M and R learn to decorate cakes

R decided he wanted to make a cake and decorate it yesterday. It was quite amusing. Let's just say, it was on par with giving a toddler fingerpaints and letting him go wild. We made a box cake (white) and filled it with strawberry jam (it was what we had on hand). Meanwhile, we made the signature buttercream icing from The Whimsical Bakehouse cookbook. Or a half-recipe at least, I didn't think we really NEEDED eight cups of icing. Then we got to decorating.

First we practiced a bit.










Then we iced the cake, and we both put a border around the bottom of the cake (we each did half).









Then we went crazy on the top practicing with various tips. It was fun. But the finished product is not quite ready for prime time. :)