With all the sugar you could handle?
I'm not even sure I had a 15th birthday party. Last one I can remember is when I was turning 11. Doesn't mean I didn't want it though.
I was quite happy doing this cake. It's what every girl should get for her birthday. Brownie cake with cookie dough and German buttercream.
If you've never had German buttercream I feel for you. It's amazing. Custard base, so it tastes like ice cream. I could just eat it with a spoon.
Although German buttercream and fondant don't really get along I learned. It's like trying to put fondant on a cake covered in whip cream. Not so much with the cooperation and more with the hole having due to weight...
But that's ok. It's a lesson learned and it got covered with quins anyways. And gold luster. Lots of gold luster.
Another lesson: Gold luster does not cover absolutely. Some colour will show through, but don't worry, it looks good, and gives it some more character to the metallic sheen.
Also, don't spend hours trying to do full coverage, it's not worth it. And it makes your not-sticking-on-so-well-fondant wet and less happy.
This is the last cake that will have homemade fondant. Homemade fondant just isn't working. I really wanted it to work, made many many batches and cannot figure out how to make a nice fondant that covers cakes in that nice pretty flawless way.
Gumpaste and I have made friends, however.
Tulips and roses aren't a classic combination, I know, but I like the drama of it all.
I decided not to do any foliage, although a rose leaf or two would not pull away from the flowers, this cake was full enough.
Parrot tulips are very dramatic. They come in all sorts of colours, but this sunburst kinda colour stole my heart. And I had real life inspiration.
Can you tell the difference between the gumpaste and real flowers?
The main give away for me was the stamens.
...I have to work on that.
Additional lesson learned: colour the petals before attaching them to the stamens. Everything became orangey-red.
I think I've leveled up though. Can I determine that? (Insert Zelda music here.)
So this was cake 5 of 12. It's the end of March and I have 7 cakes to do in 9 months.
Seems like lots of time, right? But I've written off summer. My place gets insanely warm and I usually feel like dying, not baking, during that time.
I do have 2 cakes to be done toward the end of the year. At least I think I do. Things haven't been finalized yet.
And I'm hoping I can do a big cake for an event in early May. Really really hoping. Cause it would be amazing. And Big. Really BIG.
But don't worry. I'll be doing things in the in between time. And I'll post things here, even if they aren't all cake related.
That is... If you care. If you're reading this... Whomever you are.
Are you just looking for some pretty pictures?
I can't blame you for that.
In parting, my own personal grumpy cat says, "Leave."
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| "I was grumpy before Tartar Sauce." ~Boroboro |
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