I wanted to try making a more "marketable" cake this week - One that, if I were selling cakes, would appeal to people for any occasion, whether birthday, shower, anniversary, congratulations... etc. I also wanted to start learning how to make flowers - as nerdy as that sounds, since a lot of people want flowers on their cakes. I'm still working with mostly fondant so all of the flowers and leaves on this cake are made of fondant.
So far, after I'm done decorating a cake, I let it sit out for a day so we can admire, then it goes right to the trash. There is no reason to keep it, as there is always plenty of left over or mess up cakes to keep my hubby satisfied, and fondant doesn't keep much longer than 3 days without a box, but before I even made this cake, I had Joan in mind (my mother in law) therefore, this one was not landing in our trash. The classic beauty of the roses and the 'soft' color scheme (although not as soft as I had planned) - spoke of Joan. Out of anyone I know, I felt she would appreciate this cake the most - she was my inspiration behind this cake. Enjoy Joan!
This cake was sort of a copy of another cake I found when googling cake images, but I put my own spin on it. I learned a lot in making this cake, and I had fun at my first attempt at roses, leaves or flowers in general. The more I decorate, the more I want to... :)
Stay tuned for September birthday cakes.
Tam a Lam
