This is where it started… My first decorated cake! Lots of firsts, the main one being the first birthday of our little girl in August 2013 which is what made me scour the internet for cake ideas, instructions and tips in order to try and make her a nice cake!

First time using gumpaste (for the flowers and decorations), first time making Swiss meringue buttercream, first time crumb coating and covering a cake (with shop bought fondant which was horrible to work with :-/), first time making and stacking tiers, first time staying up till 2am wondering if I’d ever get the cake finished…!

The cake design was taken from a beautiful cake I’d seen when I googled ‘first birthday cakes’ and found one I loved by Pink Cake Box. I had no idea where to start with covering a cake so through the Pink Cake Box website I found out about Craftsy where you can download video tutorial classes. I then discovered Jessica Harris from Jessicakes Blog’s Clean and Simple Cake Design class which covered everything I needed to know! Unfortunately I didn’t discover it in time to try out her marshmallow fondant recipe, so was stuck with the shop bought stuff which I will never use to cover a cake again!!!

But I loved the whole experience and it make me want to learn, practise and try and improve a whole lot more!