Happy Birthday

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.

Baking the cakes

Fresh out of the oven

I was shocked how well the came out of the pan,  didn't even stick a little bit  :)

Crumb coating with buttercream icing

Each of the cakes with fondant, not at tough as I expected but I definitely need more practice with this still

Stacking and placing the cakes

Added the tee (right), green (left) and bunker with brown sugar

I used the leftover icing to make the grass

I decided to add a small pond with dyed sugar

The last finishing touches: the pin, ball, tee markers, and the birthday message

 

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!