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Project Update Monday

January18

I’m excited to share this project with you. My daughter’s teacher asked me to make a cake for her son’s first birthday. I have to tell you I was feeling the pressure. I have never made a cake for other people before that wasn’t a gift. This was a whole new territory for me.

The animals are all cakepops. The pigs’ body parts are made of marshmallows cut in half for the legs and snout and quarters for the ears and tails. The chicks wings and beak are rainbow chip sprinkles and the  feet are daisy sprinkles. The lambs faces and legs are from a licorice mix I found with the Jelly Belly candies at Target. The sheep’s wool is made from pearl sprinkles and the nose is a heart sprinkle.

The cake is a classic vanilla cake with cream cheese icing. Yummy! I made the fence out of Tootsie Rolls. The cake is covered in green fondant, which James helped me with. I couldn’t have done it without him.

It’s not perfect, but it came out great. Maybe this is the start of new great things for me.

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  1. Avatar January 20th, 2010 at 11:34 am Kelley Says:

    That cake is awesome! I have always wondered, is the fondant good to eat or is it more just awesome to look at?

    I love birthday cake and icing….so I have never tried fondant.
  2. Avatar January 20th, 2010 at 12:15 pm Sally Says:

    I wondered the same thing. It really doesn’t taste like much. Most people just peel it off. I did find out you can flavor it. I’ll have to give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Don’t Wake the Kids is a blog featuring Sally and sometimes James, a husband and wife team, talking about their life – the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Together, they will put their life on display, imperfections and all, with the hope that you will find it uplifting, entertaining, and amusing.

About Sally

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mother. God blessed me with three wonderful children, who keep me going. My husband and I have been married for almost 12 years, and he’s my best friend.

I work full-time outside of the home and try to volunteer as much as I can at my children’s school. I love to bake and accidentally found out about cakepops, and I can’t stop making them. I love to scrapbook, when I find the time, but I’m still intimidated by 12×12 layouts. I also like to crochet, but I’ve only made scarves. I use it to pass the time while waiting at the doctor’s office or practice or for meetings to start.

I try to have it all, and I hope my blog lends support to other moms who mess up, want to pull out their hair, but who wouldn’t want to trade their lives for anything – just like me.

People ask me how do I do it all. I am always flattered by this, and my answer is always the same – I don’t sleep. I only get a lot done after everyone falls asleep. James came up with the name of our blog Don’t Wake The Kids because of my nocturnal nature.

Here are my favorite posts:

Launching an Offensive Attack

The Haps

Cloudy with 100% Chance of Irritability

A Much Needed Break

Thanks for reading!

http://www.dwtkcast.com/2009/08/launching-an-offensive-attack/LL
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