My First Cake

Recollecting how it all started ..... It was my daughters first birthday and was planning an animal theme party for her. Obviously she was too young to decide and I went all out planning the party. Planned and ordered all the decorations and all the minute details were taken care but was really stuck when it came to the cake. Like all mom's I wanted something special for her ya even thought she isnt old enough to to enjoy it!!!  After several nights of researching on the net I narrowed down this cake as my inspiration Wilton Animal Cake. Now that I knew what I wanted all I had to do was order it so now started my quest with finding a bakery that would do it. Found a coupe that agreed to do the custom animals but it came at a very steep price that didn't quite fit into my birthday budget. Two weeks before the party and no idea what I am going to do about the cake.. Well you could say whats the rush there's still two weeks but for someone who has everything planned almost a month at times two in advance with the task list all in google spreadsheets this was not looking good and to add to it, I was scheduled to be out on work the entire week before the party. My hubby looked at the cake I had in mind and said it should be easy to do the animals why dont you do it. I was in no mood for jokes but he was real serious and offered to help. Also that was the first time I heard about fondant !!! I spend the next two nights making the fondant from scratch and the the next night making the fondant animals. For some reason I didnt want to buy the ready one and am really glad I made my own. It tasted a lot better.
I had all four animals ready. I made the Lion, the elephant and the zebra and as promised my hubby made the monkey !!!! The great thing about fondant decorations if you can make it ahead of time.


The next problem was the cake. The lovely lady at a near by Grocery store saw the fondant animals and loved them so much that she said she would make the cake and the stand and will place the animals for me. Phew that was a huge relief since I was arriving the evening before the party.

Thus began my journey into the world of cake decorating !!!!

The four fondant animals

...and the cake..