The apprentice ;)

So...pretty much...I feel I drag my little sister Lani into "helping" me with all of these cakes. We went to Missouri to visit my dad who's health has been declining fast. While we were there, she came up with the idea, plan & execution of these cakes for Eli's 8th birthday. WOW right? These were done without all of my many tools, with the oppressive Missouri heat and humidity, and all in one day! The apprentice will supersede the master I'm sure :).

TRON

My friend Angie's boy (who has about the best name around...JAVIN FLASH DAVIS) asked Lani and I himself if we could make him a Tron cake for his big 8th birthday. Of course we said..."sure"... even though we had no idea what "Tron" was about. Wow! We found nothing for inspiration in the way of toys at the store. The only thing we found were internet photo's from IMDB. But, we worked it out. We made the bikes & bikers out of PVC pipe, wood dowels and wire with layers and layers of black gum paste over the top. The cake was easy. The bikes and bikers were not... but again it makes me realize that anything can be made with a little ingenuity and gum paste :)