Most people that know me, know I love birthdays, holidays or any reason that gives me the chance to do something nice for the people I love or even the ones that are close to me. The special event this past week was Andi's 29th birthday. So to begin this story, you should know all of our family have become addicted to watching cake shows for the last few months and we each have our favorites "Cake Boss", "Charm City Cakes" etc. Well I wanted to do something extraordinarily special, "Over The Top" if you will for Andi on her birthday. I started early Tuesday morning gathering all the supplies for this special cake. Keep in mind I have never attempted to make anything like this before, this is was my first. The "creation" is created with moist red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, covered with rolled fondant. Flowers were made with gum paste and colored with pink pastry luster dust. I also used brown floral tape to make the stems look more realistic. On the larger portion of the cake I piped blue frosting to form tranquil water that was bordered by realistic looking rocks (jellied candy). On the top of the smaller portion I poured brown sugar and made designs and placed rocks in the "sand" to portray a zen rock garden. Finally I finished off the bottoms of the cake with a chocolate fondant band. I was so happy with Andi's re-action to her birthday cake, she said she nearly fell off her chair when I unveiled it. lol It was a great day, and we will be having dinner with some friends this weekend to finish off her celebration. I hope this is something she will remember for the rest of her life.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Andi's Birthday! Woohoo!
Most people that know me, know I love birthdays, holidays or any reason that gives me the chance to do something nice for the people I love or even the ones that are close to me. The special event this past week was Andi's 29th birthday. So to begin this story, you should know all of our family have become addicted to watching cake shows for the last few months and we each have our favorites "Cake Boss", "Charm City Cakes" etc. Well I wanted to do something extraordinarily special, "Over The Top" if you will for Andi on her birthday. I started early Tuesday morning gathering all the supplies for this special cake. Keep in mind I have never attempted to make anything like this before, this is was my first. The "creation" is created with moist red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, covered with rolled fondant. Flowers were made with gum paste and colored with pink pastry luster dust. I also used brown floral tape to make the stems look more realistic. On the larger portion of the cake I piped blue frosting to form tranquil water that was bordered by realistic looking rocks (jellied candy). On the top of the smaller portion I poured brown sugar and made designs and placed rocks in the "sand" to portray a zen rock garden. Finally I finished off the bottoms of the cake with a chocolate fondant band. I was so happy with Andi's re-action to her birthday cake, she said she nearly fell off her chair when I unveiled it. lol It was a great day, and we will be having dinner with some friends this weekend to finish off her celebration. I hope this is something she will remember for the rest of her life.
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