Last minute cake decorating

I really should have looked up some tips or asked someone how you actually ice a birthday cake. I've never done it before, before tonight that is. In fact, I've never even seen someone icing a cake. I'd only ever eaten iced birthday cake. So when I took the icing out of the fridge tonight, I was sure it had gone too hard. But, did I actually know what consistency it should be? No. So I added water. It might have worked if I didn't add so much! Then I just piled it into my icing syringe, randomly picked a nozzle, and started to design a soccer ball on my beautifully turned-out cake. It was then I thought; there must surely be some technique! How hard do I push the syringe? How far away should I be from the cake? Should I be stopping after each individual splodge? What shape is a soccer ball? Anyway, it was too late, i was in the moment and it was the moment I was icing my first birthday cake for the first birthday of my first Son! And just like most other things I've done with him thus far, I just worked it out as I went along. The result?


















Just kidding, that is some other kids cake I just found online for comparative purposes.

This is mine:





















Oh the kids won't know the difference! And hopefully the gift bags will win them back anyway.

Contents:

- Whistle
- Squeaky ball
- Juice
- Choccie
- Sticker
- Thank you note






Next year- SPUR!