Antique Singer Sewing Machine

[h0p31355]

I got a tattoo from a friend of a friend in April, and instead of cash, I paid him in cake.  I made this for his girlfriend's birthday on May 20th

Vanilla buttermilk cake soaked with buttery rum, and layered with caramel buttercream and dulce de leche caramel.  The top of the machine is made of rum rice cereal treats.  It is hand painted with 24carat edible gold, and edible silver.  I made the wheel on the back out of gum paste, painted it black and brushed it with a little bit of silver.





And here are some close-ups of the gold:




Thanks for looking 

[CraftyDiem]

That's amazing!  I hope it was one hell of a tattoo!!!

[h0p31355]

I haven't taken a photo of it since it fully healed, but here it is just after he finished

[MamanTattoo]

This. It's so awesome. Exactly like the one my granny had! I love it.

and the tattoo is great, too!

[aisy]

that is an awesome cake!

[magentarose]

This is amazing, I didn't believe it was a cake at first! Fantastic work!

[mrsflibble]

that is an epic cake!

[ConTexty]

The details are amazing, unbelievable!

The entire concept is so inspirational. I wish we could see the eyes of his girlfriend when she got the cake!

and BTW, my beloved grandma had singer like that from the 1880! with a foot pedal and all. Mom still has it. Electricity's been added and it's my brother who actually sews on it sometimes.

The Singer case is the one I like to quote when discussing the issue of planned obsolence.

THanks for letting us see this, h0p31355 !!

[DreamChild556]

That's a cake?! WOW. Serious talent, there. The tattoo looks good, too.

[Wing.It.Anna]

I could never eat this! I'd put it in a hermetically sealed glass box, and arrange it in a place of honor. I mean, this is amazing. It's just like the one my great grandmother had.

The cake sounds like it would be really delicious too. 

[pcollins399]

Stunning!  Sounds absolutely amazing but I have to ask...How long did that take you?

[Riechan]

totally awesome! I couldn't eat that either, it's just to pretty!
And I'm also curious to how long you've worked on it and how do you keep the head, the floating thing, from falling down? It stays up without a foot or something beneath it?? (oh man, I'm terrible at trying to explain things where I don't know the word for ^^')

[h0p31355]

Stunning!  Sounds absolutely amazing but I have to ask...How long did that take you?

About 5 hours to assemble and decorate (not counting chilling time).

And I'm also curious to how long you've worked on it and how do you keep the head, the floating thing, from falling down? It stays up without a foot or something beneath it??

The "needle" bit is actually a dowel through the cake, with the presser foot attached at the bottom, and there's a second dowel through the other side (wheel side) all the way to the base of the cake

[RetroGypsy]

This totally rocks my socks off. absolutely freakin awesomesauce!

[yzzilnoaj]

This is awesome.

[woobie]

It's just amazing.

[kimchery]

Sounds so yummy, but I couldn't bear top be the one to take a bite of it, let alone cut into it.  Love all the gold, I've never seen edible... gold.

[onegroovyday]

just amazing..... was taught to sew on a machine like that.... love it!!.... you do great work!!

[margiej]

That is amazing!  It looks so authentic.  Incidentially, I have a treadle singer sewing machine that looks like your cake.  I agree, I would never want to cut into that cake, I'd have to preserve it somehow!  How did you come up with the idea???

[h0p31355]

How did you come up with the idea???

It's what I was asked to make, I just chose to make it 3D

[kjlutz]

It looks great. 
It's so hard to believe that it's a cake.

[christyross]

Beautiful cake!! 

[machiavellian]

It actually took me a while to click into this because I kept thinking 'Oh its a sewing machine'. What an incredible surprise I got! What an incredible cake!! This definitely rocks a LOT!

[Kaseyana]

From the teaser pic, I really thought it was a sewing machine! Incredible!

and..."I paid him in cake" =

[Samantha_McKay]

This is amazingly awesome!
I love to sculpt cakes and am always impressed by others work. The gumpaste wheel is fantastic!

[h0p31355]

Thanks

The wheel was tricky!  It was the first part I made, so it had enough drying time

[Subee]

You both are very talented, great jobs

[Homerof2]

That is amazing - what a work of art!

[Deirdre]

This. It's so awesome. Exactly like the one my granny had! I love it.

and the tattoo is great, too!

heh  heh I thought you meant  your granny had a tattoo.

[calluna]

I echo all the previous comments, but a different small detail caught my eye: "RUM RICE CEREAL TREATS" ?!?!  Oooh, yum...pardon my drooling...Is it just like rice krispy treats with rum added to the butter and marshmallows during the cooking?

[Jannapy]

Everyone who said they wouldn't want to eat it must not have read the delicious description of what it was made of.  I'd eat it before you could finish singing "Happy Birthday"! Calluna-I noticed the RUM RICE CEREAL TREATS...I googled and found a recipe.

[h0p31355]

I echo all the previous comments, but a different small detail caught my eye: "RUM RICE CEREAL TREATS" ?!?!  Oooh, yum...pardon my drooling...Is it just like rice krispy treats with rum added to the butter and marshmallows during the cooking?

Yes!  Once the butter and marshmallows were melted down, I added in the rum, to preserve some of the alcohol content.

[kill3rkif]

~ Holy McNuggets ... Epic Job!! Wish I could have eaten that .... I own that sewing machine. 

[BadWolf]

That is an amazing cake! I love the tattoo, too 

[funthreads]

This totally rocks!! The tatoo is cute too

[Pupper]

That is an incredible cake!

[MissJill]

WOW!! What else can be said?  I would of never guessed this was made from cake. Jill

[jenniy122]

That's just amazing, you've got some great skills! Never would've guessed it was cake.

[nisforneville]

The wheel looks real. You did an amazing job!

[beth.wilson.norwood]

It's a feather weight cake! This is fantastic, I love it!

[keliyra]

The cake is awesome and so is that cupcake tat!!!! Much love for both!

[bromimeoke]

I have this sewing machine and the cake looks almost EXACT. Excelent work, my dear! Looks delicious!