Although I am fascinated with all of the cake shows on TV (Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes, Ultimate Cake Off, Amazing Wedding Cakes, etc.), I never imagined more than just smudging frosting on any cakes myself. I leave the decorative stuff to the experts! Once again, the powers of cute-ness penetrated my being and overcame me, so I was clumsily forced to break out these things called decorating tips and learn how to use them with frosting bags. I only had ziplocs so conveniently those worked (even though I probably had 9 of them explode on me). The middles of the flowers are Oreo cookies and have yellow frosting for the petals. The ladybugs are M&Ms with chocolate frosting piped onto it. If you look closely, those petals are not so pretty...rather, they are pretty wilted. The good thing is that my daughter didn't even see the imperfections and was so happy with the end result. For being 8, she said something pretty wise that day -- "Not everything has to be perfect, Mom." Such good advice in our attempts at cooking and applicable in so many other things too! I often look at my children and think: How can someone so small be so smart?
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