2011 - Zhu Zhu pet figure

A girl at work was talking about her daughters birthday cake and how she loves her Zhu Zhu pet so I offered to make a figure of her particular one - Peachy - to go on top of a cake.

I had to do some research to find out what a zhu zhu pet was and in particular what Peachy looked like.

I again made the fondant into gumpaste using CMC powder and then tinted it to an orange/peach colour. I used white fondant to add the legs and snout area and added a small nose which can be oiled up prior to serving to make it look like plastic.

I stuck the ears onto some wire so they inserted into the figure and cut out the peach shape to go on the animal's back.

2011 - Elephant Figure

In preparation from Thomas' Christening cake I made an elephant topper.

I first did a practice run with basic white gumpaste to make sure I could make something that actually looked like an elephant and when that was a success I moved on to the real deal.

The elephant is white fondant turned into gumpaste using some CMC powder and then tinted grey.

I used an edible marker to add the black details and some black fondant for the eyes. I added a hint of pink to the ears using some petal dust.

All in all I'm pretty happy with the result - now for the giraffe and a lion!