My sincerest apologies for being unable to post yesterday.
My entire morning and afternoon were consumed with the prospect of creating my first ever party cake.
Discounting the few birthday cakes I've made for close family members, I can honestly say this is the first cake I have made for a friend to help celebrate a baby shower. The process was long and tiresome, but the end result was a huge success. I can see my cake decorating career taking off from here...NOT! I'll need some serious lessons in proper cake etiquette before I even get close to producing "professional" designs. All I know is that amateur creations, like mine, go over extremely well as gifts! My time, effort, and enjoyment in a baking project will always provide a large pay-off in the end.
My entire morning and afternoon were consumed with the prospect of creating my first ever party cake.
Discounting the few birthday cakes I've made for close family members, I can honestly say this is the first cake I have made for a friend to help celebrate a baby shower. The process was long and tiresome, but the end result was a huge success. I can see my cake decorating career taking off from here...NOT! I'll need some serious lessons in proper cake etiquette before I even get close to producing "professional" designs. All I know is that amateur creations, like mine, go over extremely well as gifts! My time, effort, and enjoyment in a baking project will always provide a large pay-off in the end.
The base is two layers of chocolate wacky cake (recipe listed in a previous post) with a thin layer of almond buttercream in the middle. I used fondant to initially cover the cake blocks, added hand-cut letters to all sides, and piped the borders using the leftover almond buttercream frosting. The design was created with the inspiration of children's toy alphabet blocks.
I wonder what my next cake-a-thon creation will be!
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