Friday, August 7, 2009

Poker Cake

This week, one of my favorite co-workers, Theo, asked me to make a cake for her son's birthday. She was so sweet and let me do whatever cake my heart desired! Knowing that her son likes card games, I thought I would do a poker themed cake. Everything on the cake is edible and handmade. No cardboard playing cards or plastic poker chips for me!!!

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3 comments:

Meghan said...

This is absolutely incredible!!

Stephanie said...

Awesome Nicole!! Did you use fondant for the cards and the chips? That is a brilliant idea! Looks like a lot of work!

Nicole Dabbs Photography said...

Thanks guys! Steph, yes I used fondant for both the chips, diamonds on the side, and the cards. Once the fondant was the color I wanted, I cut it out and "painted" it with water to get a shine. Then I hand painted the details with edible dye. It took FOREVER! But I really like to have all pieces of my cakes edible, if possible, so it was worth the work!