It was a marathon week and the grand finale was making a cake for Citrus’s birthday. I thought I had all of the supplies on hand but it was only at 9pm the night before the party that I realized I was missing a few things.
Those are the times when you learn that most Singapore stores do not sell sticks of margarine. Instead, they only have margarine spread which I did not think would work well in the frosting. I wound up using butter, running the risk that it would separate in the outside heat. It did not.
I guess I resigned to the fact long ago that my daughter wants girly cakes. I am not sure what else I would create and I suppose we are better off for it. At age three she had a Hello Kitty cake, Barbie and Ariel at age four, and now Tinkerbell.
Then again, Citrus has recently been drawing pictures of people with major head wounds and dripping blood. Perhaps next year we can make a cake of a princess who fell from the top of her castle. Or maybe avian flu will make a comeback.
Citrus and I made two butter cakes from our family’s bible. She was very helpful and has learned some of her fractions — 3/4 cup of milk — but by the end of the second cake, her “wanting to help” meant she wanted to lick batter from the beater. I was left to create Tinkerbell on my own.
I need more practice doing cake borders but I am happy with how the Tinkerbell design came out. I traced her with piping gel onto wax paper, transferred it to the cake, and spent a few hours mixing frosting and decorating the cake. Thankfully this year we have an air conditioner in the kitchen.
Portions of the cake were a little dry — I will blame the oven — but the cake was a hit.
Click HERE or on Tinkerbell for a few more photos.
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Tinkerbell looks great! And Citrus probably has no idea about the weird undertones of the Peter Pan story.
One year my daughter wanted a flying unicorn with a castle in the background. Quite a challenge.
I think I remember that. We only had Tinkerbell on the cake but in fact there was a castle and a unicorn at the birthday party. Pictures to come.