Cake and Art

In addition to cooking things for dinner, I also dabble a bit in cake decorating.  One of my friends was having a birthday and she happens to be an artist.  In my attempt to come up with something new and exciting, I decided to replicate one of her paintings as her cake!

Here is a picture of her original painting on an artist palette. (Please no copying the picture--I can get you in touch with the artist if you would like though)

To pull this off, I was going to have to actually shape the cake like I have seen so many times on shows like Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes.  I was really excited to try it, but a bit nervous at the same time but I figured it was a fairly simple modification if I used a Wilton oval pan.

A few hours later and here is the masterpiece that transpired.

Not quite as exact a copy as I was hoping for, but overall I was quite pleased.  After all, about the only art I can pull off is stick people! My favorite parts are the shape and the tree.