Allie's 3rd Birthday

For Allie's birthday I decided to make a shaped cake.  Seeing as this was my first venture into anything like this, it took a lot of experimenting to get it to look right.  I went with a pink crayon for a simple shape but also because she loves to color.  After shaving the cake I covered it with store bought frosting but struggled to get it to look clean around the point.  Afterwards, a friend told me about refrigerating cake to help stiffen it for cutting, as well as putting a small layer of frosting on it (crumb coat) to adhere all the crumbs before putting on the final layers of frosting.  That might have helped with my problems, and I am definitely going to give it a try next time.