My 2nd Fondant Cake

Helena turned 3:

My niece turned 3 on the 26th of  July and I made about 36 red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a 9 inch pound cake. Fondant, tinker bell decor. I made pink and purple flowers out of gumpaste and the leaves and grass are made from fondant. I also made two bumble bees. I was really not planning to but i found a tutorail video on you tube on making them so I tried it out. It came out really cute so i decided to put them on the cake. Oh, and I also made those cupcake toppers. I attached the 2" x 2" pictures to the round frames I made from my scrapbooking papers. Bought the picks from Micheals and tucked the frames I made. 

Start of my new found hobby....

It was late June of this year when I suddenly craved for a red velvet cake. I couldn't find a good bakery around my area that makes it really good, or at least almost  as good as the one that my fiance and I tried at National Harbor (Maryland/Washington, DC). I wanted to try making it myself but can't find a good reason to bake... July 4th came, my cousin's birthday. Found out that she  requested for a red velvet birthday cake from her husband. We bought one from Yaya's Bakery in Middle River, MD but I was afraid I wouldn't get the taste I was craving for. I searched online for Red Velvet Cupcakes recipe and found one that really looked super yummy. It was actually a "how-to" video on you tube. I tried the recipe with a couple altered  ingredients  and it was a hit.... I made about 16 cupcakes & everyone loved it. I also baked a Red Velvet Cake for a friend's birthday about two weeks later. The cake was good but was not really satisfied with how the outside appearance turned out. Didn't really have that much experience with cake decorating......

July 26th, my nieces 3rd birthday. My sis-in-law had asked me to bake red velvet cupcakes for Helena's birthday (my niece), but I really wanted to do something more exciting . I thought of trying out Fondant cakes. So I tried it out for the very first time a week before the party and that's how it looked like (picture on top). Was not perfect but I was really happy with the resultls....