I've been wanting to try to learn to decorate cakes for a long time and just haven't done it. So. . . I finally just decided to do it and quit waiting around. I have bought a few cheap frosting tips over the years but never really done much with them. This weekend is Travis' Birthday so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try to decorate a cake with fondant and do some fancy decorating with frosting. He is a pretty big golfer so I decided on a golf theme cake. Here are pictures of how it went.
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| Baking the cakes |
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| Fresh out of the oven |
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| I was shocked how well the came out of the pan, didn't even stick a little bit :) |
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| Crumb coating with buttercream icing |
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| Each of the cakes with fondant, not at tough as I expected but I definitely need more practice with this still |
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| Stacking and placing the cakes |
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| Added the tee (right), green (left) and bunker with brown sugar |
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| I used the leftover icing to make the grass |
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| I decided to add a small pond with dyed sugar |
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| The last finishing touches: the pin, ball, tee markers, and the birthday message | | | |
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| Happy Birthday! |
I had so much fun making this and I love how it turned out. I must admit though, it took a few hours of watching you tube videos, several trips to the store, and a small investments in some new pans and decorating tools, but it was all definitely worth it. Happy Birthday Travis!
