Anniversary, Dino and a drum cake?

As I'm awaiting my class to begin I keep trying new things. This week I managed to bake four cakes and tried some new techniques while improving on what I know. Believe it or not there is a lot of information out there that is available along with people who are more than willing to share tips with us. "Ideas are free" some one told me, and well you take those ideas and evolve them to make your own design.

I started this week with an anniversary cake for my sister and her husband of three years. I wanted to make them a simple yet romantic cake. Along with the white fondant base color, I chose jade green for their three year celebration and tried to get as close to the color as I could. I added white and green flowers and a green and white rope out of fondant for accents. My sister and hubby  loved the cake so it really made it worth while.

Also, I chose to surprise them with a his and hers joint heart shaped cake. I added a few his and hers accents that made the cake that much special and gave it that "awww" effect.

 

The Dino cake was a fun project. I had no idea how or where to begin because most of the online information was not tutorial but more of images of work completed. I knew I was going to sculpt the dino out of rice crispies but I dont have experience in sculping anything so I did my best based on what I had seen and what I thought the dino would look like.

 

The person provided me with a napkin from the birthday party and that helped me achieve the color and keep it some what in the theme.

The Drum cake idea came from my other sister who wanted a Fresh Beat Band themed party. Her son loves to play the drums and he does it well for a 3 year old and so I decided to making him one he could eat. I did my research and ended up at nickjr.com with the cutest drum cake. I did my best and here's what I came up with based on that idea.