I was too exhausted to share with you all last night, but I had such a wonderfully successful day in the kitchen, and I would like to share pictures of the delicious product with you all!
I SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MY FIRST FULL-SIZE CAKE EVER!!!!!
I cannot express how great it feels to be able to say that!
A good friend from work had been asking me for about two months if I would be able to make a cake for her daughter's 5th birthday. Of course, I said yes, and in my mind, I was continuously thinking: "I've got plenty of time to get ready. I'll be able to do this with no problem!" And then it was the week before she needed it, and I had nothing (and I mean, nothing at all) ready. Lucky for me, it was a cake AND cupcake order, so the stress I had for the cake, was slightly lowered knowing that I would be able to spend about 1/2 of my time focusing on the thing I do best.
When I finally got my ingredients, and got ready to start the cake, I felt like this was going to be a breeze, and I could get through it all. Made the batter, threw the cake in the oven, and even walked away to get ready for the day while it was in the oven - no stress here. When I came back, I was eager for the cake to be ready, but of course, it was 100% not baked in the middle. After at least 15 minutes more baking time than I had anticipated, the beautiful flower cake was ready to bloom from the oven. Took it out, waited 10-15 minutes to flip it over and try to get it out of the pan......and crumbling out of the pan it went! I must say, it was a bit disheartening, but, unlike my last cake attempt, I knew I had to get back on the horse and try again. I left the kitchen for a few hours, came back, and did it all over again. While waiting a bit longer for the second cake to cool, I decided to take it out. All seemed well, felt like we had a smooth landing onto the wire rack, until I lifted the pan to find that two petals had partially stuck in the pan. I panicked. How was I going to have time to bake, cool, and frost a THIRD cake? What if I made a third cake and the same thing happened? Panic. Panic. Panic. And then, I stopped, looked back, and realized, the piece that crumbled out could be salvaged. Slowly, I worked my icing spreader (what? it was more forgiving than a knife!) under the cake that had stuck, got the piece out, and placed it right where it would have been if the damn cake pan hadn't given me so much trouble! And....VOILA! All was fine! Once we get a little frosting on there, she'll be good as new!
And I was so right!
If I hadn't told you, would you know there was a bit of a crumbled mess under there?
A beautiful flower bloomed, and I cannot wait to see the reaction on the beautiful birthday girl's face!
Oh yes, and the cupcakes! You're probably wondering about those! Can I take a moment to say - the cupcakes, in the end, caused me more stress and took much longer to work on than the cake did...BY FAR!
Have any of you heard of the TV Show "Yo Gabba Gabba?" No? Well neither had I. I was challenged by this order, to make a cake or cupcake that could have the shape of the character "Foofa" included. I think, based on the collage with the characters image below, I did a decent job replicating the character.
HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY DEZIRAE SCHLAEPFER! I hope the cake and cupcakes are as delicious as you hoped, and give you wonderful memories to look back on in the future. P.S. you have one great mom, who would do anything for you. Don't ever forget it!
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