Used way too much red food colouring gel and stuffed up a little but it was my first time decorating a cake. My daughter loves Elmo and it was her 1st birthday. Made the mistake of removing it's eyes and nose before serving in front of her though and she seemed mortified lol 😆 won't make that mistake again.
Thanks, I can’t tell you how disappointed I’ve been with myself over this. First time decorating and using natural food dye. Couldn’t find where my wife placed the piping bags. The freeze dried strawberry made the buttercream very stiff. I knew I should have bought a back up.
I’m going to be honest & I want to assure you I am not gassing you up in the slightest when I say anyone worth their salt would appreciate the effort you went to to make this!
It sounds delicious from your description & I would probably cry tears of gratitude if someone made me this cake!!
Baking is a beautiful way of showing love. I think you could be a lot gentler on yourself here!
The fact you went to the effort to make it shows how great you are and that alone is awesome parenting. Like I said it's all heart and I'm sure it was enjoyed by all
Aw thanks buddy! I tried haha. Definitely keen to do more now but less food colouring, it was a sensory nightmare knowing all those little fingers at the party were spreading red everywhere. Managed to stay stain free by some miracle.
My mom made Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles for my brothers birthday once and all the little kids were running around with red and green mouths XD
Aww! I made a similar cake for my oldest’s 3rd birthday. It wasn’t my first attempt to cake decorating, but it was my first attempt in a while, and the first one I really loved. I never thought I’d get super into making my kids birthday cakes, but there I was on maternity leave during Covid trying to figure out how to make a birthday special for a kid who couldn’t have a party, And so I got really into it. Definitely learned a lot with that cake and cupcakes, and have made something homemade for each birthday since.
At the time I swore to God I would never dye anything red or black ever again (but I’ve gone back on that). I was thrilled with the red I achieved in the end, but went though SO much food coloring to get it!! but I think your guy has a much cuter facial expression!
Aw this is awesome, you did a great job too. Your red is perfect! I didn't realise that the colours deepen so just kept adding more hahaha. I will probably still do colour again too but actually research it better on how to get the colour needed next time.
I loved the feeling of knowing I put the effort into at least the decorating so will be doing that for birthdays from now on (got to put that Amazon piping kit to good use)
Love the cupcakes too!!
I would like to figure out how to get the fondant to be smooth. Like where there are wrinkles on the mouth from me rolling it out on parchment paper etc. Going to watch some videos and try and do a cactus cake for my partners bday.
First of all, outstanding 👏🏻. Secondly, I see your cake and I cannot help but be reminded of the monster 👹 from the opening scene 🎬 of the cinematic masterpiece that is Princess Mononoke 😅
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u/TheBalatissimo Sep 24 '25
Beats mine