The Spirit of España

by Paul Bruce
(Granada Spain)

I made this cake as part of the village Feria where I live in Granada, Spain.

The head and torso were hand sculpted totally from gum paste around a central dowel which was secured to the base board.

The cakes were cut in half and fitted round the central dowel.

The cake is constructed from 1 x 16" + 1 x 12" + 1 x 8" round pound cakes. They were split into 3 sections each and filled with alternate layers of Strawberry flavored butter cream and fresh sliced strawberries and Fresh whipped Chantilly cream.

I then stacked and sculpted them to the dress shape, crumb coated the whole thing and well chilled.

I then covered the whole dress part in rolled fondant, smoothed and left to settle for about 4 hours before starting the frills.

The dress was built up from the bottom with strips of rolled fondant and I just used water to adhere them, I did not frill them, just pleated them as I stuck them onto the cake.

Finally I dressed the bodice, cutting out a mini dress pattern in fondant and finishing the sleeves and neck line with ruffles.

I finished off by hand painting the red edge to all the edges. She stands 17" tall and took me about 80 hours to complete.

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Oct 08, 2015
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Jul 29, 2013
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awesome
by: Mildred Delgado

very pretty. i like this cake very much

Jul 29, 2013
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by: Kelly Little-Smalley

Fabulous!!!!!! Very beautiful!!!!!

Jul 12, 2013
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OH MY GOSH!!
by: NANCY OF CA

THAT CAKE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT SOUNDS SO DELICIOUS, IT JUST MADE ME SO HUNGRY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THIS CAKE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!

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