It is cliche I know but I always say the same thing at birthdays- I can't believe how time has flown. And I can't believe my little baby is now a little toddler almost little girl with a distinct personality. To celebrate her second birthday I indulged in a making a very cute forest themed cake with an owl as the little hero. To see it all check out The Foresty Tree Stump Cake page.
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After staring at the slightly angled central yellow post from my kitchen window, I had a moment of higher brain function! I realised that I really did not need a central post to hold up the chicken wire. Chicken wire really isn't very heavy. So I cut away the cable ties and re-homed the site post. By repositioning the post, I actually made the end post and stake more secure and now it no longer looks like a leaning tower. And now I have an unobstructed view of the chickens and coop.
My friends, daughter and I put these together. Vanilla cupcakes with various combinations of Persian fairy floss, silver cachous and shaved white chocolate atop swirls of piped pink frosting.
I made this cake last year for my daughter's 4th birthday. She was very much in love with Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom. It took me about two and a half weeks to mould the characters (all that drying time!) and set up the decorations for the day too. Felt cutout flowers atop green card stems and grass. A string of colourful lanterns and a whole lot of BlueTac to stick it all to the wall and my indoor 'garden' was done.
(I had entered my cake into a Canberra cake decorating supply shop's competition...hence the Latorta token in the picture...) I made this cake for my youngest daughter's first birthday. Inspired by her cheekiness and cuteness, I set about looking for ideas. I knew I wanted a 'in the clouds' feel and a monkey. This was the end result. Thank you again to the many who posted their amazing cake pics and tutorials! Enjoy the pictures. I'll post more details on the individual components to make the cake and other goodies soon.
I started making fondant cakes when my first child turned one. I think up till that point I was totally unaware of the world of fondant cakes until I Googled cake ideas! I saw them and was hooked.
Now I don't consider myself to be a creative person purely because I just didn't have the opportunities to engage in art or any creative medium... and then I went on to study science! I love science and in fact I think its amazing how creative one needs to be at times when in the lab. Perhaps the many years of facing challenges in the lab meant that I finally felt confident to embark on a new project. Armed with Google and Utube videos I began my foray into cake decorating. |
AuthorBased in Canberra, Australia, I am a mother of two gorgeous little girls. I would describe myself as a 'retired' molecular and cell biologist, now a full time mum, part-time student, lover of cute cakes, builder of one chicken coop and possibly also a crazy chicken lady in the making. Categories
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