As I mentioned a couple of days ago, my mom is an employee of the State of Texas. Because of this, every year she participates in the State Employee Charitable Campaign. The campaign is gearing up this week, in conjunction with the Texas State Fair. They are having a kick-off party on Tuesday, with a "State Fair" theme and all participating employees are being asked to donate a cake for a cake walk/cake judging. I am thrilled that Mom asked me to make her cake. It is going to be Texas-shaped, draped with red fondant and decorated with a bandana pattern and rope trim. I don't have much experience working with fondant and have even less experience piping intricate patterns, so I made a test run with a cupcake today. I am pretty pleased with how it worked out and have already figured out what modifications I will make with the coloring, rope trim, piping, etc. when I make the cake tomorrow. In the meantime, Boy and Girl really enjoyed sharing this for dessert tonight:
I'll finish the cake tomorrow afternoon and will posted photos when it's all done.
cute lhg!!