Ellie's Birthday Party - Barnyard Cake (without the Barn)

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So My daughter turned 2 yesterday, and since we didn't have a party for her first (a combination of no money and realising that she wont remember it anyway) we decided to have a party for her this time around. So I was looking through some pictures of cakes to give me ideas, most of them were some sort of princess cake or fairy or something like that. Ellie has no idea what a princess is. So after MUCH thinking I came to the conclusion that it has to be some sort of animal cake. Initially I was going to make a big horse, as she loves horses (she is her mothers daughter after all). I decided however that I didn't want to make concentrate on one animal alone , as she really loves them ALL. So the conclusion was this. Two tiers, one Green, one Blue (Grass and Sky) with fencing all around it and grass and flowers and bugs and most importantly ANIMALS!

So I recently bought a couple of decorating tools making this cake a lot easier than it would have been otherwise. For example the flower plungers, some piping nosels,  a no stick board and rollingpin. I am still learning, there are so many things that i see wrong with this cake, but I am still happy with it. It doesn't matter how many youtube videos I watch on how to pit rolled fondant on a cake, I still get frills! So With every cake I make my goal is obviously to something better. At the moment we don't have the finances to pay for decorating classes, so Youtube is my BEST FRIEND! I recommend it to any aspiring cake decorator. I take what I learn from Youtube and adapt it to my own designs. It's GREAT!

Here is a picture of my wonderful family!

Metallic Purple Cake, Cupcakes and Cakepops

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So this was my first attempt at Cakepops, and it was a messy affair. The first time I do anything though it is definitely not to perfection, so hopefully it will be a bit better next time. Still happy with the result. As was the girl who had ordered them. I had like 10 more cakepops but they fell on the floor and were not usable. It would have made my desired effect better though. But like I said, better next time.

P.s ... The cake inside is Red Velvet and it was my first attempt at it! It was very tasty... So all in all a success, but still room for improvement. This by the way is the cake that made her sister want one for her Sweet 16 from my last post, so I must have done ok at least.

Sweet 16 Birthday Cake!

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So here is a quick update of one of the cakes I made in the last month. It was a Sweet 16 Birthday cake for a friend of mines daughter. I had previously made a cake for her sister the week before and she had expressed that she wanted one for her birthday as well. Her mother told her that she was sorry but she had already arranged for a normal store bought cake, but little did she know I was making hers too. I didn't make the same one obviously, but went for a more Girly approach. She LOVED it, which obviously makes me super glad! Anyone who puts their heart and soul into any creative project wants people to like what they do. And I have finally admitted to that fact. I have always been the person to blush and turn down compliments. It is only recently that I have been able to accept them and actually say thank you... I still blush though :-). One step at a time!

When I say I put my heart and soul into a cake i mean it. I woke up in the middle of the night because I was just itching to finish the cake.... so I did! I was up from 3:00 am to 6:00 finishing this cake off.. I was very tired later that morning and was lucky enough for my husband to have that day off to help out with our daughter :-). It was worth it though...