Diamonds and Pearls 50th Birthday Cake

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite cakes made last October for a friend who loves jewelry and diamonds.  There were a lot of firsts with this cake:  1st time making a tiara, 1st time working with pearls and sugar diamonds (diamond shaped sugar glass), 1st time making the scalloped edge on the bottom tier, 1st time carving the top tier, 1st time doing a diamond pattern... just a lot of firsts!

Superman Kryptonite Cake (and Sugar Glass Recipe)

This is one of the first cakes I made (2009) and I had so much fun trying to figure out how to get everything I wanted to do made in sugar!  I knew I wanted to make something unique and different for a friend's can, and this is what I came up with, a Kryptonite Superman Cake!  I spend weeks researching sugar glass and gelatin in figuring out how best to make Kryptonite crystals that were edible and tasty.  You just know there will be a kid who is going to try and eat it!