Showcase : Manchester United Shirt Cake

Hi all! Another short entry. I wish I had taken more pics of the steps but I was quite rushed due to frequent calls. If there's one thing that's very important for clients to remember, is that you must TRUST me. I'm not gonna run away with your cake. I don't even want to be stuck with a cake I don't want. When I do work, I need peace and quiet. I'm an artist (aisehh..) and cannot be rushed. ;P 

Cute message.

This happens often in my line of work. Although, I do understand that when clients order online,there are risks. You don't know me, I sure as hell don't know you, right? hehe.  It's easy to feel panicky when I don't answer your calls. (that's why I ask you to message or email only). I mean, it's hard picking up the phone when your hands are so busy. Don't worry, I'm not mad. I just hope that future clients will understand. I'll probably write a post about what actually happens from when you start to order to the description of the time frame on how a cake is done to delivery or pick up. It's all about learning what I do really.

Front view.

Yup.. an original design made by the lady who ordered it for this lucky guy you see below! :)

He looks happy.. What a lovely surprise gift..:)

The making of : Chelsea Soccer cake

Today I'm gonna write about the soccer cake I made for my friend Jeff's birthday.I was commisioned by girlfriend Yoyie to bake and decorate a cake that depicted his favourite team The Chelsea Football Club.

The chocolate guinness cake was baked and crumbcoated and then soccer part covered with fondant. I used the Wilton soccer pan to bake the cake.

This is how I traced the logo. I used the pin method in which I meticulously poked the fondant with a small pin through the logo that I copied.

This is how the fondant template looked like after poking.

Then comes my favourite part. The painting. I mixed the gel paste colours with a little bit of clear vanilla essence and painted on the colours unto the fondant.

I realised the blue was a bit dark so I lightened it with some white color to create a lighter blue.

I finished off the shading and the finer details

I added some buttercream grass and the football field look was coming to life!

I painted on the birthday boy's name and age on a cute blue shirt I cut out on fondant..hehe

Tadaaa!!! Chelsea soccer cake done and ready to serve! Hope you enjoyed this. If you wanna see more, you can read about the rainbow cake I made for my daughter's first birthday in my next post!