So it wasn't a Saturday Night, but it was Saturday Afternoon, when I enlisted the help of Kathy and the girls for some birthday cake goodness. Mmmmmm, cake.
The birthday girl being two and not yet a "fan" of anything more particular than what was already in front of her, I thought about making a cake based on one of her pajama sets. So here we are at pink whales. Bwaha.
Pilsbury choco cake on the inside, homemade buttercream icing (Wilton recipe) on the outside, with some premade fondant from that Duff's Ace of Cakes line. Hey, the tub said it tasted great, so I was curious.
Was happy to find that the gel coloring did blend in pretty well with the white fondant after Colin microwaved it and mashed it up for a bit. He also cut out the whale on the side there. Kathy did most of the crowd control by keeping the girls out of trouble while still in the thick of things, and still managed to cover the cake in white icing while doing it. Yay, Kathy!
The fondant was really pliable after it got nuked, but because for some reason I thought it was a great idea to make the center whale out of only the stuff, we had to stick it in the freezer after it got formed to keep the tail from drooping. That center whale is indeed, nothing but fondant.
The little spike next to whale on top is Derek's addition, while Colin cut out the whales, and Kathy did the little fish cutouts. I did the blue icing, at least. >.>
So was the fondant good? Good enough, I guess. The extra leftover from last night disappeared over the course of a few hours (Derek is prime suspect in that), while the whale's tail (still pretty pliable after sitting overnight) was single-handedly devoured by the birthday girl shortly after lunch. She's been the happiest camper nearly all day.
Mmmmm, cake.
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