sugar, graham crackers and ants. all on a cake.

busy busy!

I had such a busy weekend... on Friday I had to make a cake for a guest at the restaurant, attend a party that my friend was throwing for castreach at the Gates, helped plate for one of the busiest nights at the restaurant, and I attended a party that my roommate was the guest of honor for at Kiss + Fly in the West Village. 

No photos from the crazy festivities, but here are photos of the cake from Friday! It was her 30th birthday and I played off of a facebook picture I found of her at the ant exhibit at the Melbourne Museum. Luckily the cake came out as imagined and I hear it was well received. The dots all over the cake are little chocolate ants. Here are some pictures... 

bird's eye view... can you see all the ants?

birthday girl inside the sugar dome. in front of her, ants and a juicy STEAK

back view... the ants are crawling into the cracked sugar dome

if you look very closely, she's actually got her hands on the sugar dome

The birthday girl really does wear silver ballet flats, and she works for Botkier.

This is my fondant version of the Botkier "Jackie" Bag.

they're perched outside the entrance of the ant exhibit.

Here are some pictures of the cake in the making....

painting her face... the facial expression she has in the actual photograph that I pulled

Botkier "jackie" bag

steak + arms

resting.... she has a pink flower on her blue shirt

silver flats.

Things aren't slowing down any time soon... I have another special cake to make this week and I'm updating my website with the help of a special friend... here's a quick brainstorm of what the homepage will hopefully look like....

(sneak peak!)