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Saturday, 29 August 2009

Chocolate Mint Cake

Challenges

Truly Scrumptious (14) - Anything BUT A Card

Allsorts (16) - NO Rubber Stamping

Well, it's not a card and there is no stamping involved so I guess it fits both challenges.

I made this for my eldest son Shaun's 40th birthday last week (and today is my youngest son's 31st birthday, hope you've been having a great time in Derby Sam). Anyway, every year Shaun asks me if I have made him a 'toothpaste' cake for his birthday (his favourite), and suprise! suprise! this year I said I had and this was what I produced. You should have seen his face... Don't worry, he got the real cake as well.

I made the cake with a 'Card Carousel' template. Each layer was done in brown card to represent the chocolate with the green ribbon to represent the green minty buttercream icing. I then made the stand from silver mirri card and stuck the cake on to the stand. I punched some leaves from the mirri card and arranged them on top of the cake with some cream roses and put more roses around the cake layers.

I must say the template was very easy to work with, I have yet to finish the box for it to go in, the template for this is included. What I like about it as well is that all pieces are cut from A4 card.

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9 comments:

  1. Lisa30 August 2009 at 06:43

    Hi Christine, This is lovely! I am sure your son loved it and of course the real 'toothpaste cake'.

    Thanks for joining us at Allsorts.

    Lisa x

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  2. Debs30 August 2009 at 08:10

    Hi Christine
    Simply stunning - looks good enough to eat!!!
    Thanks for joining us at Allosrts this week.
    TTFN
    Debs xx

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  3. brenda30 August 2009 at 13:19

    Hi Christine

    What an absolutely fabulous project, I have to say I have never soon anything like this before and it really is superb. You much have a great deal of patience.

    Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week.

    B x

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  4. Zoechaos30 August 2009 at 17:13

    Absolutly fantastic, thought it was a real cake a first :) Brillient stunning well done its well Absolutly fantastic.

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  5. Jules30 August 2009 at 21:16

    Hi Christine

    What a fantastic creation and so very unusual.

    I too thought it was a real cake to begin with.

    Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week.

    Love Jules xx

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  6. Sharon30 August 2009 at 22:38

    This is fabulous Christine. I love it! Thanks for joining us at TS.

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  7. scotspanda31 August 2009 at 17:04

    oh wow how fabulous!! I love this such a fabby idea!

    thanks for joining in with my challenge this week at Allsorts

    lotsalove

    Amanda xx

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  8. Emma (metalicbutterfly)1 September 2009 at 21:31

    Fantastic box, love the theme too!
    thank you for playing at Allsorts

    Emma xxx

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  9. Susie Sugar8 September 2009 at 09:13

    Wow this is breath taking , no wonder you are in the top five its a work of art
    Hugs Susie xx

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