Hello.....my husband and I collaborated on a storybook cake scene for our niece. We came up with the idea to do a Cinderella pumpkin cake after it turned midnight, with a little doll sitting on top and little mice looking on, all with a beautifully painted backdrop. Since my husband is such a wonderful artist, he did the sculptures and the fairy tale castle 3-D backdrop. The two of us also collaborated on the pumpkin cake. He sculpted that too to make it look like a squat, fat cinderella pumpkin. I tried to get the fondant a little dry so that it looked like the pumpkin had natural imperfections, and then we cocoa painted it to try to make it look like a natural pumpkin, complete with bumps and scars. The whole process took us a month to complete, little by little!

When she is all done with the cake, she has a beautiful backdrop to play with and to do puppet shows with. I am hoping the sculptures keep for her...we'll see!

I am posting a few photos to give you some angles on it! I will also post one or two to my photos. Thanks for looking! I'll let you know what they all thought of the cake scene!
Ellen

That is a beautiful job. Your neice is going to be so excited. You and your husband are both very talented. WOW!!!

Wow thats an amazing cake and backdrop.
love the mice. You both did a great job

OMGosh!! I'm having to pick my chin up off the floor!! That is totally amazing!! WoW!! You guys did a awesome job on it!!!


Hugs, ~Denise

Wow, what a lot of work, but such a beautiful peice of art and love.....your neice is going to be so excited.......what a gift you and your husband have been given....you two do beautiful work together.

lol what they said...What a great collaboration!

thanks.....we are excited about it!! I think I finally convinced him to go into business with me. He has suddenly become very interested in doing cakes! LOL

Stunning! I am so impressed. I think you (and your husband!) have a great future ahead of you. I'll be looking for your book.

Goodness that is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!

Fabulous!!!! This is one of the most amazing cakes I have ever seen! A masterpiece.

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Do mine next year!!!

WOW!! I had to look at it a few times to see which part was a cake and which was the backdrop! That is totally gorgeous!

thank-you so much for your compliments......we put alot of hard work into it and I appreciate so much your positive feedback.

That my dears, is quite simple a masterpiece! You are both blessed with the max in talent, that is simply amazing! My goodness, the backdrop is wonderfully done, reminds me of the old days when book illustrators made a story come alive. It looks like something out of a really well done story book and yet better, a true piece of art. I am in awe, can you tell?
Hugs Squirrelly

Your an aewsome aunt!!!! Lokks beautiful. She's a lucky little girl.
She will always remember this cake
Michelle

this is soo beautiful. the detail is fantastic! I love it !

I have to agree with everyone, a real masterpeice. You both have an extraordinary talent. The work you both do is amazing. You both compliment each other's work.

I think you both won aunt and uncle of the year award.

Congratulations! That is truly a work of art!! You and your husband are truly blessed. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. With talent like that it will surely be a success!!

That is just truly amazing! It will be almost impossible to top this one! You two are a great team!!

Amazing cake!!! I'm very impressed

Okay, that is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I just called a gourd "gorgeous"!


Amy

Absolutely amazing job.

That is amazing...great work!
traci

That is truly amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Ellen you & your DH have been busy!! That is sooo amazing!! I love it!!

GREAT GOOGLIE MOOGLIES!! That is an incredible 'cake scene'!! What talent God has blessed you both with! Will you be my Aunt too???

great job i think you make great team........

What a great collaboration! You and your husband make a very fine team, m'am!

The backdrop really makes the cake and the sculpture come alive! Really great work! I love it, I'm sure the birthday girl will, too!

Wow!!! mere words can't give true justice that you and your hubby deserve.

Just think of all the adjectives in the dictionary and we might come close.

Amazingly awsome!

Debbie