I’m so far behind!

Is anyone still reading? I’ve been neglecting my sweet side. Blame my camera and its insatiable appetite for power…

This cake is from forever ago. One of my favorite people asked me to bake a cake for her hubby’s birthday. MXQ is a big fan of all things Apple (the brand, not the fruit, though I don’t know where he stands on that one) and adores the movie WALL-E. Come on, who doesn’t? That movie was fantastic.

I hafta say, I was SUPER intimidated by this assignment. I mean, I would be replicating well-known characters. If I screwed this up, everyone would notice and possibly even make fun of me. I won’t lie, I had a little panic attack until my husband told me to shut it and get with the program (okay, he was much nicer about it, but my version is sassier).

I don’t know that I’ll ever perfect buttercream or that I’ll ever give in to the pretty and cover a whole cake in fondant (yummy is so much more important to me), but I do like decorating with fondant. It’s great stress relief and the end result can be very satisfying.

Anyhoodles, PQ took a quick video of the cake before she left that you can see here: wallecake (or just enjoy the following crummy stills from my craptastic camera).

View from the top

The front..."Directive!"

The iconic Buy-n-Large logo and oh-so-critical fire extinguisher

The lightbulb EVE turned on but WALL-E couldn't and, of course, the Apple logo (while it's not horrible, trust me, I know I'm not good at hand-cutting shapes)

The mothership and one of WALL-E's many knick-knacks

The final accent, WALL-E's ratty lunchbox

I again used imitation vanilla as the glue between separate fondant pieces, but also got to play with painting in food color. It was important for WALL-E and some of his knick-knacks to be dirty, so using food coloring and water was a simple and fun solution to achieve the end result.

I also used edible markers for the first time, which made creating WALL-E’s character details much easier. I had so much fun that I decided to include the Rubik’s cube and used the markers on white fondant to create that as well.

My biggest challenge was hand-cutting a few of the pieces (B, L, lightbulb, fire extinguisher, Apple logo, cube). I can’t draw to save my life, my painting skills are at a 10th grade level at best and my husband tries to prevent my use of knives in any capacity as he fears for my appendages. Therefore, I know a few details are less than stellar, but they all came together nicely in the end.

MXQ and everyone at the party loved the cake (white cake with raspberry filling is oh-so-popular) and he was completely surprised when PQ gave it to him. I’m so glad I could contribute to making his birthday a good one!

Since WALL-E, I’ve been sticking to the cupcake end of things…and cupcakes aren’t quite as photogenic…and my camera needs batteries…and I’m failing as a blogger, so I apologize. 

Until my next kitchen adventure, SassyCakes, out! (Working on a new outro, too…Seacrest is sooo two thousand and late.)