Well, with A LOT of help and info from these forums, I pulled off my first cake. I made a stacked cake for ds's first birthday party. This is my first crack at cake decorating, and I dove right into the world of MMF. The bottom layer is dark chocolate fudge with buttercream icing and the top layer is a white cake with raspberry buttercream icing. I made the bow with a mixture of MMF and Gumpaste (in a 2 to 1 ratio) and covered all of the red with red shimmer dust to add a little oomph.

I LOVED IT!!! Now i have the itch! Here are a few things i learned and would have done differently:

- ease up on the cornstarch ( you can tell on the bow that I used quite a bit because I was paranoid of the MMF sticking to my work surface)
- go easy on colour. I originally wanted the cake to be a light blue, but added too much colour too quickly, and ended up with a turquoise cake.
- I iced the cake with too much buttercream, and you could see it rippling under the fondant.
- i forgot to put some icing sugar, or crisco on the bottom layer, so when I went to remove the top layer, it ripped off the MMF, but I managed to recover it.

Thanks for looking, and any constructive criticism will be greatly appreciated!!!

::applause::



YDG!!!

love the colors and your bow is fantastic!

wow so I mean SO much nicer than my first cake!

Great job-especially for a FIRST CAKE EVER!!! WOOHOO!!!

Great Job! Love the bow and the color combo, but then again they are my favorite colors!!!!!!!


You go girl, Keep on baking!!!

Cindy

Congrats!!! You certinly dove in with this masterpiece, Your bow is great!

for your first ever cake thats great. you did a good job. especially to go with fondant right out of the gate. wow. keep it up. post more pics as you do cakes. and most of all have FUN.

Beautiful cake. I love those bright colors. Great job.

Nitu

Wowzers! You definately have the knack.

Great bow!!

Awesome job.

well, you dove into the right "pool".
Beautiful cake ..Love that red bow. good job.

GREAT JOB!

I could not have ever imagined doing a MMF cake for my 1st!!

Wow Grats to you. You took on a big task for your first try and it came out wonderful. I like the bold blue and how did you ever get such a bright red?
Once again great job.

WOW WOW WOW!!
AWESOME cake & AWESOME bow!!!
If this is your first, I can't wait to see all your other creations here at CC!!! WONDERFUL!!

GREAT Job!

I LOVE your Bow!!!

Can;t believe it's your first cake! Excellent job!

WOW!!!!!! I can't believe this is your first cake! You definitely have talent! I still haven't tried a fondant bow, so you're definitely one-up on me! WAY TO GO! Love the colors, bow, ALL of it! Keep 'em coming!

Wooo hoooo!! cute cute cute

Wooo hoooo!! cute cute cute

For your first and going straight into fondant for covering (which I have yet to tackle) this is fantastic. Wonderful job!

I think it's a great job for a first try! You really dove right in.

Did you buy the candles on a stick or do you add the sticks? They are cute .

great job

Very pretty! Wonderful bow and colors.

Awwwww....thanks so much everyone!!! I really read up as much as I could before I attempted this, and wouldn't have been able to do it without all of the info I found on here!

The colours I used were Americolor's red and blue. Very vibrant! I wasn't expecting the blue to come out that bright. The red seemed a little dull after I rolled it out (probably from going overboard with the cornstarch) so I topped each loop with red shimmer dust.

The candles were purchased as is. I think I got them from Party City (but I'm not sure since I was running around like a madwoman trying to get everything set up for ds's bday party!)

Great job...especially for a first cake. Keep up the great work.

WOW! That is a GREAT cake! You really did a wonderful job! CAn't wait to see more of your cakes!

Are you sure this is your first cake? It is wonderful!

First cake! You wouldnt know it. Well done!

You did a beautiful job, and i cant believe its your FIRST cake!! WOW!