Saturday, September 4, 2010

Food (Frederick) Cake




This is what i have been doing and preparing hence unable to bake my weekly HCB assignments...getting all the gumpaste ready to harden and dry..which takes longer to dry in our climate. 

I've been asked by my friend to make a cake for her nephew's 21st birthday and she told me that he loves food. Hence it's all about food.  My friend said i have include pocky, lobster, sushi and an assortment of other food if possible. 

Everything is made from edible material, including the disposal box, sauce containers, green leaves.  Pocky and Chicken Nugget is hand-painted.  I was looking for sodium alginate to make fish roe or shall i say juice caviar..trying my hand in molecular gastronomy or trying to copy Heston Blumenthal..hahaha.. but i couldn't find such chemicals here..(even normal antibiotics are not allowed to be bought over the counter unless with doctor's certification..see..how to buy chemicals?!). Thus, i had to crack my head and used a more economy way of making tiny gummy balls instead. :D

The cake almost left me in tears..don't know why the cake kept breaking up and i couldn't get the pocky cake to stand upright...thankfully i had extra cake and remade it again..but had to make it bigger than what i had planned in order for it to be sturdy enough to stand.

Thank God everything turned out well in the end. I did pray very hard. :D  And God gave me a verse in Philippians 4:6-7.  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. "

37 comments:

tspegar on September 4, 2010 at 1:15 AM said...

your food cake is darling AND guess what?!?! that is my memory verse to live by. it hangs, on walls, in several, places in my home. i need a reminder to trust and not be anxious... xo

evil cake lady on September 4, 2010 at 2:11 AM said...

faithy, this is simply stunning! such detail and realistic looking food--the roe and the noodles are amazing. i hope frederick appreciated all of your hard work and artistry. beautiful!

Vicki on September 4, 2010 at 2:15 AM said...

OMG FAITHY!!! You just keep surpassing yourself with these incredible cakes.

Monica on September 4, 2010 at 2:20 AM said...

OMG! I need to get on a plane and visit you across the world for some earn lessons.. amazing! You, lady get a FREE pass from baking with us.. seriously you put us all to shame!

SweetThingsTO on September 4, 2010 at 3:11 AM said...

Faithy - amazing! More than amazing! I can't believe your painting - it is flawless. This must've taken you forever! wow!

Unknown on September 4, 2010 at 4:17 AM said...

You really are some sort of cake genius (and don't you dare protest that you're not) ... this is incredible! Even thinking this up is amazing, much less bringing it to (cake) life ... wow! That's a great verse and this is obviously a gift that God has given you!

Unknown on September 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM said...

Love It!! Just amazing, faithy you did a great job!!! How long did it take to make the figures and other pieces out of the gum paste? I am just so afraid to even deal with fondant, gumpaste or any of it. I'm afraid that the image I have in my head about what I want the finished product to look like won't come together and end up looking like a mess.

Hats off to you and all the many others that have the ability to make these awesome creations!! Maybe one day I will!!

By the way that is one of my favorite verses in Philippians, because even with the gifting God gives us, we get anxious and overwhelmed when things don't seem to be turning out or going the way we want them, but God gives us peace and then in the end He always helps us bring it all together!! :-)

Maybe I need to keep that verse in front of me the next time I try to use fondant and I mean that seriously!!!

Lora on September 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM said...

This is incredible! Kudos!

enq said...

That is an amazing cake! Can't even imagine the amount of work & time that went into it.

And that is one of my fave bible verses... a good reminder that God wants us to trust Him in ALL things.

cocoa and coconut on September 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM said...

This is the work of an artist! I'm sure you put a lot of work and care into it; so well done. It looks so professional!!!!

ann low on September 5, 2010 at 12:36 AM said...

OMG Faithy! This is awesome! Even that Pocky box is edible? You're Sooo talented!

Pei-Lin on September 5, 2010 at 2:01 AM said...

Faithy, I must salute you with standing ovation!!! You just had my jaws dropped! *Can't pick them up now ...* Goodness, I can't imagine the long hours and efforts you've put into! I still have to complain the pics are to small for me to view clearly. So? I had to click on each of them to view an enlarged version. HAHA! I can't believe what my eyes just saw! Kudos to you!

Can I call you "si fu" now? HAHA! Next time when I'm down in SG, will have to pull you out to see the Faithy! Goodness! You've just left me in awe again!

In the meantime, take plenty of rest, yea?

Dhanya Ganesh on September 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM said...

Awesome Cake,your hand molding ,painting skill is superb.

Swee San on September 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM said...

wow it looks fantastic!! did u use gelatin to make the disposable box ??

maameemoomoo on September 5, 2010 at 3:56 PM said...

OMG faithy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks so surreal!! So many colours, so much details!!

I'm in awe, faithy dear :)

Well done!

Bakertan on September 5, 2010 at 10:15 PM said...

