Trehani’s Birthday Cake

Trehani, my daughter I am so proud of her. As usual she waited until the 11th hr. to ask for her birthday cake. She was celebrating her birthday with her friends on Feb.11,2012 and on February 10th she springs on me her idea of a cake and requested a three tier.

It was a request for a three tier cake, which very quickly became a four tier and of course with height. However, I was busy with baking a wedding cake and had not time to decorate her cake.

With all my work I baked her the cake, her favourite being chocolate and my elder daughter’s favourite being white genoise as I wanted to make both my daughter’s happy.

I baked and covered the cakes for with absolutely no idea of her vision regarding the design or colour. Previous year she designed and created the top icing figurines and this year she designed and excuted her entire cake.

After the wedding cake I was preparing to leave to attend a all day seminar and found time to offer few pointers with that little bit of information she created an amazing cake.

She emailed me a picture of her finished cake, which I took a glimpse of during my break. I was truly astonished to see the beautiful cake my daughter had created without any formal training or cake decorating experience only through observation.

She is a true artist! I am so proud of her

Gum Paste Figurines

It is amazing what a little training combined with perseverance can achieve!

My daughter Trehani had a simple request for her birthday cake! or so she said. When inquired what her idea of simple was, for sure it did not equate with my idea of simplicity. She requested a fondant covered three tier cake with piped black lace and each tier encircled with red hand sculpted sugar roses.; and all this in one week…while I looked at her in total disbelief she contined on to say that the cake topper should be gum paste icing figurines representing herself and her boy friend salsa dancing. I am certain my daughter was under the impression that I was a magician or I had nothing else to do.  Her colours were red, white and black.

However, even though she had no previous experience, the dolls became her responsibility. I provided her with few guidlines, instructions, do’s and dont’s and I continued making gum paste flowers when time permitted.

She continued on making her figurines and in the manner she wanted them to be. She had many sleepless nights, frustration (like the rest of us) faced with icing challenges and mounting frustration. Yet, she never gave up. Her one and only goal was to have the dolls as the cake topper.

At the end of one week, she reached achieved her goal with the icing dolls. However, due to lack of time;  the base tier was decorated with few red roses instead of each tier being decorated with dozens and dozens of roses.

The final results of my daughter’s work was amazing!

I am so proud of my daughter, for her perseverance, motivation and determination. It was truly to be admired.

The flavours were the favourites of my two daughters; one loving chocolate cake with chocolate icing, and the other loving white neopolitan cake;

Mission accomplished!

Hope you will enjoy seeing the amazing work of my daughter who had no experience or prior training. A 1st timer, who also has vowed that this would be her last attempt.