Paw patrol inner stencil, cut out of paper Paw patrol outer stencil, cut out of paper Wilton’s sugar sheets in white, red, blue, yellow and silver I’m not complaining, it’s always fun to stretch beyond my comfort zone and try new things. But then again, it might be because I’m a novice at frosting untraditional cake shapes. There are many circles and lines and it took a while to get the crisp edges. The most difficult part about the cake part is covering the cake with frosting. This cake has approximately 50 paw prints. Other than that, it’s making a lot of paw prints, which looks simple but it ends up taking more time than anticipated because for every paw print there are 4 parts to be made. I did make a fondant base for the logo so that the logo would not be flat against the cake like paper. Almost like you printed the logo onto the cake. It is important to have a fresh Xacto knife blade. It is much more stable for hot and humid weather and it’s great for crisp edges. Instead of using fondant for all of the Paw Patrol logo, I used Wilton’s sugar sheets. I think the overall effect is worth it and even more worth it to see the smiles on kids’ faces. Like many of my projects, it is not very difficult, but it is time consuming. And after scouring the internet for information, I decided to make a guide on how to put a cake like this together. There is a very popular Pinterest picture of a dog bone shaped Paw Patrol cake ( this was the photo I was asked to recreate), but it has no information on the dimensions and how to put it together. Knowing that perfection wasn’t what they were after took a load off my back, but that didn’t mean that I would try any less. When my sister approached me about making a cake, my gut reaction was, “No.” After hearing my reasons, she said that it didn’t matter if the cake was perfect and that her friends were just grateful that I would do it. Not because I didn’t want to do it, but more so because I was worried about ruining someone else’s big day. Since then, I’ve turned down any requests for a cake in the summer. That’s the thing about cakes they are usually the centerpieces of celebrations and can make or break a party. It sucked that all my hours of work went down the drain, but it was even worse that I ruined someone’s event. By the time we got there, the cake looked like the Michelin Man’s arm. During the 30-minute ride to our destination, the buckling worsened and the fondant pieces started to warp with the frosting. We kept calm and moved it to the car, which even after having the AC on for 30 minutes was not cool, but warm. Right when we were about to move it, there was a strange buckling around the edge of the cake. It was too large to refrigerate so we had it sitting at room temperature until it was ready to be delivered. On a hot summer day, I made a two-tiered cake with an assortment of fondant animals that took hours to create. I rarely ever take cake orders in the summer, not since the cake fiasco of 2015.
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