Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)

Submitter's Comments:
The Crayfish Crush Cake Story

There were so many designs that I wanted to work on that it was difficult to choose just one! I finally decided on the lovey-dovey crayfish in the
"Crayfish Crush." I thought it would be a cute design to sculpt and would not take too long to do. Ha! It still took me four days to get it finished!

To simplify things, I baked the cakes using a vanilla cake mix out of a box and made two 8" square pans and a few loaves out of my mini loaf pan. Baked them and while they were cooling, I made the buttercream icing, fondant, royal icing and simple syrup. It was quite a messy day in the kitchen!

Later when the cakes were cool, I leveled the 8” square cakes, slathered on the buttercream in the middle, added the crumb coat and gently rolled on the yellow fondant on the cake and smoothed it all down.

The best part of cake making is sculpting! I carved the tiny loaves of cake into oval shapes, one a little smaller than the other, and then cut out a little cardboard shape for them to sit on. I covered them in buttercream, and then smoothed on the fondant.

Next, I rolled out the gray fondant and cut out shapes for all the tools on the knife, let them dry, and painted them with edible silver paint. While that was drying, I added pieces of fondant to the crayfish body to give it more dimension. I sculpted the legs and claws and even cut out tiny eyes with fondant and let it all dry.

Much to my dismay, the crayfish and knife became a little larger than I had planned, so I had parts of it hanging over the edge of the square cake. To make the square cake appear to be a little larger and to give the lovey-dovey crayfish more of a background, I poured royal icing on the cake board. Then added a small border around the base of the square cake.

Putting it all together was time consuming. Each piece of the knife needed to be supported while the parts dried on with royal icing. The crayfish was also "glued" together with royal icing. While assembling the crayfish, I broke the tiny nose off at least five times which was very frustrating! Finally, after I got everything "glued" on it just didn't feel finished.

To add more detail, I piped on bumps on the crayfish with royal icing and painted him with brown food coloring to give him a more realistic look. The antennae came last. I draped the fondant antennae on him and down the side of the cake. Added a ribbon to the board and added a few more yellow fondant hearts on the base and voila! Four days later, finally it was finished!

I was pleased with how my cake turned out and after many photos I was ready to serve the cake. I was actually not sad to slice into all my hard work. I was worried that the cake would be all dry after four days, but it wasn't. It tasted fresh, moist, sweet and delicious! Yum yum yum!! I couldn't eat all of the cake myself so I shared it with my fellow marathon training friends at track practice. Nothing like a super sweet cake after a hard, sweaty workout!

Thanks Threadcakes, I had too much fun working on this cake. :-)