I had been dying to try the ombre buttercream methods I had seen on YouTube (after becoming a YouTube freak) and so came up with my bathtub design for my nephews 1st birthday cake….. Everything else I got to do was a bonus!!
I covered the base in a marbled blue/white icing.
I got to try royal icing and made number 1s, his name and some little yellow ducks. These set over night and because I had read somewhere to make picks on the end of them they didn’t break when I pressed them into the icing!!!! I added buttercream round the base for bubbles and waves.
The top I made using a no nozzle icing bag and the back of a tea spoon. I just made blobs and smeared it.
The ducks were really fun to make and need no instruction really…. It’s like play-doh!!