Saturday, April 19, 2008

Gumdrops and Pinwheels

In May's Southern Living, there is a piece about making cake decorations from gumdrops. This was something I thought my grandma had invented, (along with sculpting little animals out of Brach's Royal caramels), and I was anxious to give it a try. This cake was for Macey, a 5th grader at St. A who will be baptized tomorrow at First Baptist.
I couldn't find any pink gumdrops, but the article suggested kneading colors together, so the pink roses are 5 white: 1red. The gumdrops get very sticky, and I had to use a lot of sugar to roll them out thin enough to cut -- but it gave the flowers a nice sparkle.
Even though I am a Midwestern girl, I much prefer Southern Living over Midwest Living; ML is downright stoic compared to the frou-frou homes, gardens, recipes and articles in SL. And you hardly ever see a recipe in SL in which the main ingredient is beer.



Here is the Pinwheel Baby Blanket, still on the needles, and looking a little bit like a squid: All finished, with a crocheted edge. Edging up close:
Pinwheel up close:
This is for Emanuel, newborn son of our friends Sophia and Ernesto -- their 3rd boy!
Peace.

7 comments:

  1. wow that cake is beautiful. I Love it. the baby blanket is so sweet, oh to have your talent

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  2. That cake is gorgeous - you are so talented :) The blanket is pretty nice, too. So, what kind of cake was it?

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  3. White cake on top, chocolate on bottom.

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  4. Gorgeous cake, gorgeous blanket - lucky kiddos!

    Really, that cake is amazing - I'm so impressed that you can do that!

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  5. Oh good night that cake is gorgeous! Absolutely fantastic. Unbelievable. My jaw is on the floor!

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  6. Great cake! Prettiest flowers of any kind I've seen - let alone from gumdrops! Kneading gumdrops together to blend colors - never would have thunk it, and I'm a recovering pastry chef!

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  7. Very pretty! I'll have to try it! I love that all my little crafty habits run in the family!

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