Ballerina Cake

This is a gumpaste figurine I made for a young girl's cake. It was my first attempt at figurines and it was very satisfying, though took a long time. It sat on top of a very pretty pink cake with swags and roses. You could spin the ballerina on the little base, so it had the feel of an old fashioned jewelry box.

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Comments (11)

Cakegirl74 7/12/10 at 8:25pm

This is gorgeous! The figurine is extremely nice, I can't believe that it is your first one. Keep up the excellent work!

misslaz 7/12/10 at 8:32pm

Thank you so much cakegirl74!!

Ladiesofthehouse 7/12/10 at 9:05pm

Oh how wonderful! I love the soft, feminine look of this beautiful cake.

AniBoland 7/12/10 at 10:09pm

It is absolutely stunning! Great idea to make the figure spining! Did you buy the spinning base or you made it? Also, may I ask what is her hair maid of? For a first attempt at figures you have done an amazing job!!! Extremely talanted :wink:

Jan14grands 7/13/10 at 4:50am

You have such talent! For your first or 50th figure, it is beautiful!!

misslaz 7/13/10 at 6:02am

Thank you so much for all the lovely compliments. I used royal icing for her hair. It was so much fun to dress her up and giver her a cute little up-do. The spinning was quite by accident. I didn't glue the base of the figurine onto the cake, because I wanted the little girl to take it off to keep... and, it just spun!!