Elsa has been developing a new hobby, a new craft really. She’s been baking, and decorating, cakes!
The baking part she does with some help, but the decorating part, she does all on her own.
For Christmas, all she wanted was anything to do with decorating cakes. That was it, NOTHING else, unless we wanted to get her clay, but then she decided she wanted cake stuff for Christmas, and clay stuff for her birthday, which was in January. So all was well, and decided. And if you know Elsa, you know that you should be REALLY happy that she knows what she wants, and that you can get her something she wants, because otherwise, you could never ever guess in a million years what she “might” like. I can probably count on one hand how many gifts Elsa has received from us that she actually liked.
So for Christmas, cake stuff is what she got! From all of us!
Fondant was the biggest thing on her list, so she ended up with two big boxes of it. Then an icing spout decorating “thing-a-ma-jingy” (Elsa’s latest ‘word’, everything is now a “thing-a-ma-jingy”) for piping icing. Boxes of cake mix, of course. Wiltons food coloring was another on her list.
Elsa has been watching Cake Boss for quite some time now.
Bet you could have guessed that?
She just LOVES Buddy’s cakes and wants to make cakes just like he does.
I think it’s interesting that she loves fondant, and clay, and has been using fondant a lot like one would use clay. I think it’s a very good fit for her. She loves sweets too, so the whole cake decorating thing?
Nothing could get much better for Elsa!
Great job with the cakes, Elsa! Homemade fondant is easy and much better than than boxed stuff.
Dawn, do you have a good recipe? I would much prefer she have homemade, but she’s not capable of following a recipe on her own yet and I’ve been so busy I haven’t been able to help her make some but if we get some time, I’d love to help her make a recipe that’s tried and true!
The homemade fondant recipe I use is from about.com.
http://candy.about.com/od/fondantcandyrecipes/r/mm_fondant.htm
I have used it a few times and I prefer it to the store bought. Making it into colors takes some patience but that might be something she would enjoy if she likes kneading it.
I do have a recipe. I’ll get it to you, soon.
Wow! Good job, Elsa. I wish you lived closer b/c I need a birthday cake for Eric’s birthday tomorrow night.
Looks good 🙂 I like baking too. I used fondant for both my boys cakes this year. One was ‘Monster Inc’ the other was ‘WordWorld’
I agree with Dawn on the fondant, it’s not that hard to make either. Just google ‘Marshmallow Fondant’ to find a recipe, there are lots of variations. You need to make it atleast a day before you need to decorate your cake though.
That’s great that she loves cake decorating so much…maybe it will turn into a career for her! And good job on the cakes, Elsa!!
Wow, she certainly has a talent for that! The beauty of homeschooling, children have the opportunities to spend time learning who they really are and what brings them true joy!
They look lovely! And yummy too!
As someone else mentioned, it could lead into a good career. At the very least, it’s a great hobby.
She has done a wonderful job! they all look great. I would use Dawns recipe it is really easy to make and works very well. I used it a few years back. tell her to keep up the good work!