Cake Decorating Craziness... By: Siobhan

-Cake Decorating Craziness-

We decided to take April break early, and I decided to get a couple cakes decorated (one for some friends and another for Tert's birthday.) It was definitely a lot of work, but I was happy with how they came out and wanted to share some pictures...

 For this first cake I did a basketweave on the sides and on the top 2/3 of the cake. I added a dot border on the top and then a bunch of little drop flowers and some shaggy mums and rosettes.

 Both of the cakes were two-layer triple chocolate fudge cakes with buttercream frosting.

Tert requested a soccer cake for his birthday. I did a basketweave on the sides, a star border on the bottom, a dot border on the top, and a soccer ball design. I used the template below to get the soccer ball: 

To get the frosting to be a true black, I just used a little bit of cocoa powder and some black Wilton coloring. It made a perfect black without making the frosting taste metallic.

Happy Decorating!