We had still had some time to practice before Ariana's cake was due, and the kids didn't hesitate to point out that the cake plate was empty!
Since I didn't get the fondant to go on smoothly on our mom's cake, I decided to try it again...and it was a better for sure. For this particular cake we just molded simple blue flowers and some leaves. I started out by placing one flower on the cake, then another, and another, and then tucked in some leaves...until I looked like something! Aaron suggested we make some really tiny flower and add it to the side of the cake since we didn't do a border at the bottom.
The next weekend, I attempted these two. I purposely did a square one, which I gave a friend, to see if I could cover it without messing it up. By now I had the circles under wraps!
A couple ladies were leaving and we had a potluck at work. I couldn't decide what to take so I chose to make them farewell / goodluck cakes!
These honestly didn't take me too long as I was comfortable making cirlcular cakes now, and I used simple molded flowers and lettering.
Everyone at work was impressed and loved the cakes!
Practice cake number four was a bit different. I attempted to do a basket of flowers. This particular cake had 3 layers and the fondant had to be done standing up! I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to make for Ariana and changed my mind from the cake Aaron chose. I wanted to be sure of a few techniques before I said yes to the cake I had in mind.
I came home one Friday evening and I was excited as I had the idea in my head and I just couldn't wait. I added watermelon extract to the cake batter and patiently waited for the cake to cool. I layered it and then dirty iced it. This game me a bit of trouble as I had to give it a bit of shape so I had to take out some of the crust. Icing a cake without the crust is a real task! Also I should have let the cake cool some more and then let the stacked layers set up first. What can I say...it was Friday night, the kids were sleeping, Andy was at work and I couldn't wait to see how it would turn out!
I tried to make the basket look old so I did some impressions on the fondant when I rolled it out and then I attempted to make the basket. Standing the fondant around the cake wasn't the easiest thing to do. And I didn't have any measuring tape so I had to cut as I went along. The clerks at Michaels will be seeing me soon again! By the time I got to the flowers, I was tired and sleepy, so I just molded out what I could. I could have done a much better job with the flowers if I had waited until the next day but it's just for practice. It still tasted great.
The only problems with making all these cakes is...they don't last very long, in my house!!!
These honestly didn't take me too long as I was comfortable making cirlcular cakes now, and I used simple molded flowers and lettering.
Everyone at work was impressed and loved the cakes!
Practice cake number four was a bit different. I attempted to do a basket of flowers. This particular cake had 3 layers and the fondant had to be done standing up! I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to make for Ariana and changed my mind from the cake Aaron chose. I wanted to be sure of a few techniques before I said yes to the cake I had in mind.
I came home one Friday evening and I was excited as I had the idea in my head and I just couldn't wait. I added watermelon extract to the cake batter and patiently waited for the cake to cool. I layered it and then dirty iced it. This game me a bit of trouble as I had to give it a bit of shape so I had to take out some of the crust. Icing a cake without the crust is a real task! Also I should have let the cake cool some more and then let the stacked layers set up first. What can I say...it was Friday night, the kids were sleeping, Andy was at work and I couldn't wait to see how it would turn out!
I tried to make the basket look old so I did some impressions on the fondant when I rolled it out and then I attempted to make the basket. Standing the fondant around the cake wasn't the easiest thing to do. And I didn't have any measuring tape so I had to cut as I went along. The clerks at Michaels will be seeing me soon again! By the time I got to the flowers, I was tired and sleepy, so I just molded out what I could. I could have done a much better job with the flowers if I had waited until the next day but it's just for practice. It still tasted great.
The only problems with making all these cakes is...they don't last very long, in my house!!!
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