Watering Can Cake
I made this for my MIL's 60th birthday. I wanted to do a watering can and when I saw GRAMMASUE's cake I was blown away! Thanks to cloudsmom for tips on how to make the spout. Also big thanks to aine2 for her tutorial on the gumpaste roses. These are my first! I think I need a little more practice and better cutters, but I was pretty happy with how they turned out. The butterflies are chocolate.
Merissa, Your cake is PERFECT. How did you make the butterflies??
I love your cake.. you did a wonderful job on the watering can, the wood base, and the roses~!
This is gorgeous...how did you get the spout to stay up?
Thanks! Each wing is a chocolate transfer then I pipe a little chocolate and prop the wings up in it and let it harden.
It's beautiful! I'd like to know how to do the butterflies too please.
The spout is gumpaste wrapped around a dowel. I put a cake board between layers of cake and drove the dowel through the cake board into the base at an angle. It was quite sturdy.
Oh and I forgot to mention that you cant really see in the picture but I used some piping gel on it to look like water around the base and dripping down the sides of the cake and spout. It looked pretty neat!
Wow - This is gorgeous! I think your flowers are spectacular and I love the colors!
Really wonderful!
What a beautiful cake! I love everything about it.
I have to agree with pelussa...your cake IS perfect! Great job!
Lovely. You did a great job. I'm sure your MIL was very pleased.
merissa the magnicent strikes agian!!!! You are my cake hero!!! :wink:
Absolutely beautiful, I love everything about it right down to the cake board! I agree with 2sdae you are my hero!!!
Fabulous! The shape is perfect and I love your color choices.
WOW WOW WOW.... This is so beautiful.. my 2 favourite colours together too!!! Can't believe your first gumpaste roses either!!! Just beautiful!!!
I really love your cake! Simply PERFECT!! First time making roses??? Impressive!! You are so talented!!! Congrats! 8O
Just Lovely!!!!
It's gorgeous! I never would've guessed those were your first roses. I love the colors too...of the can, the butterflies and the roses.
I love how you completed the whole scene with the board too. ;-D ;-D
the butterflies and wood flooring are my favorite of the finishing touches. did you use vanilla to paint the wood or brown color? its a very pretty shade which compliments the cake colors well rather than distracting from it. beautiful cake!
Thanks, Melysa. I used vodka to paint it. However, the cake turned out a little more "shabby chic" looking that I planned. So I sort of wish I had left it white.
Don't change a thing - it's PERFECT. Your roses are spectacular. Wonderful cake. Thx for posting and inspiration.
This is really gorgeous. WOW! 8O
Just beautiful!!
Fabulous cake! How did you get the handle to stick on the side?
You wrote that you need more practice on your roses......ARE YOU MAD?!?!? This is sooooooo awsome If I were you, I'd be stopping every Tom, Dick and Harry I met on the street to show off the photo of the most fabulous cake ever! :lol: :lol:
Oh my! What an absolutely gorgeous cake. You did an exceptional job!
Well this is marvelous. The watering can is great, and the flowers don't look like your first try at all. Good job.
I am in awe!! Beautiful! What size is it? It is always hard to tell from pictures.
love this...how did you make the can?
Wow, you did a really good job, it looks very life like.
Beautiful cake!! I love the shading of your roses! What size is the cake?
Your roses are lovely. Can't say its your first time. Well Done!
Very Nice!!! beatiful
WOW!!!!! Merissa this is fantastic! The roses are beautiful!!
Wow, thanks :oops: ! The can is 3 5 inch cakes (6 inch total height). The handle is gumpaste that I made a couple of days ahead. It just stuck right on with royal icing. I was worried, but it was fine!
I can't believe this is a cake...what a beauty
Beautiful!
Merissa, this is amazing!! I love everything about it!!!
This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing...
What a beautiful cake Merissa!!
The butterflies are amazing!!!
Awesome roses! Beautiful cake!
merissa ... this is one of the most beautiful cakes I've ever seen!!!! Oh my gosh ... your MIL must have been over the moon when she saw it! You are so inspiring to me!!!
I was looking through your pics,and I was amazed by your talent. I am a newbie,just finished course 3 last month,and wanted to say even the cakes you made in the begining as a newbie were wonderful!! :D
oh nice! thanks for sharing can you pm how you did the butterlies please thanks looks so nice!
This is one of the most beautiful cakes I've ever seen. Great job!
What a lovely cake! :)