So Derek's little sister, Ali Jo, turned 12 years old on Saturday. It's kinda weird for me cuz she was only 3 when Derek and I started dating. So I've seen her grow up and now she's almost a teenager! Yikes! I feel for Laurie (mom) in a couple more years! Anyway, she had a pool party at the hotel. She had 3 friends and some family come. And, of course, I made her cake. She had picked out a pool cake, but as always, I took it up a few notches.
I have to learn to start earlier and give myself more time. I always wait til the last minute. Wendy (my sister) always saves me by baking the cakes for me. She made the cakes on Friday cuz Derek and I drove to GF after work to get paneling for the garage. So then I just went to her house on Sat. to decorate them. About half way thru the decorating, I was really second guessing myself, but it turned out really freakin' awesome!!! I started at 12:30pm and didn't finish until 4:00pm or so. These things would be so much easier if I had my own house to do things in. Oh well, I make it work. So here are some pics.
Derek & Ali
I was trying to take a pic of Ali and me, but I only got myself! Dork!
Pretty cool, huh?! Everything on this cake was eatable! I love to take everyday food items and incorporate them into a cake. So you wanna know some of the ingredients?
Sand - ground up Nilla Wafers
Water - Blue Berry Jello, very concentrated so it wasn't too runny
Palm Trees - Pretzel sticks, Cocoa Puff "coconuts", and the "leaves" are white melting chocolate with green frosting coloring, piped free hand on to wax paper, cooled and then assembled.
Treasure Chest - 2 Hershey's Nugget chocolates with yellow frosting and sprinkles as gold, and red frosting with cinnamon dots for straps.
Seaweed - Green Fruit By The Foot
Butterflies - Bug Bites Graham crackers with frosting and sprinkles
People - Teddy Graham crackers with frosted eyes, nose, and swim suits
Fish - Goldfish Crackers with frosted eyes and "air bubbles"
Extras - Apple Gummi Ring for a inner tube, Fruit Stripes gum for a beach towel, and you can't see it, but I put 2 gummi starfish in the bottom of the ocean before I poured in the Jello.
I know, I know.....I'm amazing!!!!
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2 comments:
That's an awesome lookin cake--I never would have thought of pretzel sticks for palm tree trunks!
I remember his little sis being that little, too, that is weird.
wow! That cake was AMAZING, you're so creative! I say you start your own little business. My favorite part has to be the juicy fruit seaweed, how in the world did you think of that!?
Ya know my mom's birthday is coming up.... think of any good "medal detecting" cake ideas...
:)
You are the most creative person I know, I'm not kidding, your cakes are awesome!
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