It was our Bookclub's third birthday yesterday, so of course I had to make a cake! It took me a while to get the right orange - red and yellow food colouring make an odd pink coral colour. B's suggestion to add more yellow worked.. eventually. He also drew the cute little penguin and wrote on the cake for me. By the way, a tip that you might already know - it is much easier to write on dry fondant with food-safe pens. Once it had dried over-night, the pen worked well. I have tried before without letting the fondant set, and the pen just dragged through the icing.
I also spent this afternoon on the search for pirate ship related items for my nephew's 7th birthday - I found a couple of pirates and pirate flags. I haven't quite decided on the final look - I'm a bit concerned about the candles setting the paper sails alight! I might try an anchored ship with the sails down... cheating, I know. I think it would be good to make a little island too, but I'm not sure how to get the scaling right. I have two more nights to work it out, so any suggestions appreciated!
-N-
