Pretty In Pink Treasure Chest Cake

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Today I received a wonderful message and a few pictures from a client of mine who ordered a pink treasure chest cake for her daughter's 1st Birthday Party a few weeks ago. When Rachael contacted me about this cake I was thrilled about it and couldn't wait to start planning everything out. Since I am newly opened, I really haven't had the opportunity to show my ability in making specialty cakes because I am still trying to get my name out there. So having Rachael call me and taking the chance by selecting me to make this cake for her daughter was a real treat for me.

I checked out many different style treasure chest cakes on line and Rachael even sent me a picture of a cake that she found and liked to give me a good example of what she was looking for. After researching a lot of the cakes on-line, I found out that a lot of baker's incorporated cake boards as lids to the chest, and most were decorated using a lot of commercial candy. I wanted to do something different, I wanted to go for a pretty cake and a cake that was completely edible.

I decided to go with a lid made out of Rice Krispies Treats for my cake. Rice Krispies are easy to mold, the kids love to eat them, and I find them to be more stable than cake for certain purposes. Instead of using commercial candy to decorate the outside of my cake I decided to leave the candy for the inside, and go for pretty handmade seashells and pearls made from gumpaste and fondant .. the lock on the chest was also made from gumpaste. I used a lot of luster dust to make everything look pretty and I tinted the buttercream a very light pink.

Overall I achieved what I visioned for this cake and I was very pleased with the finished product. I posted a few of the pictures Rachael sent that were taken at the Birthday Party.

Thanks Rachael :)!

Update,

This week I am working on a really great project for a baby shower taking place this weekend... wait until you see what I make to adorn all 50 cupcakes for the shower.

Shhh ... its a surprise!

-Kim