Hi friends!  Thought I would pass a long the cake I did this weekend for my friend’s birthday.  It is Rose’s chocolate cake with oreo filling, covered in vanilla fondant.  It is brushed embroidery.

http://cakeartbycathy.blogspot.com/

Very pretty and delicate, Cathy, well done!

tHIS IS NICE, SIMPLE AND PRETTY

Just stunning, very delicate and feminine.

MrsM

Beautiful work, Cathy! I also enjoyed looking back in your blog again at previous cakes. Thanks for sharing.

Great job Cathy! The cake looks great.

Thanks!  My friend was not expecting anything, so it was a surprise from her husband and I.  Very fun.

gorgeous.  perfection.  How did you learn to do this style?  Very delicate and beautiful

Absolutely Lovely Cathy!!!  Is it royal on bc?  Very very nice!!!!!!!

I learned it from Peggy Porschen’s book Beautiful Cakes and Toba Garrett’s The Well-Decorated Cake.  It is done with royal icing on fondant.  I did not trace it exactly like Toba suggests, and could not find the patchwork cutters Peggy suggests, so I just practiced on wax paper and then freehanded it.  It has to be one of the most enjoyable decorating techniques I’ve learned thus far.  It didn’t seem to take as long as I thought it would either.

Thanks again for your kind words!

beautiful!!!  nice fondant work, too!

Thanks, PastryPrince.  You remembered me!  (asking you about your techniques)    It is coming along.

BTW, I like what you did with your web site, and congratulations on your upcoming work in Bride’s and others.  That’s terrific!

sorry to be nosey, cathy, but we seem to have the same area code! could we live near each other? I am near mission viejo in south orange co.

jen

Yes, Jen!  I just sent you a PM.

That’s so elegant, simple and stunning Cathy -you are a cake artiste!