The Birthday Cake Is Done!

This is a little late and the cake's all gone by now. But I am so proud that I finished my cake! It turned out pretty cute. I learned a few lessons along the way that I thought I should share...

1...The fondant needs time to set a bit after being made or it is just too flimsy. My bow looks pretty cute here but it flattened out in a matter of hours and looked quite limp.

2...Apparently, you are supposed to cut off the hump (whatever that's called) of the bottom layer of the cake. So gravity took its toll and the cake looked like it was pooping icing out the middle.

3...I read all this info on baking cakes and it said that it would be fine to keep it at room temperature for 2 days. And since her birthday was the very next day, I figured that would be okay. Well, I didn't count on hot humid Mobile. So I should have refrigerated it. It probably wouldn't have been pooping icing if I had.

4...It takes forever to do it all so get a friend and it will be a lot more fun!

So that's my baking adventure for now. I will probably do it again. Because as much fun as it was to create it, it was way more fun to eat it.