Skyrides

I have a friend who has been learning how to decorate cakes from fondant and so I thought it would be fun to work on making a cake with her for my blogiversary coming up. She however convinced me that I am artistic enough that I should make my own cake for my blog and while I'm at it enter this contest. She told me she would be there to guide and teach me while she worked on her own cake to enter for this contest.

I was skeptical at first...I truly doubt myself all the time. But we sat down and chose a few pictures and I ended up loving Skirides because I write a children's craft blog and wanted a childlike design. I ended up having a lot of fun learning how to use fondant and as a bonus I got to spend many many hours with my friend. I probably spent a good 20 hours making and baking everything from scratch. The fondant is basically made out of marshmallows & powdered sugar. The cake is made from scratch. I made a white 1,2,3,4 cake recipe that I found on the back of a Swans down cake flour box. And the butter cream icing. is made from butter, vanilla, powdered sugar and salt. It was super yummy and my family enjoyed it!