[cakes: Secret of the Wings Birthday Cake.]

Hello?   Anyone out there?

Ah yes ... I am still here.  Still kicking' and breathin' ... much has happened since I last blogged, but more on that later.  I've been wanting to catch up on some of my life and it seems that Katia's birthday cake is kinda where I left off ... 

So here I go ... 

She loves fairies.  And there's a movie called "Secret of the Wings" where Tinkerbell discovers she has a sister.  It's a complicated story of warm and cold fairies - with the point being that these two sisters live in two different worlds divided by a log.  Warm world on one side, cold world on the other.  

That was the inspiration for my cake.  Well.  Inspiration is a strong word.  I was actually dreading this one.  Katia's "Hello Kitty" cake was so ridiculously simple - I was longing to just do that one again.  

As always - I just baked a few shapes and then stepped back for a while.  Staring at them for a long time seems to help me ... or frustrate me.

First things first ... buttercream frosting.  Can't go wrong with that.

I cut a part down the middle to create the "cavern".  

Then, I decided to make "cliffs" by using black glittery sprinkle stuff.  See?  I have no clue what I'm doing ... or talking about.

I made the mistake of cutting the first part in half, because I needed to "dip".  When I placed it on top of my base, the two halves separated.  So, I got out some wooden kabob sticks and tried to make them stay in place.  By this point, I was already frustrated and just wanted to go to bed *grin*.

The next mistake I made was pointed out to me the next morning by Mattias.  This bottom part should've been blue - it should've been a river instead of the "black abyss".  Oops.

See the split?  Ah yes ... good times.

The next part was kinda fun ... playing with fondant and colours ... creating a "warm" world.

I rolled some "vines" and then realized it was looking pretty dull ...

I used white fondant for the "cold" side ... 

Added some flowers to the "warm" side ... 

Then I tried to outline with liquorice whips.  Yeah ... they don't lie flat.  They just twist and coil.

Then I placed the cake topper and BOOM.  Third mistake ... the waterfall that I had wanted on the front of the cake - was actually on the back because of Tinkerbell sitting on the left.  Ha!  Oh boy ... 

I cut out some snowflakes for the "winter" side ... 

Wrote "happy birthday" ...

And it was done.  Thank goodness ... it was not what I had hoped for - but done none-the-less.

The next morning ... the BIG REVEAL.  And you can see that it literally was first thing in the morning.  Katia's hair was all over the place - although her tiara fit well *grin*.

Honestly - her reaction wasn't the best.  But that's ok.

Because long after the boys were done looking - she stayed and stared.   For a long time ... 

She talked to it, touched it ...

 That's when I knew that she loved it ... phewf.   I mean, there would be NO point if she didn't.

So ... that's it. 

Now I can cross blogging it off my list too *grin*.

Off to menu plan, start my worship list for Sunday morning, download October's bank transactions, book Mattias' gr2 piano exam, make an appointment for 4 weeks from now regarding the surgery I had on Friday ... 

Yup.

Gonna be another busy day ...

Have a GREAT one!