Micah's 11th Birthday

I seem to have a recurring theme of making Micah birthday cakes based on his current favorite computer game.  This year, he's been into a game called Brawl Stars and it has quite the colorful little group of characters.  I agreed to make the cake based on this theme, and chose one of his favorite characters to focus on.  With Cody's help, I was able to get a screen shot of his actual game listing, and thus could customize it as close as possible.

I was able to use techniques I have used in the past to get my measurements right (tracing the fondant from a paper printout), and slowly it all came together surprisingly sharp.  I tweaked the shield a little to fit with the color of fondant I had available, and used it along with the circles to fill in where it felt too empty.  The best part was that since the cake was flat, it traveled very well to the cottage where we celebrated with the extended DJ family.  While most people had no idea what they were looking at (Leon), those cousins who knew the game and this character were impressed with my work.

 

Paige's 13th Birthday

Because Paige is still our soccer loving kid, I needed to some up with something a bit more creative with my soccer cake for her birthday this year.  Fortunately, she is signed up for a trip to Paris with her ODP team and that gave me my unique spin.

With little time on my hands due to Vacation Bible School again this year, I didn't attempt anything too new.  I decided to decorate with fondant, and only struggled with how to get the soccer ball pieces to look right.  Eventually I gave up and used the same shape for all of them instead of the two different shapes like in real life.  Later, Brian informed me that it is impossible to make the actual shapes from the soccer ball work on a flat surface which is why I was so frustrated and had to alter my plan...wish he had been around when I was figuring that out for myself.

I must also confess to cheating on the logo as well.  I purchased a sticker to use as the symbol because of the lack of time to make it myself, and the lack of food printing device (which I do hope to own someday).  In the end it was still very sharp and I can add another variation of soccer cake to my list of achievements.