My mom always made us the best birthday cakes when my sisters and I were kids. We had deluxe theme cakes shaped like upright dolls or anything else that sparked our imaginations that year. My mom continues in her master cake decorating for my nieces. So when we started to think about Josh's birthday cake, I felt confident that I could decorate a cake that was just as cool as the one we'd otherwise buy at the store.
That confidence lasted until the cake came out of the oven, hugely enlarged and misshapen. But John trimmed it back to a level-surfaced crocodile and it was time to decorate! I still felt confident in this part. I had my green icing (I was surprised to find they just sell colored icing now; no more mixing your own with food coloring necessary!) and my Betty Crocker icing tips.
It was harder than I had anticipated. My forearms were sore--as if I had lifted weights at the gym--the whole next day. But it came out pretty good. The cake is actually pull-apart cupcakes, so we debated whether to decorate each piece, so it was obvious they were individual parts, or to make long lines down the length of the crocodile. I did one each way. I will admit, John's way was better (the streamlined version).
Here is the cake itself, prior to decoration (with bowl of trimmings in the rear view).
Our two crocodile cakes!
Blowing out the candles and making his birthday wish:
I was really pleased with this and loved how they turned out. It was worth the experiment!
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