Cake Decorating Week - Days 4, 5, 6, & 7

I haven't had much time for posting, so I'm going to bundle all into one post.

Day 4 : I baked 12 cupcakes and 1 9" round. I also frosted the cupcakes with blue frosting.

Day 5: I only had time to work on the cupcakes a little bit. I covered half of each cupcake with graham cracker crumbs.

Day 6: I put a Teddy Graham on a square of Fruit Roll-Up and put those on each cupcake on top of the graham cracker crumbs.

Day 7: I put little umbrellas in each cupcake. They became little beach cupcakes; a perfect summer treat. (Please forgive the bad pictures...)

I also pulled the round cake out of the freezer and worked on it. I cut it in half, and then stacked the halves to make a half-round cake. I did the crumb coat, froze it, and then did the frosting coat and froze. I did that in purple. Then I did the rest of the frosting in a darker purple and pink. I made a half-birthday cake for a little girl in our ward. Earlier in the week, I called a member of the Primary Presidency and asked if any kids in our ward had birthdays the last week of December so that I could do a half-birthday cake. There was one lucky little girl who did. It was fun decorating the cake, and just as I was finishing, I felt like a was sort of getting the hang of things.

Summary of Cake Decorating Week:

I had fun! It was a lot of work, though. And a bit frustrating at times, especially because I don't have a lot of the right tools. The frosting kit I have has to pros and cons, so I learned a lot working with it. I think it would be great to get better at working with the frosting, as well as learning to make my own cakes and frosting from scratch. I think there's a lot more that I can learn from this. And I think, with a lot of practice, I could get a lot better at it.