This weekend was the birthday party for last week’s birthday girl. It was fun to do. I got to try out a few new techniques! It was great! Although I’m still having troubles with some of my recipes here in the high altitude of UT. My white cake fell, both of them. So I used the bottom half of both cakes to get the right height. I was able to use parchment paper to get more height out of my pan, and I think the layers look better carved out of a 4 inch tall cake instead of a 3 inch tall cake.
Also after the cake was done I used my steamer to make the fondant get all shiny! What do you think? It won’t look right with every style of cake, but it worked really well for this cake! I have to say I LOVE this cake. Anyway, Happy Birthday Emily, I hope your sleepover is a blast!
Julie
May 25, 2011 at 1:01 pmI actually followed the link from your shiny LEGO cake, which is what I am trying to do. How do you use the steamer to get the cake shiny?
Ashlee
May 31, 2011 at 12:57 pmoh gosh, thats a great question, you have to make sure that you use the steamer on the SIDE of the cake, never from the top, on the top you might drip onto the cake. I tend to tilt the cake to get the top and hard to reach places. Make sure you don’t get too close, or you could also cause drips. And keep the steamer moving all the time. I’ll add it of my list of to do tutorials! thanks for the great question!