Toy Story Rex

Oh la la... Cakes cakes cakes! They never end and yet I'm glad they don't because then I have the opportuninity to make my cakes look better. No, they are not perfect, I'm aware of that, but remember that I'm only 16 and I've never taken a cake decorating lesson in my life! So this cake was for my boyfriends cousin who is turning two! He's an adorable bubba and I wanted to do my absolute best to make his favourite character into a reality of cake!

There is so many things I learned just from creating this cake. My biggest dilema was the fondant; the cake shop I regularly buy my decorating supplies from had no white Satin Ice fondant so I used Bakels rolled fondant - big mistake! It was constantly cracking no matter how much Crisco I added to it, so I was in a rush this morning trying to find someone that stocks White Satin Ice fondant, and obviously, I've found it!

So a few problems in this cake was...

• The cracking and creases in my fondant in some areas.
• My wonky letters...
• Rex is a bit fat don'tcha think :P hehehe
• First time i've piped a border... It was a bit.. hmmm....

My improvements:...

• I ice my cakes so much better with ButterCream
• I have less creases and cracks than usual!
• I did the explosion rip for the first time and I did it in one go! WOOOH!]
• I used gum paste for the first time

Anyways, off I go and start planning my next cake order... :)

Woof Woof

Made a quick batch of Vanilla Cupcakes the other day for my mum's friend. She absolutely loved them!

Just Dance !

Ahhhhh.... So I got a Cake Order... My FIRST Cake order... Oh the wonderful feeling to think that somebody trusted in my almost non-existent self taught skills to make them a cake! So the lucky customer was a good friend of mine and she loved music and dance. The design was simple but cute and I hoped that it would become a success. I tried make chocolate ganache for the first time and to be honest? I don't like the taste of ganache and I found that buttercream was just so much easier to use...

And here's the wonderful ... lopsy (yes, I was not very happy about that. I really need to improve on that!) cake!

Aren't these fondant toppers kind of cute?!

It's not perfect but I'm slowly learning...