Okay, I know you might be wondering what's with all the owls, but Mckenna (and I, too, I must admit!) is really into owls right now. So, after the skirt (see the post below) it was pretty obvious how I was going to decorate her requested chocolate cake with chocolate icing.
While I did not try the cake (I am not a big chocolate cake fan and therefore had one of the vanilla cupcakes with matching blue crystal sprinkles instead), I was informed it was awesome and very moist! I like to attribute my moist cakes to my Grandma's old mixer she gave me that she had in her condo down in Florida. I probably should save up for a nice "Kitchen Aid," but why mess with a good thing!
If the owl looks familiar, it is because I used the owl template used in Mckenna's skirt. I used the body template and free-handed the rest. Again, the template is from Sew Simple magazine, Volume 11. I'm getting lots of use from that little template!
Mckenna loved her cake, which is the most important part. I am grateful that she hasn't asked me to undertake something as gigantic as Aidan's Clone Trooper Helmet cake (see very first blog post). Though I suppose I could have sculpted a 3-D owl...(flashback to the night I sculpted Aidan's cake)...maybe not!
Sorry for the blurry photos. I was having flash issues.
