The Open Pantry: Transformers Bumblebee Cake!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Transformers Bumblebee Cake!

I love my nephews and nieces to death! They are just so much fun and such a joy in my life! My nephew turned 5 yesterday and I volunteered to make a Transformers Bumblebee birthday cake for him!

I was pretty pleased with how it turned out! Especially since I have NEVER used fondant before (or made the sticky fun stuff either for that matter!) I made marshmallow fondant and it turned out pretty good! My family decided that it tastes somewhere between a "peep" and "circus peanut." It was pretty fun to work with . . . very much a live and learn experience! I volunteered to make another cake in June . . . so we will see what happens!

How cute is my little helper? She loved the fondant and marshmallows! (She also LOVED her ladybug birthday cake that her mama made!) We have LOTS of birthdays in May to celebrate!

7 comments:

Coleens Recipes said...: Are you serious that you've never worked fondant before? WOW, I am very impressed, to say the least. The cake is BEAUTIFUL.I'm blown away. I've decorated wedding cakes for many years, but have never used fondant (I use buttercream). I've always been afraid of fondant. You did a fabulous job!!; May 10, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Brandi said...: Em I cannot thank you enough! Your cake was a HUGE hit! Everyone was so impressed! And Brayden LOVED it! You are so talented girl! You need to open a little bakery...I would refer everyone I know to you! :)
Love you!
See ya Thursday!; May 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM
teresa said...: I am VERRRRY impressed! This looks amazing, especially for one that has never done this before. You're inspiring me!; May 11, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Maria said...: I love the cake! It is amazing!; May 13, 2009 at 6:23 AM
Unknown said...: How could you have never used fondant and it came out like that!!?? I think it's darling! Love it~; May 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Jerri at Simply Sweet Home said...: What a great looking cake. I have an award for you at my site.; May 16, 2009 at 2:52 AM
cookies and cups said...: WOW!! That was your first time with fondant? That is awesome!! I just tried covering a cake with i for the first last week and posted my experience on my blog--you put me to shame! Great work!; May 26, 2009 at 8:53 AM

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By:Emily
I am thankful for the times when our dinner table is surrounded by familiar faces, where extra chairs are brought in and the place settings vary due to the great number gathered. I am grateful for the stories reminisced and the examples set for posterity. I marvel at the spread before us and smile knowing that it was made with love from recipes shared and passed around for generations. It is moments like this where the sound of laughter bouncing off the walls and excited voices ringing throughout the room make me most thankful for what I have and who I am.

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be along time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

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