More Valentine’s Day Eye Candy: American Girl Cake

I’ve been working on an American Girl custom order this week, and I have pictures of a super cute checkerboard cake to show you. These larger cakes are quite time consuming, because there’s so much surface area that needs to be turned into cake crumb texture, but it’s fun to be able to fit in more details than are sometimes possible at tinier scales.

Mini making tip: One challenge that comes with working with lighter clay colors is avoiding lint, and you can minimize this problem by coating your hands and the clay with cornstarch. Once you’re done working on a particular area, brush the cornstarch off with a very clean paint brush. (Keeping your work surface spotless helps with the dreaded lint as well.)