I had a great few weeks at home this August. I spent lots of time with friends and family and Aunt Joni flew to Savannah while I was there to spend time with all of us.
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Ladies' lunch at The Olde Pink House |
My friends, Christy and Keith, were planning to celebrate Hudson's first birthday while I was home and I offered to make the cake. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun, and I wanted to share some of the pictures and highlights from the experience.
Christy wanted a cake in the shape of a one with primary color polka dots. I set off to try and make
fondant for the first time, which I thought had about a 10% chance of working out. But, after several laughing moments with hands covered in sticky marshmallows and sugar (even though I rubbed Crisco all over my hands first), I had the fondant made. It's a shame there's no pictures of this part of the fun because it was quite hysterical! The trick would then be getting the fondant on the cake.
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two batches of buttercream wasn't enough- I made a 3rd the next day |
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I cut the one after two margaritas! Not bad, not bad! |
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Rolling the fondant |
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Success! Mom and I laid it over our arms and draped it on the cake. |
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Mom and Aunt Joni were responsible for all the colored fondant cut outs! |
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the finished product! |
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Smash cake! |
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What a cutie!
Happy 1st Birthday Hudson! |
I think that was my first and last attempt at that cake! Don't mess with success!
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