My first decorated cake

I was so elated last week for finishing my first ever decorated cake!


I was quite surprised that icing a cake is not that easy. Those Youtube vids are making them easy peezy…but they’re not. It took me one hour just putting the icing on and trying to level everything in as much perfection as I can, given the restrained time.

What I am most proud of is that everything is made from scratch. From the cake, the frosting and the decorations. I have used three layers of chocolate cake for this.

My cake is iced with almond-flavoured buttercream frosting. I’ve used a tinge of rose-coloured Wilton gel. The gels are really strong, I only dipped each sides of a toothpick into the gel container. Not really a lot. I was hoping that the icing will come out as a a touch of soft pink. Nonetheless, I think the icing colour is perfect!

The decorations were made from scratch. The rose buds and butterflies were made from royal icing. It’s supposed to have roses and leaves as well but time constraint is my number one enemy. Very unrelenting indeed.

Just plainly beaming with joy after this. =)