I baked the cake in a glass, oven-safe bowl to get it round. I'd rather buy a bowl that can be used for other purposes than a ball cake pan that only gets used on the occasions a child asks for a round cake. And this is the first time in 19 years I've had this request! I didn't have any trouble getting the cake out of the bowl when it was done. I have yet to see if it is cooked all the way through, but I think it is. 350ยบ for 1 hour 15 minutes!
I cut off the top so it would sit flat on the platter. Now that I think about it, I also should have sliced it in half and put a layer of frosting inside.
I got some gold powder to sprinkle on top to make it sparkle. I don't think you can tell in the pictures, but it was kind of cool. A lot more would have been better, but I didn't have a good shaker for it and it was taking too long, one pinch at a time!
Then I got some vellum from the scrapbooking aisle to make the wings. It's kind of pearly. I wanted gold sparkles, but I couldn't find that! I think they turned out pretty well.
Pip was very excited when he came home and saw it. I had hoped his excitement would soothe his disappointment about not getting to help, but I was afraid I would be frustrated and testy, so I did it without him.
Good thing, too. I was frustrated and testy with just myself. It very nearly turned into a Friday Fail, but we won't go into that.
I think your cake turned out just fine. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteWe have one more thing in common. My Lea just celebrated her 10th birthday this weekend too. Too funny.