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Behind the Scenes: Marina Bolisacova’s Red Sea Cake

Posted by Andi Satterlund on Apr 4, 2013 in Sea Creatures | 4 comments

Marina Bolisacova, the featured cake-maker in April’s issue of Cake Central Magazine shared with us behind the scenes photos of how she assembled her The Pearl of the Red Sea cake. This award winning cake was made for the 2011 Top Chef Arabia competition, and it contains no internal supports or inedible pieces. Learn to make her edible, fondant coral reef, sting rays, tropical fish and hand painting techniques.

Marina free formed the coral and rocky texture on the cake.

Many of the sea creatures were made using molds and hand painted.

Some of the creatures were sculpted by hand and then painted.

Inspiration Challenge Winner!

Posted by Justine McDaniel on Jan 15, 2013 in Cupcakes, Inspiration Challenge | 13 comments

We asked you to create cupcakes based on our vintage teacup mood board from design-seeds.com, and you delivered! We are excited to announce the winner of our first Inspiration Challenge is…

nikkigonzalez for this beautiful tea party cupcake!

The amount of detail on her miniscule fondant figures is impressive, as is the teetering stack of tea time items. The ring of flowers and pearls ties back to the mood board, and the pretty teapot and teacup capture the vibe of the inspiration image. Congratulations, Nikki!

We absolutely loved ALL of the cupcakes submitted, and had a great time seeing what you came up with for tea time. Stay tuned for our next challenge, coming up soon!