I wanted to make a 'messy ruffle' buttercream cake with a pink gumpaste breast cancer awareness ribbon on top.
I had never used this icing technique before or used that icing tip for that matter, but after watching the video tutorial it didnt look too hard. Well I made the mistake of asking Jake if he wanted to help me ice the cake. He was trying to put his fingers in the cake, had a rubber spatula and was trying to spread the icing, trying to eat it. He was trying to help, but he was truly doing anything but that... And it didnt help that the ruffles weren't 'setting'- it didnt occur to me until the next day that my house was probably too warm.
So I decided I'd try a different technique I saw on a cake blog instead.
it was quicker/easier to do and just as cute! BUT of course knowing my luck, I didnt have enough icing made for it & I was all out of butter. So I did the messy on purpose/rustic thing instead which still wasnt easy with Jakes grubby little fingers...
This is theirs....
This is mine...
I was soo not happy with it so I nixed the pink boobie ribbon... But now that I'm looking at it 3 weeks later, its actually not too bad. I shouldve stuck with the boobie thing afterall....
Looking at the pictures also tells me that i REALLY need to invest in a cake plate.
