First Cake

The first cake I ever seriously decorated was my son, Cameron's, 1st birthday cake, June 2008. I had become obsessed with shows like Ace of Cakes and Food Network Challenge and could not shake the need to create a cake of my own. As a complete amateur I was very nervous but VERY excited to dive right in.
It took me 7 hours total and had plenty of imperfections, but I LOVED every minute of the process!


I colored white fondant light blue for the base and green and orange for Cam's name and the stripes and polka dots. The piping was a mess. By the time I got to that part I was exhausted. I have to say I've gotten better at this in a year. For the pans I used an 8" round and 6" round from the Wilton collection. I was very impressed with how clean the cakes came out of the pan. The actual cake was double layered chocolate with white frosting.


My biggest regret with this cake is that I did not take into consideration that being the 1st birthday, Cameron would have to tear into this cake. Fondant covered was not the best choice for that. He did end up making the ceremonial mess but it took a bit longer to figure out how to do it. He was genuinely puzzled!


Lesson learned!!!