Birthday Cake!

Saturday was my niece, Cali's, 3rd birthday party and Christian and I were asked to make the cake for the birthday girl! We love making cakes so we were very happy to be able to do it! Christian was a little bit busier than I was (with school and working on "his" car....be watching for pictures of that! It is looking really cool!) so he stepped in when he could to help. Now, I asked little Cali what she wanted her cake to look like to which she replied "Like.....................a cake!" Well that clearly took a lot of pressure off! I was very proud of myself for starting early...I made all of the layers almost a week before and kept them in the freezer. 

Throughout the week, I put the pieces together one layer at a time. I made my own buttercream icing which was delicious, a tweaked version of the one I usually do. Trinity waits in the shadows and as soon as it is time to lick the bowl she appears like magic! This time, she was gonna have to fight me for it because it was so good! If you ever want the recipe, ask me....I jotted it down somewhere........

We also made fondant. I have finally found a fondant that I love and will continue to use. It is made with marshmallows! Here is Christian making some stripes.....we like to play with our food!

After all of the fondant is on, the buttercream icing is next. 

Here is how she came out.....

The birthday girl was happy so we considered it a success!