I've made quite a few birthday cakes but for baptism, this is my first. In fact, the ceremony and celebration of baptism was very new to me. I searched up the internet and found thousands of cakes to mark this special occasion. From there, I got an idea of what kinds of cakes were suitable for the event.
The Godmother of the baptized child ordered this cake and allowed me a free hand to design it. She only specified that she wants the words "God Bless" and the child's name on it. This was really cool and I decided to make a Baby Nursery cake after some research. The base cake was extremely tall and I added a baby bed as a second tier.
Little baby toys and accessories made of fondant were done days ahead, including a teddy bear, blocks, a pacifier and baby bottle. I covered the sides of the cake with strips of pink and white fondant and glued Hello Kitty/My Melody cut-outs on it. For the top of the cake, I scattered dessicated coconut onto the icing to achieve the 'carpet' texture in a room. The 'bed' cake, covered in yellow fondant bedsheet and a pink fondant quilt, with the sleeping baby, was placed on top. The headboard was made with butter scotch cookies.
I'm hopeful God would be pleased with the results :)
Oh dear, I feel that I'm getting more and more forgetful and disorganised. I can't remember my email password and I realised it's been 4 months since I've updated this blog, or any of my other blogs for that matter. A thousand apologies for being so slack.
Alright, no more excuses. Today I'll share the story about the Cut The Rope cake. This is another cake inspired by electronic games, like the Angry Birds. This time it's Om Nom, that little candy swallowing green monster that is not frog nor dinosaur.
My friend's son was a fan of the game and so because of this cake, I had to educate myself about the game, even played a few rounds and consulted the experts (my children) on the finer details. The interesting thing about make cakes for people, I learn different things and gained a little knowledge each time.
For the inside of the cake, I suggested orange poppy seed cake with orange juice buttercream for a little something different. The flavour was very well-recieved although I learnt my lesson not to bake a deep cake all at one go. The cake took a long time to cook and I had to cut away a bit of burnt cake on the sides.
Om Nom was replicated using fondant and the little elements of the game, like the spider, stars and candycane decorated the sides to complete the look!
