Your Cake And The Inspiration Behind The Design
Decorating By cakesweetiecake Updated 8 Mar 2014 , 12:59am by sewsweet2
I am so intrigued to see when people use things like fabric, paper, patterns, etc. to inspire their design. I am really trying to train my mind to do the same thing. However, I am struggling at it. Uggh! I know that many of you do that. If you do, when you take a picture of the cake, could you also include the inspiration behind it and post it here? Or if you come across a picture on the internet, could you post it here? I think it would be fun to see. It also may be a little challenge for those of us are interested in doing the same.
Here's one already posted on CC
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6509343-.html#6509343
From flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecakespot/3763061101/
http://www.hellolucky.com/wordpress/?p=3164
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2574466&id=43156326779&ref=mf
http://www.brendasweddingblog.com/wedding-edibles/2009/8/6/wedding-cake-inspired-by-cherry-blossom-paper.html
HEre's one I did to match the napkin: http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1255353
Here's another one (bad pic ... plus it was a free cake for the office where I worked so I didnt care that I only had alum. foil to put on the board!): http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=113233 . By the way, this one was before I discovered FBCT, so it was all drawn freehand.
Here's the invitation I found for my son's first birthday:
I loved the colors from his jammies:
This is the cake that followed:
You might enjoy Margaret Braun's book Cakewalk--she talks in depth about her inspirational thought process--it's a great book.
Wow, all of them are beautiful I wish I could train myself to get inspiration and do my own cake designs, I guess I'm being too lazy, I have to admit, it's easier to go through the galleries and copy a design and I'm really grateful nobody here minds if I do but now reading this thread I'm feeling asshamed and I will start taking baby steps on my next cake
HEre's one I did to match the napkin: http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1255353
Here's another one (bad pic ... plus it was a free cake for the office where I worked so I didnt care that I only had alum. foil to put on the board!): http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=113233 . By the way, this one was before I discovered FBCT, so it was all drawn freehand.
Indy, wow! Great job!!
I cant see the other pics. Will have to wait until I get to my home computer!
You might enjoy Margaret Braun's book Cakewalk--she talks in depth about her inspirational thought process--it's a great book.
Geez, thanks! Another book to add to the already long wish list! This one is moving up to the top though!! I've heard of the book, but never really knew much about it! Thanks for sharing this info!
Wow, all of them are beautiful I wish I could train myself to get inspiration and do my own cake designs, I guess I'm being too lazy, I have to admit, it's easier to go through the galleries and copy a design and I'm really grateful nobody here minds if I do but now reading this thread I'm feeling asshamed and I will start taking baby steps on my next cake
I understand where you are coming from. LOL! Do what works for you though. I enjoy looking through the galleries for inspiration, but I also wanted to challenge myself to draw from other inspiration as well.
You might enjoy Margaret Braun's book Cakewalk--she talks in depth about her inspirational thought process--it's a great book.
i have this book and it is by far one of the best books about cake inspiration!
Here is the link to a cake I posted about that was based on a napkin for the party:
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-646602.html
I also did the bus cake in my pictures based on the toy my little cousin LOVED to play with at that age.
I try to be inspired by the occasion and the theme if there is one. I am actually not sure where I would draw inspiration if not for those things. I rarely have the opportunity to cake just b/c I want to cake. I'm usually baking for a particular reason!
Bellatheball - what a great cake!!! Wow!! Amazing and adorable!
Percussiongrrl - you did a really great job duplicating that design!
same for me...i use themes, napkins, etc. for a cake that someone is ordering. i also constantly have my camera or my cell phone camera on me at all times so when i see a beautiful flower or a cool invitation/card in a store, i can snap a pic. i also love looking at ribbon and replicating it in cake. here's an example of drawing inspiration from a napkin:
I just did a baby shower cake for a coworker who's expecting twins. She's having a boy and a girl and wanted something unique - not pastels. I looked at her registry and noticed a cool patterned fabric in the pack-n-play that she registered for. I designed the cake around that fabric. The pictures below are of the playpen and the finished product cake. She had no idea what the cake was going to be, and when she walked into the shower she exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, it's my playpen!!"
For great examples of cakes and their inspiration (tshirts!), check this out!
http://www.threadcakes.com/gallery/
I see a potential cake in everything I see. I carry around a small notebook to jot down ideas, color schemes, etc. I also cut/ paste pictures from magazines, newspaper ads, etc. to help with future cakes. The funniest was asking a co-worker if I could take a picture of her shirt (w/ my camera phone) so I could save the geometric design. Even in my daughter's coloring books, I find themes or patterns that I can incorporate my own color logic, such as my Raggedy Ann cake.
Once you "see a cake" in ordinary objects, you won't be able to stop!!!!
~Jaime
I have done a few, but this is one of my favorites....
That's the ONLY baby shower cake in my favorites! I thought the colors were wonderful, the design really clean and contemporary, and not too "babyish". Love this cake!
I did this for my sister-in-law's friend's baby shower.
My SIL sent me this: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2634550
And I made this: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1355330.html
I do a lot of wedding cake designs based on the brides wedding dress- sometimes lace, sometimes embroidery, sometimes a design element.
I have pictures of my wedding dress cakes and the part of the dress that inspired them posted at: http://family.webshots.com/album/341203964yVrfkE
Sewsweet2 That is blow me away amazing your talent is exceptional
Ladybug 76 your cakes are awesome
All you ladies rock
Indydebi,
Being a newbie and all what is FBCT?
Frozen Buttercream Transfer
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