December is just about one of the craziest months, with all of the holiday preparations and shopping. Of course, I HAD to do a cake that looked like a wrapped present! One of the other recent cakes that I was asked to do was for a "Sweet 16" Birthday. This was a very cool cake and my first opportunity to do tye-dyed fondant! The theme is peace signs and cheerleading as this girl is a cheerleader for Van Wert High School. I also got to try out some new techniques with extruding fondant to make the pom poms...turned out better than I had anticipated! I actually used my grandmothers old cookie press to create this look...you never know what you have around in the kitchen that will someday be useful! It is hard to see all of the decorations on the cake, but there are megaphones, cheerleader silhouettes and cougar paws, and well as smaller peace signs. You just can't capture all of that in the picture.
I will have several more pictures to add in the coming months with festive presents to pretty snowflakes, so check back often! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
