Finally, the big day is about to arrive! For a mother, little one's birthday is always something to fuss about. What cake should I get? What theme should the celebration be? Is it going to be a small celebration or a big one? What present(s) should I prepare? I for one, am not someone who is keen to hold big celebration. For now, I'll just settle with a nice cake. Having said that, imagine my shock when I was quoted hundreds of ringgit for a simple cake decorated with fondant. Am I to spend so much for a cake that is going to end up in the tummy? No way!
I am very particular about having cakes decorated with fondant and only fondant as I received 'complaints' from the girls' kindy about the cupcakes I made for their tea party few months earlier. The kids made a huge mess with the buttercream and I can imagine the staff at the kindy is going to hate me for life if I were to present a buttercream cake again. With the failed cake hunting mission, I finally decided to bake and decorate the cakes myself. There are going to be two cakes, one for the celebration at home and one for the kindergarten.
A novice or I would say a first timer in cakes decorating, I really had no idea on what I got myself into. A long weekend following the Nuzul Al Quran holiday came as a blessing and I spent them baking and 'researching' on fondant cakes decorating. Watched many videos over youtube on tips and techniques in fondant figurines making. Speaking of which, isn't it a blessing to have youtube these days?
The girls and I busied ourselves at the kitchen for two consecutive days. The girls busied with their pretend play with my leftover fondant while I was all stressed up to do the best I could. So, ta da... the results :
They are far from perfect but they are perfect in my girls' eyes and that is the most important isn't it?
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