kawaii

We kinda coerced her into the party idea*, though she embraced it fully once she worked it into a pineapple/Hawaii birthday.

The cake popped up in my Instagram feed earlier in the year, and as soon as I showed it to M, she loved it. She requested marble cake, which was a great chance for me to practice swirling batter.

It's kawaii style, which is what attracted her to the cake in the first place, so I pulled out my candy melts and gum paste to make the 'extras' for the pineapple.

Then I baked layers: three for the main portion and one for the base. The top layer for the pineapple I trimmed with a knife to get it rounded, and put chocolate buttercream in between. Then it got a crumb coat. The base layer I frosted with white, then used my gold Color Spray to give it a little oomph.

Then it was time to start piping! The original baker used tip 2D to give a more 'closed' feel to the bumps on the pineapple. I forgot to write this down when I had a chance to shop for such things, so I used the tip 1M that I already had.

Then I added the accouterments and did the most nerve-wracking drive ever to their house for the party.

This cake was a hit--M dragged all her friends in to see it as they arrived (we started with a painting craft in the garage).

I also got to practice my cutting a large cake in small pieces (though this wasn't huge) skills. I cut in the middle halfway down, then cut slices all around. Then I cut the bottom section in slices. It worked pretty well!


*Sandra put a lot of work into the palm trees for the monkey party, so we 'needed' to use them again.