Happy Birthday Dustin! We are now both the same age! I'm a cougar and he likes older women, so it all works out. Just kidding- I'm totally not a cougar....
I love birthdays, and I loved preparing for Dustin's this year. I love you Dustin, I'm so grateful that you are all mine and I am all yours!
We just sang happy birthday, and here's Dustin's reaction to his cake! I loved it!
I forgot to buy candles the day of the party, so all I had to offer were some tealights. They're kinda outdoors-y to go along with the cake theme, right?
I made a mexican feast for dinner- homemade enchiladas, lime rice, pico de gallo, and some spicy dip recipe with ranch mix and cilantro( a Cafe Rio recipe). It was so great! We had my parents, and Kyle and Keisha over to celebrate.
A few views of Dustin's birthday cake. This was my first attempt to cover a cake with fondant- we have not learned that yet in class- and boy was it difficult! The top tier looked so hideous and bumpy I put all the tootsie rolls around it to look like tree trunks. I tried so hard to make it look like camouflage, but that didn't really work out either! But in the end it came out pretty cute. It was chocolate cake with homemade dark chocolate frosting.
Mom helped me out with ideas of what camping scene I could make. She thought of the tootsie roll logs and making a fire. She got me thinking of what to do! I forgot I had a little bag of leaf shaped sprinkles that I happened to find at the last minute; they worked out perfect!
My favorite part are the gummy bears in the tent.
Here are the flowers I learned in class. I also learned how to make a bow, but my first one didn't really turn out very well, so I'm not showing it.
I'm so excited that I have learned so much in my classes. My last one is next week! I actually need to get my rear in gear and think of my final cake design. I hope I will be able to increase my talent in cake design and share it with others- that would be a nerve racking job I'm sure, but I think it will be great fun.
