So I admit it, I'm obsessed. I'm afraid that at this point my ideas and designs way overwhelm my actual abilities but hey everyone needs something to work for right?
It started out with Alyssa's first birthday cake. There was no way that I was going to shell out our hard earned money on something too pretty to cut into and eat. And I knew I was able so I took the plunge. Hours later and a very tired me I had an adorable giraffe cake, perfectly decorated. But nope, I didn't stop there but made two other kinds of cupcakes. A white sprinkle cupcake with buttercream frosting topped with cute "African" animals, and a chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing and peanut butter cups to form "monkey" faces. Yup, that was the beginning of it all. From there I just made the girls birthday cakes putting my all into it.
This was I my first attempt at fondant. Some positives were the flawless covering to the cake. It just looked perfect! It rolled on nicely and was ready to decorate right away (although if you had time it's suggested to let it rest for a bit). The roses were fabulous to make. I had found a simple youtube clip on how to make them out of fondant and ran with it. The negatives, hmmm alot of rolling, this is thick stuff! and I didn't love the taste. It didn't taste awful, just blah. I put plenty of buttercream under the fondant so it served as more of a "safe covering" then party of the edible cake.
Happy Birthday recipients.
I think I'll keep this hobby. It's actually one my hubby has absolutely no complaints about. And I think everyone should have something to "work" on and be able to stretch their abilities on. This is mine.
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