Tropical Paradise Cake
The powdered sugar has settled, the dishes are washed, the green and blue food colorings have faded from off my hands, and I’m back to my old, normal sleep schedule (whatever that is).
Yes, this project was a doozy. But this particular project was a particularly fun doozy. One with turquoise waves, tropical vegetation, and a bamboo hut.
My sister-in-law just celebrated her sweet 16 birthday party, complete with a tropical theme, a couple dozen teenage friends, loud dance music, and the ever-inevitable water fight that just about sent me into cardiac arrest several times (seriously, you’d think the teenage boys would have been hyper-aware of the fact that there was an enormous, edible cake right there. But then, I’ve never been a teenage boy).
Admission: I stole the palm tree and flip-flop idea from an old Joy the Baker post. Although, let’s be honest, hers look a bajillion times better than mine. And please, don’t be too hard on my poor little palm tree. The first one broke into pieces in the last half hour before the party, so this poor thing had to come together in a matter of minutes. And yes, I know the coconuts are supposed to go under the leaves and not on top. But, you can still tell that it’s a palm tree, right?
I have to chuckle when I think that being so busy with baking has kept me from posting on my baking blog. Ah, irony. If I had worked just a tad less furiously on this thing, I might have been able to provide some “work in progress” photos. Alas, not so.
So… you wanna play a game?
Q: What has two legs, a weak stomach, and spends half the morning on the couch with a bowl of cereal?
A: Sugar Duchess in first trimester!
Yes, it’s true. We’ve got a little one coming in December! We are totally thrilled. But I’m afraid it has been quite nausea-inducing for me to spend much time in the kitchen lately. Thankfully, first trimester is over, so I think I’ll be back up and at ‘em for the next little while. Thanks for sticking with me!
