2D Finalist 1
Growing Up with Colors at Sesame Street
by Nichole Ferello · submitted Sep 8, 2013 · 2013 contest
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Description
Hi! For your consideration, my 2D cake: Growing Up with Colors at Sesame Street.
I have been wanting to enter the Threadcakes competition for a few years now. But life got in the way in 2012 because I had a new baby. I had some free time in late February this year (2013), so I seized it to make my first Threadcake! We love Sesame Street and I LOVE this design by Michele Liza Pelayre aka Sugar Overkill (http://www.threadless.com/profile/1600090/SugarOverkill). It looked both challenging and simple, all in one. There are lots of great details to dig into.
I started by dying all my colors: red, blue, light orange, light green, and yellow. Then I started my major characters: Elmo, Cookie, Grover, etc. To add details such as pupils, I used my Americolor black food writer. Then I started into smaller details, like cookies, stars, hearts, tiny burgers, etc. The real fun and challenge was in these small details.
For the silver parts, such as the lamp post, Oscar's trashcan and boombox, I made them in plain white, then painted or sprayed them with Wilton's Silver Spray.
I made my favorite red velvet cake recipe (http://www.velveteenbaker.com/2010/07/study-shows-ad-execs-prefer-younger.html) in a 9" x 13" pan and froze it until I was finished my decorations.
All of the decorations took about three weeks total. I printed out the design, put it on a cake board, and put wax paper over it. I made everything free-hand. Too add details that weren't black (the book, for example), I painted with my food colors and a little Vodka.
My mom invited us over for dinner and I thought that would be a great opportunity to share my cake. I covered a cake board and make a fresh batch of vanilla buttercream. After covering it and smoothing it out (I use the Viva paper towel method), I rolled out extra fondant for the splashes of color in the background. Once they were laid out, I began to finally add my characters. Everything on this cake has a face!
Finally complete, we took it to my mom and brother's house. I wore the shirt based on the cake for the occasion. After a delicious meal of chicken and mashed potatoes, my mom made coffee and we were ready to dig in. My daughter called dibs on Cookie Monster!
I am so happy to finally enter a cake in the Threadcakes competition!
I have been wanting to enter the Threadcakes competition for a few years now. But life got in the way in 2012 because I had a new baby. I had some free time in late February this year (2013), so I seized it to make my first Threadcake! We love Sesame Street and I LOVE this design by Michele Liza Pelayre aka Sugar Overkill (http://www.threadless.com/profile/1600090/SugarOverkill). It looked both challenging and simple, all in one. There are lots of great details to dig into.
I started by dying all my colors: red, blue, light orange, light green, and yellow. Then I started my major characters: Elmo, Cookie, Grover, etc. To add details such as pupils, I used my Americolor black food writer. Then I started into smaller details, like cookies, stars, hearts, tiny burgers, etc. The real fun and challenge was in these small details.
For the silver parts, such as the lamp post, Oscar's trashcan and boombox, I made them in plain white, then painted or sprayed them with Wilton's Silver Spray.
I made my favorite red velvet cake recipe (http://www.velveteenbaker.com/2010/07/study-shows-ad-execs-prefer-younger.html) in a 9" x 13" pan and froze it until I was finished my decorations.
All of the decorations took about three weeks total. I printed out the design, put it on a cake board, and put wax paper over it. I made everything free-hand. Too add details that weren't black (the book, for example), I painted with my food colors and a little Vodka.
My mom invited us over for dinner and I thought that would be a great opportunity to share my cake. I covered a cake board and make a fresh batch of vanilla buttercream. After covering it and smoothing it out (I use the Viva paper towel method), I rolled out extra fondant for the splashes of color in the background. Once they were laid out, I began to finally add my characters. Everything on this cake has a face!
Finally complete, we took it to my mom and brother's house. I wore the shirt based on the cake for the occasion. After a delicious meal of chicken and mashed potatoes, my mom made coffee and we were ready to dig in. My daughter called dibs on Cookie Monster!
I am so happy to finally enter a cake in the Threadcakes competition!
