Having been inspired by the show Ace of Cakes I decided to try my hand at making a cake in the shape of Liesel's favorite toy; a duck. We're on a budget so I didn't shell out the money for a cake mold but I tried to improvise. We already own an oval glass dish which served as the body. I got a Styrofoam ball from JoAnn's which made the head and cut arcs into it for the bill. The bill was made out of (what else?) Pringles and I cannot begin to tell you how HARD that part was. I didn't need a whole Pringle, just half a Pringle and as it turns out, they're pretty fragile. I nibbled on about a third of a can (they can't be cut with a knife!) before I had two halves that would work. Jr Mint eyes with pink jimmies for eyelashes worked well. The turned up duck tail was a tough one until Brent brought in half of a plastic Easter egg we had just used for Liesel's one year photos. Perfecto!
The only problem was when I ran out of time. Brent needed to head out for the Elder's Quorum dinner before Priesthood session and we were quickly losing daylight for decent photos. The cake wasn't entirely cooled and you can see the frosting started to slide off. Still, I'm glad we were able to get it done and very happy with the results. Liesel was surprisingly persnickety with the idea of digging in, much to Brent's delight. Before I even placed it in front of her, he kept telling me if she didn't destroy it too much we'd be able to have some later. All in all, I'm very happy with it, especially considering I'm a complete amateur with this stuff.
We love our beautiful girl so very much and are so thankful we get to be her parents. To many more!!!
5 comments:
I think you did a great job on the cake not to mention how creative you were.
Happy birthday, not-so-little Liesel! Awesome cake.
i LOVE the cake idea! I am laughing thinking of you nibbling pringles and frosting styrofoam.
Welcome to the world of birthdays!
What a good mom you are - and so thoughtful, and so cute! I made Abigail's 1st birthday cake,and have gone bakery ever since. I'm missing the "ace" gene. ;D
SO CUTE! Your cake turned out fabulous! I would think frosting the styrofoam ball and then transferring it to the cake would be a huge pain in the tukus. I think cakes are a ton of fun to make, but then you are almost heartbroken as they get eaten! I make the cakes about every other year around here. I would SO use your idea if I still had a baby to make one for! The hardest one I did was a treasure chest full of treasure. My fave was the pirate ship, even though it took me four hours to do. Happy Birthday Liesel!
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