Reconnected with a wonderful group of friends from the first years of my college life. We haven't seen each other since about 1994... A lot has happened since then- We had a lot to talk about! :) Facebook reconnected all of us but it was nice to see each other and truly reconnect. It was fun listening to everyone share stories and talk about the old times. We even broke out some old albums... I feel so fortunate that I had such a great group of friends when I first moved away from home. We have a bond that is undeniable. I'm hoping this is one of the first of many get together's...
Andrea (who was my roommate my freshman and sophomore year) celebrated her birthday yesterday so it was only perfect that I got to make her a cake. I used some of the new tools I picked up at the cake convention. I also used my clay gun for the first time to make the rope for the leaves and around the base of the cake. The cake was raspberry with buttercream icing and fondant accents.
Pictures of the cake coming together...
Used my clay gun to push green fondant through for a nice even rope to make the leaves and the base around the cake...
Used my new flower plunger/cutters. They make it easier to make flowers because the plunger pushed the finished flower out from the cutter. I rolled impressions of leaves on each petal and piped yellow dots for the centers.
The larger daisy flower is drying in the flower former... I wanted it to stand up from the cake to give a little more depth...
The finished product. I was happy with they way it turned out...
My super cute friends! In the back row- Anderea, Amy G & Amy V, Front Row- Robin and Jacqui
My very first roommates- Amy G & Andrea... OooohhHH the days of triple room assignments...
