Labor of Love (Part 2)

As mentioned in my previous post, I will be baking a birthday cake for my elder daughter's 6th birthday for home celebration with family and friends. Started working on this cake for the past 3 days, spacing out the workload as and when I am free to work on it. Personally, I think for a child's birthday cake, fondant decorations really attracts them. And since my girl has asked for Powerpuff Girl's theme, I had to come up with a design that is nice and yet simple and fool proof enough for me to get it done! And based on my previous experience, I decided to go with part icing and part fondant, meaning not covering the whole cake with fondant and yet able to create a nice, "clean' looking cake with out having to sacrifice the taste.

If you are wondering why I decided not to cover the whole cake with fondant, well reason is I realize most people don't eat it, and it's kind of wasteful. Furthermore, it's difficult to keep the fondant nice without melting or even harden and cracked after a period of time (maybe I'm not good enough?!) So, with the advice of some friends that loves to bake too, I decided to make it this way.
The cake recipe I used here is the same as the Rich chocolate cake I used previously. This time I used chocolate butter cream to cover the cake. And if you see carefully, there is a present in the middle, behind the Powerpuff girls. The present is also made of the same chocolate cake but covered with fondant. ;) It took me quite awhile to mold the powerpuff girls figuring, and was really glad their BIG heads did not roll off when my girl blow the candles or before the birthday celebration was over, haha!
A close look at the inside of the cake. It's moist, rich chocolate butter cake with sweet chocolate buttercream and banana slices in between. ;) I invited some friends cum neighbors over for the celebration. Everyone enjoyed the cake, and I was overjoyed when some the kids had seconds & thirds too! Delicious and satisfying! My friends kind of marveled how did I make that cake, haha! Perhaps they are more surprise where did I find the patience and time to make the cake for my girl rather then just spend some $$ to buy one, haha! Well, all I can say is it's not about the $$ or the time spent, but the amount of love and care you put in to make this cake for your love ones that really matters. ;)
Overall, another satisfactory project for me. I was glad that I managed to get it done in time and most importantly my daughter loves it very much. ;) Now I just hope she give me an easy theme next year, haha. ;) Anyway, I kind of predict I need to make a cake that has lots of pink color and a princess in it in October for my younger daughter!! Wish me loads of luck, I need it!!