When Smurfette takes Barbie to the party

A Maritoni white velvet cake

           Smurfette is the first female character from the Smurf. Some may have not known her, yet she's famous to the youngsters just as Barbie is. However, young and old know Barbie and a doll such as Barbie is always a lovely present to the little girls.
 

   Raimarie the Smurfette,
celebrating with us her birthday
 in Skype.                                

    After several Maritoni cakes, this Smurfette birthday cake was specifically requested by Raimarie.  We were wondering why, but we didn't ask.

         Then the realisation just filled in my bucket. Raimarie has been noted for doing some things before the rest of the family; to name a few - the first to play a number of musical instruments, the first winning badminton player, the first IT/programmer in the family, the first in the second generation to inherit the family's career, which is teaching. However, the later hasn't been her cup of tea, so another adventure has marked her as Smurfette. In her present hideout (again she's the first to live in Cebu City) she's the only rose among the thorns.
 
              Two years ago, the first great grandchild Claire was born to the family. Hence, there's a double birthday celebration on the second weekend of January. The Barbie cake was chosen by the Granny.  It was my first doll cake. Since I had only a spare cake, I had her sit. The foot rest was a velvet melange cake pop, but instead of coating it with chocolate, I covered it with yellow fondant.

A Maritoni white velvet cake

Claire

                                                                                       Smurfette was also my first character fondant cake topper. Since I hadn't bumped into any tutorial in the Internet, I just downloaded a Smurfette photo, and from there my adventure went on. At the time, I hadn't got any tylose powder yet, so it was a challenge as the legs easily deformed. The following day, my hubby and I found ourselves in Cork City hunting for tylose powder to beat the due date of Raimarie the Smurfette.

       

The Murphys

Grace and Conor with the O'Donnells

 












 
   
          In making the mushroom cottage cake, Grace and Conor Murphy were the guest cake decorators. It was their simple, yet priceless way of sending her their greetings. Conor made the blue flower and the leaves (his gentle reminder for Raimarie to stop calling him Baby Conor). Grace made the door, the fences, the butterflies and the rest of the flowers.  Its base was also a velvet melange cake pop covered with a fondant. Since the cottage turned out to be smaller than Smurfette, I set it on a hill made from a dummy cake.
   
              Creativity truly counts!