Let me begin by saying I really don't like making cakes. I ALWAYS end up with cake crumbs in my frosting...is there a secret for avoiding this?
This cake has been discussed for many months, but I am thankful because the original request was for a Spiderman cake with a monkey in a tree holding a present singing to Spiderman. Which I did not even want to attempt. So after convincing to have just Spiderman and Venom fighting in a web preparations commenced.
Apparently I have never made red frosting before because after using all my remaining red food coloring my frosting was still pink. Which is not very super-hero-three-year-old-boy-ish. So I borrowed some food coloring from the neighbor and after using all of hers still ended up with pink frosting which of course was also full of chocolate cake crumbs. At this point I just moved on to the web part. I was pretty confident in my web making abilities.
I also added his name for good measure and strategically picked the worst spot on the cake so I would be sure to draw attention to my abominable frosting skills.
The end result...
(we don't know what he is doing...)
In the end only Taylor, James and Matthias acutally saw the cake and Taylor wasn't about to point it out because he is a smart man. And the boys were too enthralled with the Spiderman and Venom figurines to notice the color of the cake. Phew. One cake down and two more to go for the birthday season. Up next, James requests a Star Wars cake...
One day the boys will realize that I actually am a bad cake decorator, but for now they are quite pleased, crumbs and all.
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Great Cake
Posted by Texas Harveys at 1:49 PM
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7 comments:
This is why I buy my cakes.
I like Kim's comment. Smart. Very, very smart.
Red icing? Gel colors. At least, that's what I'm told.
I think it looks good. The trick for crumbless frosting is to do a thin layer and then stick it in the freezer for a little bit. When you pull it out do another layer quickly. The top layer should be crumbless. :)
I like how it turned out! But can Matthias really be THREE? Not true.
I can't believe how much Matt looks like James in the picture of him holding his ears. I remember when they hardly looked like brothers and now they seem like twins!
Looks good to me. I'm also not a cake-decorator. But Matthias looks happy, and that's what matters.
I'm impressed with your abilities! Having a girl makes the whole red deal much easier - I doubt Steph will ever request anything red which is nice for me. =) Good thing you have Hannah Mae. =)
It looks good to me. I have decided that cake decorating will never be one of my talents. Its much better just accepting it up front.
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