Daraius Cake Pics!

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• Majanishi

  March 2013

  I'm afraid House of Xenthos is going to smash the kitty
  

  
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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  April 2013

  I'm working on a display/technique practice cake that I'm not quite ready to show off (and probably won't finish for a few weeks), but here's a preview.

   

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  April 2013

  Art Deco Love. Pardon the glare.

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Everiine Wise Old Swordsbird / Brontaur Indianapolis, IN, USA

  April 2013

  Reminds me of Starship Titanic!
  

  Everiine is a man, and is very manly. This MAN before you is so manly you might as well just gender bend right now, cause he's the manliest man that you ever did see. His manly shape has spurned many women and girlyer men to boughs of fainting. He stands before you in a manly manerific typical man-like outfit which is covered in his manly motto: "I am a man!"
  
  Daraius said: You gotta risk it for the biscuit.
  
  Pony power all the way, yo. The more Brontaurs the better.
  

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• Maellio

  April 2013

  
  

  Everiine said:

  Reminds me of Starship Titanic!
  

  Yessss
  
  Pity we may be the only ones who played it >.=.>

  
  

  .oO---~---Oo.

  
  

  "Perfect. Please move quickly to the next post, as the effects of prolonged exposure to the signature are not part of this test."
  
  NARF!
  
  

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  May 2013

  Photo dump!

  
  

  
  

  I never want to make another flower in my life.

  
  

  
  

  Purple ombre wedding cake.

  
  

  
  

  Noah's ark! (I did not sculpt the animals, but I painted them. Everything else was me.)

  
  

  And here's another preview of my special project. 

  
  

  
  

  I'm trying to only work on it after store hours since it's just for my own enjoyment/practice, and usually I'm too tired after work to mess with it. So it's taking forever.

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Zyphora :: the sun in her splendour ::

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Okami?

  
  

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  
  

  I lost my phone for a few days this week, so unfortunately I only have one hasty, slightly blurry shot from my cashier of these lovingly hand-painted memes. We didn't even get a picture of the finished cake. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  For some reason I thought of @Casilu while making these.

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  May 2013

  

  
  

  I gave that nice lady a monogram. Ladies love a monogram.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  Communion is apparently a big deal.

  
  

  

  
  

  Ditto.

  
  

  

  
  

  Makes me want to take up calligraphy.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  This was for one of our highest maintenance repeat customers. I can't show the whole thing because I thought some of my work was unforgivably sloppy.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Hello Kitty is also a big deal.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  June 2013

  It's finally finished! Initially I was just making a little Okamiden out of fondant because I think he's cute, but then I felt compelled to make a cake for him. Now it's just styrofoam inside, of course, but everything else is hand-painted fondant and white chocolate. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Kio

  June 2013

  I have all the love for this.  Sorry, Thul, this cake is now my husband.

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  July 2013

  Alas, I'll never be able to top the cake above, but if anyone orders an Okami cake, I'll be ready!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  And this is going to be a cake by the end of the week. I'll let you know how it turns out.

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Today we have a Puerto Rican Playboy bunny.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  And a totally BAMFing dragon.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I'm particularly proud of the dragon because I didn't have to trace anything (as I often do when replicating specific logos or characters). He's more or less an original. 

  :x

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Kharne

  July 2013

  I wouldn't want to eat it......these are works of art
  

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  July 2013

  

  Some logo with some swords.

  
  

  
  

  Some bluebirds on a dogwood branch. (I just made the birds and flowers - didn't assemble myself)

  
  

  
  

  Another logo with a cityscape.

  
  

  
  

  Oh and here's that one from a couple weeks ago I was so excited about.

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Marcella

  July 2013

  These...don't look edible...it's amazing. ...not that they look bad! you just wouldn't expect something realistic looking to be available for eating.

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013

  Today's projects:

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Jimmy Buffett doesn't really flip my switch, but eh. This was a team effort.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Passport to Tastytowne. I could make passport stamps all day. They're really fun. And if you mess up, you just smudge it a little and it looks like it was intentional. :>

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013

  Client: huge Plants vs. Zombie fan celebrating his graduation from Librarian School.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Contrary to the usual arrangement, I made the 3D model this time, and the other decorator took care of the rest.

  
  

  Then I made some Mudkips.

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Enyalida Nasty Woman, Sockpuppeteer to the Gods

  August 2013

  How did you hear I liked mudkips?

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  I'd actually never heard of him until today. The customer only wanted one, but I couldn't decide on a pose so I'll just let them have all of them. Now, if someone wants an Arcanine....

  
  

  EDIT: Oh, I don't know my memes either, apparently. 

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Rancoura the Last Nightwreathed Queen Canada

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  Daraius said:

  I'd actually never heard of him until today. The customer only wanted one, but I couldn't decide on a pose so I'll just let them have all of them. Now, if someone wants an Arcanine....

  
  

  EDIT: Oh, I don't know my memes either, apparently. 

  
  

  @Daraius, I always jump straight to this thread first if I see it has new posts in the recent discussions list. You should make this posting amazing eat-work thing a daily occurrence.

  
  Tonight amidst the mountaintops
  And endless starless night
  Singing how the wind was lost
  Before an earthly flight
  
  

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  Wow thanks. ">

  
  

  I'll do my best, but I only work four days a week and our cake orders are usually concentrated on the weekend! I guess I could share some of my earliest attempts...

  
  

  
  

  This was the first cake I ever attempted to cover and decorate with fondant. It was shortly after I got my job at the cupcake shop and before we were even sold cakes in-store, so I did this in my home kitchen. I spent literally the entire day on it because, apart from the actual baking and frosting, I had no idea what I was doing. Note the ridiculously lumpy top tier. :-q

  
  

  
  

  This was my first ever custom decoration order, which was also shortly after I got the job - before I ever would have considered calling myself a decorator, and before we even really offered custom decorated cupcakes. I was just a bakery assistant back then, and I remember these took me foreeeeeeever to make. These days it'd be like a ten minute project. 

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Rancoura the Last Nightwreathed Queen Canada

  August 2013

  ...Those cupcakes just made my day.

  
  Tonight amidst the mountaintops
  And endless starless night
  Singing how the wind was lost
  Before an earthly flight
  
  

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• Agnlaa

  August 2013

  I hadn't ever clicked on this this, actually, because I for some reason assumed it was just a discussion of cake recipes. I am glad I finally opened it, because these are insane.
  

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• Revan

  August 2013

  You're for hire?

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013

  Er, kinda.. If you're in Central Virginia, you can call to order cupcakes or cakes, but we don't ship and I don't do business on the side.

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013

  Any Duck Dynasty fans out there? (I am not one of them)

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Dys

  August 2013

  I don't know what that is but it's great.

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• Daraius Shevat The juror's taco spot

  August 2013

  Slow day today, so I started working on a dingoshigaru.

  
  

  
  

  I used to make cakes.
  
  Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."

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• Aeral

  August 2013

  Daraius, you're amazing. By the end of it I couldn't even begin to decide which cake I liked best. 

  Avatar by the amazing @Feyrll! 

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