Challenge # 1

Good Morning people of the Blog world....

So let me explain what my Blog is kind of about....

I wanted to not just LOOK at amazing baking and the creativeness of OTHER people.. I wanted to actually ATTEMPT to become one myself... and to do this I needed to test recipes that I thought looked beautiful, amazing, creative and tasty!!!

I wanted to be able to challenge myself in new areas that I have NEVER gone to before and I wanted to prove to myself and to all of you reading that its possible that we, the ordinary bakers could create things that looked like and tasted like it was done by a pro :)  Kinda of like the movie... Julie & Julia but I will be testing recipes from different cook books as well as websites... 

So, with all that said.. here is my attempt for the week :

My son will be turning 3 on the 29th and he wanted a Mater Cake...  not a Lightning McQueen cake that we did last year that actually has a 3D baking pan to make it easier.. but a TOW MATER... one of the most popular characters from the Cars movie.. but of course.. he has no cake pan.. so here I go.. I am going to attempt 3 recipes... and using home made FONDANT... which I have never used.  Of course I could actually run to Michaels and buy pre made fondant.. but really.. can it be THAT good??? its been sitting on the shelf for who knows how long!! Do I really want to put that kind of play dough into my little boy's tummy and all his friends?  So I am making this birthday cake thing even harder by  making my own fondant as well...  after all.. it's Hudson's first ever FRIENDS birthday party.. it needs to be special!

Here is what they SHOULD look like!!!!  lets see if my 3 month old baby girl will let me put her down long enough to make this amazing cake with matching cupcakes.... 

 What the Cake SHOULD look like

What the Cupcakes SHOULD look like 

(from bakerella.com)

AND if I get even more creative ( which means, If I have more time....)  I will attempt to make chocolate covered cake balls as well ....

WISH ME LUCK... I am going to need it!!