Cakespam from Squid's 3rd birthday party

Some of you may remember last year's cake, which was shaped like a train from the Squid's favorite book.

This year he is into garbage trucks, so I (because I am crazy) decided to do a cake replica of his favorite toy, a 1:16 scale Bruder garbage truck. It turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself.







There were only two hitches: One, I needed not to use fondant as an underlayer for the cab, as the frosting didn't adhere well to it, and it's too sweet anyway; it also succumbed to gravity when I tried to use "skirts" of it to duplicate the lower-hanging pieces of truck. Next year, I mold any large pieces ahead of time and let them harden. I also need to figure out a better way of getting the fondant pieces to stick to the vertical surfaces of the cake than toothpicks. Maybe if I make them paper-thin...

And two, he was so excited about the cake, and when I asked him what piece he wanted, he pointed to the cab, so I cut him off the front for a slice - and he cried and cried. He didn't want me to cut it! He was so sad he didn't eat any at the party, though he got to have some today. Poor bug. He had a great time for the rest of the party, though, as did we (though holy shit, the neighborhood kids trashed our house.) He loved the company, he loved the presents, and (aside from the trauma at the moment of cutting) he loved the cake.



Happy third birthday, Squidlet mine!