Today I delivered a cake for a baby shower in Albion, Ill. Noah's Ark was the theme, and I used their decorative plates as my inspiration, making an ark, critters, and a banner out of fondant and gumpaste. Everyone was floating along quite nicely on a sheetcake of half vanilla and half chocolate. It was frosted with Italian meringue buttercream.
I cannot forget to thank my niece Danielle, who spent a lot of time and attention on cutting out the small letters for the banner .. and hand-rolled a lot of TINY white eyeballs. She made countless contributions. We had a blast.
And I certainly do not want to forget to throw kudos to the hubby, who was smart enough to stay completely out of the way. (Besides, I've seen what he does with fondant. It ain't purty.)
