John's Birthday

Okay! Finally, another cake to upload! I apologize in advance that the photos are a bit blurry but here is John's Birthday cake!

It is made out of yellow cake with chocolate icing. Decorations are made out of fondant and buttercream icing. Hope y'all enjoy!

The cake before any decorations were put on it.

John is added. He looks a little chubby cause the

fondant got affected by gravity. Oops!

River rocks!

Almost done...

The finished cake!

Close up

He was really suprised!

Me and John with his cake! Love you hun!

Now that John's birthday is over, I'm not sure what my next project will be. I'll probably make some cookies or something for Valentine's Day. Other than that, I'm not sure. If you have an idea (a birthday perhaps) let me know- maybe I'll make a cake for YOU!

First Attempt

Well, it's time for me to share with you my first cake EVER. I'm so thrilled with how it turned out (I made it for my mom's birthday). Hope you enjoy the pictures of John and I making this pink concoction!

Here was our inspiration.

The flowers...

John likes the icing!

And here is the finished result! We are so proud of it!

The end.

How It All Began

I'm sure many of you have heard of the Julie/Julia Project, in which a young woman makes a commitment to make Julia Child's recipes and blog about them. Being the "creative" girl I am, I decided to do the same thing, but with a slight spin. I want to make cakes. So, this blog is about me, Kati, learning to make cakes - a journey I'm sure will be not nearly as easy as I am anticipating...

Kati's Cake Project had a simple beginning. It all started when I, Kati, was watching my favorite TV channel, TLC. I happened upon the show Cake Boss, one of the shows I love, when I started thinking to myself that I could do that.

Here is the picture of the cast of Cake Boss. Buddy (center) is the star of the show.

I don't know if you've ever seen the show or not. Basically, it's about a family living in New York who own a cake bakery called Carlo's Bake Shop. The show consists of crazy cake orders and the chaos it takes to make the cakes in the show.

So I starting doing some research online and found lots of cakes that I thought I could probably make. Since it was getting close to Christmas, I decided to put some of the stuff I had found (books, classes, gear) on my Wish List.

Christmas day, my beloved boyfriend, John, came over with a big box. I expected it to be a watch hidden in the box so I would be tricked, but when I opened it, I found an assortment of cake decorating things. John said he couldn't find a beginners set, so he made his own. Here is a picture of it:

A few days passed, and now I have started practicing. It's not great but here is what I did so far. Keep in mind please that I have never decorated a cake (at least, not to make it look good. I've added sprinkles to stuff before...)

Obviously I'm not very good at the bows...

Anyway, I guess I'll practice more later. I've got to get some different tips so I can move on to my next practice sheet!

Happy New Year!