Tiffany Lamp-Shade With Grapes And Vines

By karennayak

Tiffany Lamp-Shade With Grapes And Vines on Cake Central

A Big Thank You to Karateka. The original idea of using a real lamp-stand and setting the cake on it is hers.

The fondant is lustre-dusted with dry gold and then the grapes and vines are hand-painted on.Then again I used two shades of lustre dust for the leaves, and amethyst lustre dust for the grapes. The "lead" is black fondant, thinned and piped. The finial is fondant and painted with piping gel and colour, for shine and to match the wooden lamp-stand.

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Comments (31)

Atomikjen on 29 Oct 2007 , 6:57pm

that is fantastic! Love the grapes!

tonedna on 29 Oct 2007 , 7:30pm

beautiful..into my fav! :D :o

barbydoll8 on 29 Oct 2007 , 8:46pm

OMGoodness. There are no words. I can only hope to be this good one day

Carson on 29 Oct 2007 , 8:51pm

Amazing!!!!!

dragonflydreams on 30 Oct 2007 , 1:13am

absolutely lovely . . . when you say the black fondant was thinned and then piped . . . what did you thin it with??

karennayak on 31 Oct 2007 , 4:13am

Thank You Everyone! To answer the ?s... I make my own fondant, just thinned with water it till it was good piping consistency. The cakes were one 13" round and one baked in a steel mixing bowl. I later carved them a bit. For the picture of the lampstand itself, email me at karennayak@yahoo.com

mjs4492 on 1 Nov 2007 , 1:13am

what a fascinating cake!!!!!!!! I'm in awe!!!! just unbelievable!!!! WOW.....

SpringFlour on 29 Oct 2007 , 6:22am

I am impressed by the creativity! I love how real it looks! Beautiful!

Toniprev on 29 Oct 2007 , 6:23am

Very Clever!!!

auntginn on 29 Oct 2007 , 6:51am

A huge W..O..W then again double W..O..W

cowgirl58 on 30 Oct 2007 , 1:51am

When I saw this picture, I thought why would someone post a lamp on this site.....still unbelievable!

bobwonderbuns on 30 Oct 2007 , 2:55am

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

DelightsByE on 30 Oct 2007 , 3:00am

This is a CAKE??? No...it's not.............REALLY??? WOOOOOW!!! 8O

Ursula40 on 30 Oct 2007 , 3:23am

I really have to go and look for a wooden Lamp base, This is way awesome

karateka on 29 Oct 2007 , 11:05am

Very, very pretty....I like yours better! :D

bakerj on 29 Oct 2007 , 11:45am

breathtaking wow.. 8O

SScakes on 29 Oct 2007 , 12:28pm

WOW Karen, this is so beautiful and creative.

MCook on 29 Oct 2007 , 12:40pm

:o OMG!! This is gorgeous !!

KatieTaylor77 on 29 Oct 2007 , 12:41pm

Are you kidding me? This is amazing! Such a beautiful work of art!

tragicdeathpickles on 29 Oct 2007 , 12:51pm

this may very well be the most amazing cake i've ever seen! and i've seen a lot of cakes! great idea! great execution!

confectioneista on 29 Oct 2007 , 12:52pm

Well I'm totally impressed! :o

rblee on 29 Oct 2007 , 3:02pm

Beautiful!

BoothsBest on 29 Oct 2007 , 4:31pm

Absolutely AMAZING!!

bubbatx657 on 29 Oct 2007 , 4:53pm

Great idea!! awesome!!

JaneK on 29 Oct 2007 , 5:07pm

This is sooo impressive...I just love it!! Wonderful, wonderful!!!

sherik on 29 Oct 2007 , 5:08pm

GREAT!!!! You did a perfect job. Added to my favs!

Chef_Stef on 29 Oct 2007 , 5:23pm

That is just so cool! I love this idea!

terrylee on 29 Oct 2007 , 5:28pm

that's incredible........! very cleaver.....into favorites

havingfun on 29 Oct 2007 , 6:15pm

This is stunning! What did you make the cakes in and what did the lamp look like under the cake? This is a work of art.

dolfin on 26 Nov 2007 , 6:35pm

WOW

2Cupcakes on 21 Jan 2008 , 2:28am

This is beautiful! 8O I just showed my husband and he couldn't believe it was a cake! You did a wonderful job. I don't think I would've ever thought of anything like this.