to light up the outside view.

The floors were fun to make. We used strip wood and wallpaper in a faux finished design.

The salesroom floor is also faux finished wallpaper in a marbled design. Just cut squares and glue down leaving grout lines in between. Finish with a high gloss acrylic spray for shine.

The stove and refrigerator was made from self-adhesive aluminum contact paper (shelving paper). The stove and oven knobs are earring backs!

The recessed ceiling lights were just grommets glued in place.

Almost done! We installed the finished walls inside the box against the ceiling and flooring to fit together like a puzzle. At this point, I still had trim to complete.

This was a four day class. We worked from 8am to 5pm every day to complete the room box.

More pictures to come!

Look What Came in the Mail

Take a look at my newest purchases. I ordered these cakes from Kim.

http://kimsminiatures.blogspot.com/

Look at the texture of the cakes. Even upclose, I am impressed by the detail.

There is a four layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, a pumpkin spiced bundt cake with glaze, a bowl of shredded carrots, a freshly baked cake, a bowl of cream cheese frosting, and more.
I set the yummy cakes on a table for a baking scene.
Mmmmm.....a slice of dessert anyone?

And a gift too! Thank so much Kim!

Getting ready for Easter

This adorable Easter basket just arrived in the mail today!

I ordered it from Jennifer Tuttle at Miniholiday on Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6838993

The quality basket is filled with a solid chocolate bunny, a bag of M&M's, a Hershey bar,

chick peeps, jelly beans, a lollipop, a sugar coated decorated egg, foil covered chocolates and a bunny topped candy dispenser. The basket is trimmed and topped with a bow of silk ribbon.

I also had to have the perfect frosted egg sugar cookies.

I plan to use these goodies in an Easter holiday display in my bakery.

Miniature swap

Look at the tiny details in this fantastic aquarium! I just love it!

Rhonda contacted me after seeing some of my cakes on my blog. We decided to do a swap. She made this adorable aquarium and sent it to me.

In return, I made her two beautiful cakes. One is dark chocolate with white chocolate accents. The second is a sweetheart rose cake.

Enjoy Rhonda!

Chocolate Temptation

This is a scene from my little bakery. The chocolate wedding cake was a special order from Blue Kitty Miniatures. I just had to have an all-chocolate wedding cake in my bakery.

The plate of candies and Valentine cookies I ordered from Sue's Little Things on Ebay. She makes such wonderful and detailed miniatures.

http://stores.ebay.com/sues-little-things

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5725162

Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Bake Table

This is a bake table that I made for my bakery for Valentine's Day.

For the last week, I have been playing with polymer clay making little cupcakes, candies and tarts. It is all trial and error for me. I threw away quite a few little cupcakes as I was having trouble frosting them without getting the frosting all over the bottom of the cupcake.

This dark chocolate heart shaped cake is topped with pretty roses. The candy in the dish is just little pieces of leftover clay.

I made the pretty white cake topped with roses yesterday. I tried to blend the clay to give the petals of the roses a variagated look.
I am having so much fun working on my bakery that I have been neglecting my actual "job" of making bears!