Showing posts with label Skull Crossbones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skull Crossbones. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Skull and Crossbones Cake

I'm happy to report this is my first "girl" cake! I love how it turned out too! A co-worker of mine, who is on maternity leave, sent me a text in panic mode asking if I could make a cake for her daughter's 5th birthday, which was in 2 days. Initially I thought it would be pretty easy to create...and it was! The cake on the other hand....not so easy!

I don't know what it is about me forgetting the parchment paper on the bottom! I made a large 10x14 cake and then it stuck to the bottom so only half came out! I thought I would just "glue" it together but the second half was just stuck in the pan. So my idea of getting a head start on Tuesday was a complete bust. Hunter didn't seem to mind eating the mistake cake!

Her mom sent me a picture of a cute black and purple skull and crossbones, but I knew black was going to be a BIG challenge for me and with the limited time I had, I didn't even want to attempt it! I ended up drawing my own skull and crossbones and then cut them out to trace around on the fondant I used.

I'm not very skilled with frosting cakes so I decided to try my hand at it this go around. I didn't do too bad! I didn't quite make enough frosting, but just enough to get by. More would have been less stressful! And as soon as I finished frosting it, I tipped over my mixer bowl on to the cake...and had to start over. This is when I decided that I was going to need to open a bottle of wine...

Perry came home at 1a for his "dinner" break and found me dancing and singing in the kitchen. Hunter slept right through it on the couch : ) I finished cleaning up my kitchen at 3am and fell immediately asleep! Here's how it turned out!