Bows and Daisies Birthday Cake
This cake was for my own daughter again. We always have two parties for our kids' birthdays because with our large family, it would be too much and overwhelming to the child to have everyone at the same birthday party. This one was for the more adult-oriented family party. So, we decided to tone down the Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck theme to bows and daisies. The cake is a ten inch chocolate cake with Swiss meringue peanut butter buttercream. The same buttercream we used for the other cake. It's a bit soft, but sets up beautifully in the fridge. For this and another project at the same time, I made several bows out of purple and pink fondant using my entire collection of bow cutters, plus a couple I made by hand since I didn't have a bow cutter large enough. I put tissue in the loops of the bow to help it keep its shape while it dried. I let them dry for two days. After the first day, I removed the tissues and they didn't have any trouble holding their shape. ...