John's Birthday Cake

This was a birthday cake for John, my brother in law. Blue berry was in season...I love blue berry the rich berry flavour and high in antioxidant and it always looks good on a cake. I thought cream cheese would go well with blue berry so I chose carrot cake as the base.

Firstly, I baked the cake as per recipe then let it cool completely. Then I started to ice the cake with cream cheese.

For the side, I melted some dark chocolate and pour it on a baking paper. let it dry for couple of hours in the fridge. Once the chocolate dried, I cut it into the size that I wanted. The chocolate height has to be higher than the cake so the blue berry won't roll out easily.Later, stick the chocolate pieces onto the side of already iced cake.

Next, the fondant decoration. I prepared the figurine one week before hand. Starting with the sofa and the cushions then the human figure and the lamp. I added the balloons on the actual decoration day as I thought the cake was lack of colour. I borrowed the balloon idea from movie 'UP'...my kids and I really love this movie and the balloons were so beautiful and full of imagination. Finally, wrapped plastic strip around the cake and securely tied the ribbon.

The sofa, cushions and lamp were made based on the actual items.