It is amazing what a little training combined with perseverance can achieve!
My daughter Trehani had a simple request for her birthday cake! or so she said. When inquired what the simple cake was, to my surprise her simplicity was not same as what I had anicipated. Her simple was a three tier fondant covered cake decorated with piped black lace and dozens of red roses encircling the base of each tier..while I was in shock at her simple request, she continued on and mentioned the cake topper should be a couple; made in gum paste icing representing both herself and her boy friend salsa dancing She expected all this in 1 week. I am certain my daughter thought I was a magician.
The end result...Trehani ended up creating the figurines all by herself with no previous experience or training. I provided her with few tips, instructions, do's and don'ts. The final results were amazing. Someone, who had no training would have the courage, stamina and the determination to keep on keeping on even when faced with challenges. I am so proud of her; not only on her accomplishment, also on her perseverance. I believe, the entire week she hardly had any sleep as she continued working on the dolls and finding ways to overcome challenges, while I continued sulpting gum paste flowers in-between my other responsibilites.
After one week, the figurines were completed in their dancing position. The rest of the cake including sculpting gum paste sugar flowers was my responsibility. However, due to lack of time the base cake was decorated with few red roses instead of each tier being encircled with dozens of red gum paste roses.
The flavours were chocolate cake with chocolate icing and white neopolitan. I used both to please both my daughters.
I hope you will enjoy seeing the work of my daughter's 1st attempt at figurines. By the way, when she realized the tremendous amout of work it entailed, she has decided that it would be the 1st and the last attempt!
