Mosaic Inspired Cake
Written by Michal Jones-Smith // November 2, 2011 // Cake Diaries // 11 Comments
Guest Post By: Eftychia (Dream of Cakes)
Mosaic Heart Birthday Cake
A few days ago Michal invited me to write a guest post for her blog. I was so excited for this invitation because Michal is excellent in everything that she does. Her cakes are masterpieces and she is an inspiration for me.
It took me quiet a while to find something suitable to post, and finally I came up with a Mosaic Heart Cake I made last week for a dearest friend of mine, Oria Petropoulou. Oria is a clay artist. She turns clay into anything you can imagine. I thought that it would be a good idea to turn one of her pieces into cake.
The problem I faced was that I had not tried the mosaic before, and I did not know whether the technique I had in mind would work. I made sugar caramel, which I colored red, blue, green and yellow, then I broke it into small pieces. This could result into a disaster because I was not sure whether the caramel would melt when applied on the cake. Two days before the final attempt, I made a small test to see whether the caramel would melt in buttercream; I was very pleased to see that it did not. My second choice was to use fondant icing which would be cut into small pieces in order to form the mosaic. The fondant technique would be much easier and safe, but not as impressive.
Oria loved the cake! The clay piece I chose to make the cake after was sold the day before her birthday, unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to take a photo of both together. In this post I will give you a photo of the original clay piece, so that you can make a comparison between the two.
The heart was made with rice crispies and white chocolate. I covered it with buttercream and the caramelized mosaic.
The base of the cake was a chocolate fudge cake with an addition of cream cheese.
You can see all my other creations at Dream of Cakes: http://www.dreamofcakes.net
Oria Petropoulou: http://www.oriap.com/small_items_mosaics/
11 Comments on "Mosaic Inspired Cake"
Thank you so much for this guest post. I am very pleased to see one of my creations hosted in your blog.
How creative this is-the technique is genius. The cake I am sure was delicious and the crunchy topping of the white chocolate. Very impressive-awesome guest post.
Eftychia – This cake is amazing!
It looks like a piece of art
Michal, thank you for featuring Eftychia’s guest post. I still can’t get over the fact that it’s a cake! Eftychia, it only got better for me after seeing your creation on Food Buzz and your blog… first thinking it was a piece of jewelry and now learning what it was made of — white chocolate/rice krispie bar on top of fudge cake with cream cheese??! Definitely cake art, and a cake artist!
Kimby- Glad you liked it and thanks for reading!
Eftychia- I’m glad to have met you via Blogging..
) we’ll keep in touch , maybe next time you can share an authentic dessert recipe from Cyprus?
Tina- I agree! I’m glad that Eftychia was willing to share some of her talent.
Awesomely pretty cake – and so clever! I had a close look at all the pics.
Thanks for reading Jennifer, got any low carb cake recipes to send my way??
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This is SO beautiful! What a lovely present to make for your friend – I bet she was stunned!
This is such a fabulous cake! Such creativity!!! Fabulous guest post~ Thanks to you both!