This weekend was my little kiddo's first birthday. Oh how the year went by quickly, and I of course had to bring it upon myself to make the birthday cake. The cake flavor was supposed to be devil's food cake unless I find a red velvet recipe that I could use. I found one on martha stewart's on demand show on my handy dandy cable, so I tested it out, with some added chocolate to it. I found a fondant recipe which ended up being a disaster during the decorating process because, uh, I didn't make enough. Instead of having a beautiful black fondant 1/4 of an inch thick, mine was, like paper. Mental note, next time you plan on making a 3 tiered cake, more fondant! I was basically in desperation mode by the end of the baking day because i didn't have enough fondant and i couldn't find all necessary cooking and cutting tools I needed. Good ole disgusting Wilton's it is, good thing it's yucky flavor was covered by my swiss meringue buttercream. Baking 2 weeks after moving proved to be a challenge since everything was kind of all over the place, or in this case, in boxes askewed all over the house and garage. It wasn't my best work, I'd really wish for a better cake with as less cracks as i could imagine for it, but all in all, it was decent work. I've got another project for my husband Brian's 29th birthday in June. He has requested for a strawberry cake with a meringue frosting and fondant again. It just keeps coming back to haunt me.
