Winnie the Pooh Birthday Cake

 

Thanks to my friend's kind recommendation, I was invited to make a cake for his niece who turned 1 year old last weekend!

I discussed with the mother of the birthday girl a week in advance, what she think Adele would like for her birthday cake.  What is her favourite colour, favourite character and which flavour of the cake she prefers. She said Adele loooooves Winnie the Pooh!!! And also teddy bears~ 

Well, guess what? We don't settle for second best, we are going to make Adele a Winnie the Pooh Birthday Cake!!!

Once at Church, I heard the pastor saying, before a girl heads out, she would choose her outfit very carefully~ Girls would consider what occasion it is?  What time of the day it is? Where it is (indoor/ outdoor)? Who will be there? And how the climate is.  That is how much a girl thinks when she chooses what to wear!

Where as men~ they just do the sniff test!

Similarly, perhaps, I am an ordinary girl as well, there are multiple levels of things I consider when I design a cake for my clients.  

I would think: what occasion is it for? Who will be eating it? Do they prefer a less sweet option? For how many people is the cake for? And whether my client has any food allergies.  Also I would design the cake to the best of my ability according to what theme they like. This time the theme is Winnie the Pooh!

This is an example of my sketch of the design I came up with. 

Winnie the Pooh's birthday picnic in a park!! 

So, I will have to make some sugar figurines- Pooh, Piglet, cupcake for Pooh, lemon tree and lots of flowers!!

This is my first attempt in making Winnie the Pooh and Piglet!! 

I guess there are some resemblance to the real characters! 

What do you think?

Winnie the Pooh, before he could see...

 Piglet without eyes.

 Now I will show you how the cake was constructed!!

There is a layer of dark chocolate ganache in between 2 layers of Dutch chocolate cake!!

 Tip: Have a glass of 

warm water and a towel handy.

It is very helpful if you warm the spatula first before you smooths the icing out~ it will make it easier to work with.

 Tip: I used a pizza cutter to cut around the edges of the fondant.

The green fondant represents  the greens in the park!

 Handmade flowers for the park.

Decorating the lemon tree.

There is a picnic rug for Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to sit on next the tree.

I skipped a few steps..... and here it is~ the final product!!

Tadah~ 

Final Product!

Ready for delivery!!

The following picture was taken at the birthday party~

It looked liked Winnie and Piglet was very glad to celebrate the girl's 1st Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Adele!!

  

This is the nice SMS I received the day after they had the party:

Hi Julie, the cake was a hit! This morning when I showed my daughter the photos of the birthday party including the cake she gave a squeal of excitement! Hahahahaa!! And the cake is absolutely delicious!!!! Thank you so much!! xoxo (D.W NSW)