So back to our cakes....soon after the baby shower, a friend was having a summer party and we jumped on the chance to make another cake. A few days before, sitting in Kacie's kitchen I noticed a picture of a cake on the front of Women's Day magazine. We agreed that we were going to make a "watermelon cake". But, WE were going to do it in fondant.
Our first thought was that we needed to get a rounded edge on the cake so we baked it in a large aluminum roasting pan. (We did not have circular cake pans at this time. I think we used like 2 or 3 boxes of cake mix to fill the roasting pan and it had to bake for like an hour. Now, looking back, we could have just taken a regular rectangular cake and carved it to be round but hey, you live, you learn.) Our other thought was that the cake should be pink when you bite into it, like a watermelon, instead of just yellow so we dyed our cake mix. Then once we achieved the colors we wanted for the fondant, we covered the cake and added the details. We took the cake to the party and it was a hit. By far my favorite cake to this day. And it was much easier compared to our first baby shower cakes
Every time we bake something, we learn something new that we didn't know before. Even if it's through error, that's what keeps baking so interesting. It's just an added benefit that you get to eat what you make :)
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