I made a cake. Would you like to see?

mechie · Post by **mechie** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:53 pm

I'm by no means a great baker, but I did make a butterfly cake for my daughters birthday party. I made it yesterday and the party is this afternoon. I'm kinda proud of how it turned out.

mechie

minij · Post by **minij** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:26 pm

That is really great and i am sure she will love it, well done

LadyS · Post by **LadyS** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:29 pm

That's adorable! And I bet it tastes great too!

dwitt · Post by **dwitt** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:34 pm

That looks great and bet it tastes even better!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:52 pm

Looks great and I bet it tastes great. Making me hungry right now.
Hope your daughter has a great day today.

Carole

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:40 pm

Beautiful!! Very nice creation!! I'm sure your daughter is going to love it! Looks too good to eat!!! Very very nice!!

agi · Post by **agi** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:16 pm

Wandatoo · Post by **Wandatoo** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:19 pm

Very pretty! I love butterflies . . .

meerkat · Post by **meerkat** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:49 pm

Congratulations on a brilliant cake. I love the butterfly's smiley face

and Happy Birthday to your daughter.

mechie · Post by **mechie** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:29 pm

Thanks, everyone!

The party went very well. The kids had a blast and of course, everyone loved the cake.

It was chocolate with (mostly) vanilla frosting (the black was chocolate because I learned the hard way that it's easier to dye chocolate frosting black than it is to dye white frosting black).

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:35 am

What a fantastic cake you made - such a clever idea and its looks gorgeous. I bet the children made short work of it too.

Well done you are very multi talented

Sally

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:44 am

Ah that is adorable!!!!!

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:52 am

That is very clever. You are making me hungry

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:47 pm

What a gorgeous cake, I'm sure she loved it!

JA Fan · Post by **JA Fan** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:13 am

You did a great job. Well Done!

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:30 am

Beautiful cake! I'm glad it was a hit!

Sarah Gixxer · Post by **Sarah Gixxer** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:24 pm

That looks lovely and yummy - well done! I bet your daughter loved it.

Busy_B · Post by **Busy_B** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:14 pm

It looks great! Were your hands sore after all the stars?

mechie wrote:(the black was chocolate because I learned the hard way that it's easier to dye chocolate frosting black than it is to dye white frosting black).

There's a trick to black and red icing. With black, you want to get it to a very dark gray and let it sit. It will darken as it sits. Also, the more you work with the icing in the bag the darker it will get. With red icing, it helps to use a pink coloring and get it a dark pink before adding your red because red coloring can be bitter. As with the black, you let it sit for a while to darken up.

Just a few tricks I've learned over the last 20 years of decorating.

mechie · Post by **mechie** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:51 pm

Busy_B wrote:It looks great! Were your hands sore after all the stars?

Very much so! I couldn't stitch that night because I couldn't hardly move my hand for the rest of the evening.

Busy_B wrote:There's a trick to black and red icing. With black, you want to get it to a very dark gray and let it sit. It will darken as it sits. Also, the more you work with the icing in the bag the darker it will get. With red icing, it helps to use a pink coloring and get it a dark pink before adding your red because red coloring can be bitter. As with the black, you let it sit for a while to darken up.

Just a few tricks I've learned over the last 20 years of decorating.

Thanks for the tip! I really needed that last year when the kiddo wanted (and got) a ladybug cake. I had a heck of a time getting red and black icing. That's when I found something online about dying the chocolate icing black as opposed to the white icing. The red did end up a bit bitter even using the "no taste" dye from Wiltons. Live and learn I guess. Next time I'll be sure to try your method.

mechie

jennajoe · Post by **jennajoe** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:14 pm

great cake

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