My First Cake

I had been decorating cakes for a while using butter cream frosting like my mom had shown me after taking the Wilton Classes. I started to feel limited in what I could do with butter cream, and after watching shows like Amazing Cakes and Cake Boss, I decided to try my hand at fondant. The first opportunity to make a cake with fondant that came up was a graduation cake for Christopher, John, and myself. It was two tiers and had three chocolate covered cupcakes that I made into graduation caps.  In no terms of exaggeration, the cake was pretty much a disaster. It was about 90 degrees outside with almost 100% humidity and the fondant just drooped everywhere! It was harder than I thought to write on the side of this cake, too! I suppose everyone needs their "first cake" so I didn't worry too much, plus it tasted delicious!

I also decided to make an ice cream cake for the graduation party, since it was June and we had just gotten an ice cream maker. It was chocolate ice cream on the top layer, reese's bits, chocolate crumbs, and chocolate fudge in the middle layer, and the bottom layer was a chocolate pudding mixture that John wanted to use because it sounded like a dessert his Grandma used to make. Little did we know that it was a recipe for fudge bars that did not defrost enough to cut through, or even hammer through for that matter! We all ate the top part of the cake, and at least that part was really good!

The top of the cake was a chocolate fudge frosting with reese's bits and chocolate chips. I had made this cake in a spring form pan like my mom used to do with her ice cream cakes, but I have since graduated to free form ice cream cakes...pictures to come!