On this April 13 th, she turned three. How fast the time flies ….? I still remember my first kiss on her…..It was like kissing a beautiful rose, sprinkled with dew drops….My lips pierced into those dewdrops, gently touching the silky rose petals…and that moment was like millions of stars twinkled in me and simultaneously on the other side, an anxiety of a mother was shadowed in my eyes…Oh God! capitulating everything on you…..
“Itz a mickey mouse club house
Come inside and sing inside……..”
The waves of this music are recurring in my heart even when I’m typing this post. I don’t know why Rydhi is this much in fond of mickey mouse (in her terms “mickey moush”). When they dance in the TV, she used to jump in our couch with an excited face. This has made us to have a drive to our childhood…..where in those days, waiting for “The jungle book” , which was telecasted in Doordarshan (only channel available in those days for us ) and truly Anish and me love Mowgli even now and I know at least some of you are still in fond of it.
On this birthday, I thought of doing a themed cake and was certain about the theme. As parents, we all love to give the best one for our kids right…? So this time, I haven’t gone for any gateau….but focused on the fondant decorations. This was not a well planned one.
This was my first humble attempt on making figurines. While making the cake toppers, Anish was there with me giving the correct feedbacks. Five cakes were baked for the three layers. I had an 8 X 3 inch pan. So for the middle layer, I baked a single cake, which is Hershey’s chocolate cake. For the bottom and top layers, I baked a fondant friendly cake, which is firm enough. I have done the cake with marshmallow (mini marshmallow) fondant. The figurines are also made with this fondant but was made a day before to make it strong.
Homemade Marshmallow Fondant :
Ingredients:
8 oz of mini marshmallows
2 tablespoons of water
5 cups (or more if required) of icing sugar (sifted)
Butter or shortening (I used butter) for greasing the bowl, spatula and the kitchen counter
Method:
Grease the bowl or saucepan, spatula and kitchen counter with butter.
In a large microwave safe bowl put mini marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water and microwave on high for one minute.
For stove top: In a large saucepan, mix water and mini marshmallows and heat till the marshmallows are puffed up and starts melting.
Take it from the oven/ stove and give 20 stirrings so that the marshmallows and water are well mixed well and the marshmallow is completely melted.
If you need to use a colored fondant, add the required color at this stage and mix well. Put 4 cups of icing sugar and put the melted marshmallow on that and knead well. Knead.., knead… and knead well and add more sugar and repeat kneading till the stickiness disappears.
Soon after the kneading process, quickly wrap the fondant in a cling, otherwise it will be dried.
Now roll the fondant and cover your cake. For coloring a little amount of fondant, take a ball of fondant from the cling, apply color with the help of a toothpick and knead well so that the color is evenly distributed and cut into desired shapes.
The birthday bliss was shared by our dearest and nearest neighbors….and indeed a great glee for Rydhi too…. :-)
lucky princess :) such a treat :)
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ReplyDeleteWOOOOW.... I've no words to say... looks really so good dear...
ReplyDeleteOh my god! The whole Disney world is here to celebrate your Kids Birthday. Superb flawless cake made for ur kids birthday. Well done Remya. Hats off for the pain u have taken to make a wonderful cake for your Kids pleasure. Love all the details in this cake. Fondant cake are still n my dreams. Im not perfect in making Fondant cakes, now im ready to learn from you Remya.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday to your little one. Gosh!!!! Its such a beauty. I really salute you for your fantastic and creative skills and invention.
ReplyDeleteLucky gal,hugs to little angel and three tier cake fabulous remya
ReplyDeleteHappy bday to Rydhi. Cake looks awesome. Really beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this Mickey Mouse's cake Remya, look cute and beautiful!!
ReplyDeletewow!!!!!!!!. cake looks fabulous. Great Work. Convey my birthday wishes to your little princess.
ReplyDeletecake looks really very very beautiful. really great work.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday molu.
cake looks .............. no word to say, really fabulous, belated happy birthday to your lucky princess
ReplyDeleteA VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR BABY PRINCESS!!! She is lucky to have super mom,this cake looks adorable,thanks for sharing :-)
ReplyDeleteMy god... Whst a beautiful cake... I will nvr cut this cake... Btw, my birthday wishes to ur baby...
ReplyDeleteWow!Wow! Woww..simply amazing dear..you have done it so beautifully.. Belated wishes to your princess.I'm sure she was very happy with this yummy cake.
ReplyDeletelovely cake n perfect for your doll :) Belated wishes to her
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cake.
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awww the way u decribed the feelings are so cute and touching:)
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks so nice and apt. My friend is throwing her son's birthday party and she has kept mickey theme, so i will show her the cake:)
best wishes to ur anzel:)
Remya esta torta es maravillosa para niños una obra de arte,abrazos
ReplyDeleteI can imagine the amount of work you had put into each details to make this beautiful cake. Isn't kids birthdays the blogger Moms look forward to bake something stunning each time?? Good job!!
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Appreciate this post. Will try it out.
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