Hi Faithy,

This is one hell of a cake,it totally wowed me! So many details are included. Cant believe that even the disposal box can be eaten. Speechless! Its not just a good job, its a SUPERB job! You have my total admiration for that.

I believe that if this cake is on display at any bakery, anyone walking past would stop by to take a second look. It is that awesome!!!

faithy on September 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM said...

Thank you everyone for such wonderful comments! I'm so touched! :)

Thanks Tiffany! I love this verse and this verse came up to me 2x during daily devotion on separate days when i was anxious and i prayed.

Thanks Jennifer!

Thanks Vicki!

Thanks Monica! LOL! You're way too kind!

Thanks Juanita! I painted on image icing cos i was too cheapo to get it printed..so it's not so difficult as compared to painting on fondant cake directly imo. But it did take lots of hours i must say.

Thanks Vickii!

Thanks Sweettooth! I think you should start on fondant..not to worry! say a prayer and work right into it! :D

Thanks Lora!

Thanks Angie! :D

Thanks Brittany!

Thanks Anncoo!

Thanks Pei-Lin! LOL! You didn't want to meet me the last time what..lol!

Thanks Dhanya! I don't have great painting skills..it's more like copy drawing..and it's easier to paint on image icing compared to on fondant cake.

Thanks Swee San! Yes..the box is made with gelatine and so are the leaves and sauce containers.

Thanks Cherie!

Thanks BakerTan! You're so sweet!

PAM on September 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM said...

This cake creation you made is unbelievable. Really Really good!! I'm impressed and I know how much work went into it.
Don't worry, if you can make this cake you will have no problem with transfer sheets. You only have to know how to temper chocolate and cocoa butter. Let me know if you need some tips.

Anonymous said...

WoW. That's the most incredible cake ever- it beats anything I've ever seen on Ace of Cakes! The roe, the noodles, the sauce, the design of the bag- its stunning, Faithy. Kudos!

Pink Little Cake on September 6, 2010 at 8:41 PM said...

This cake is incredible! The details and the color, everything you did was fabulous. I don't think I can even make a cake like that, and if I do now I know who to ask. Love it, great job.

Angie's Recipes on September 7, 2010 at 12:09 AM said...

OMG! This looks amazing! Have I said that you are an artist? :-)

Cake Believe on September 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM said...

faithy~ you have outdone yourself!!! Simply amazing, all the details, what a wonderful cake! You ROCK!!!

Maria_the_Oiler on September 9, 2010 at 1:57 AM said...

Friggen AWESOME!!!!! FAITHY YOU ROCK!!!!

HanaĆ¢ on September 9, 2010 at 5:31 AM said...

Wow, that's amazing, Faithy. How long did it take you to make that??

Btw, did you bake the ABC Choc Cake this week? How did you like it? It was a big hit in my house!!

Unknown on September 11, 2010 at 11:41 PM said...

Wow! That looks incredible! You are seriously good at this!!!

Shaile's Edible Art on September 14, 2010 at 12:58 AM said...

so incredible... you do fantastic work and I think have more patience than I do making gumpaste flowers... getting hungry for the noodles.. it all looks so real..

Unknown on September 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM said...

Wow.Faithy this is just spectacular, you did an amazing job on this cake. All the details and work that you put into this! It must have taken hours and hours to do.
you should be really really proud of this cake. What a masterpiece!

Shandy on September 16, 2010 at 9:11 PM said...

Stunning! Absolutely stunning! I can not believe just how beautiful your cake is. The hours you must have put into this creative artwork and now you have a perfect cake.

Coco Cake Land on September 17, 2010 at 11:51 PM said...

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!! this is SOOOO incredible faithy!!!! eeks!! handpainted too... seriously mind-blowing. congratulations on a super fantastic cake!!!!

xo lyndsay

Jacque on September 18, 2010 at 5:59 AM said...

This is pretty amazing!
You have just outdone yourself.
Sounds like you suffered a lot of grief, but the results speak for themselves!!

Jamie on September 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM said...

Faithy!!! Oh my! This is fantastic! Amazing! You are more than talented! What else can I say except that I'd love to taste!

Barbara Bakes on September 21, 2010 at 9:38 AM said...

WOW - that is so impressive! Simply amazing!

Sarah the Bear on September 21, 2010 at 10:00 PM said...

Wow! What an amazing cake! I'm trying to get into cake decorating, but I have years to get to your level. At least I know where to look now for inspiration. So glad to meet you thru the Heavenly Cake Bakers :)

Rylan on September 23, 2010 at 4:48 PM said...

I love it! So fun and adorable! Once again, another incredible masterpiece!

Tracy on September 29, 2010 at 3:08 AM said...

You are so incredibly talented! I am in awe of your cakes. :-)

giovanna on October 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM said...

and again... OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are amazing!!!!!!!!!! you that right?

Mong TANG said...

This cake is awesome!!

 

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