Zoë’s Party

Zoë had two cakes for her birthday. One for the actual birthday and another for her party last Saturday.  I was very indecisive and couldn’t make up my mind whether to buy a cake for her party or make one myself… and if I were to make one, what type of a cake it was going to be. 

I had bought some markers with edible ink and was itching to try them, but they could only work on fondant.  I thought making a fondant cake would be fairly simple.  Just knead, roll, and slap it on, right?  Well, that’s what I’d thought, too.  Wrong!  It was hard work.  Not something that I’d want to make again.  So to those of you who rock at making those wonderful fondant cakes, I take my hat off to you!  This was what Zoë’s cake on her actual birthday looked like.  Very basic, but it was “on brief” –pink (check), princess (check).  

{Applied Kim Klassen’s Sweet Treat and Silence textures}

 

 

…and this one was the cake we had at her party.  It’s essentially the same cake I made for Josh’s party, but I cut it in half and stacked it before I frosted it.  If you’re thinking that the edges are not even, you’re right.  They  weren’t.  I basically just slathered the chocolate ganache all over the cake and tried to smooth it out as best I could.  I then just used various pink sprinkles to decorate.

 

 

No, the cupcakes were not frosted evenly either.

 

But that’s the best thing about kids, though.  They. don’t. much. care.

As long as they had a party and they had cake and they had friends to play and celebrate with, all’s right with the world.

 {Zoë twirling away in her favorite dress.}

 

Zoë was over the moon.

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Photo credits:  Except for the first photo, all the photos in this post were courtesy of Waikay Lau, who happened to be visiting Hong Kong with his family and who so kindly offered to take pictures during the party.  Waikay’s the same one who took those lovely ballet photos of Zoë twirling away.