Cake!

I just finished decorating Melody's birthday cake for tomorrow. I admit -- I cheated and bought an iced layer cake from the grocery store. However, I doctored it with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and I really love the results.



You can do it too! Just take scissors and trim the stems down to 2-3 inches, and push the flowers into the cake from the center out. I added the feathery parts last, pushing them in here and there as I saw fit. I also tried to choose a cake with colors that fit the bouquet I had picked out, but if you're making the cake yourself, the possibilities are endless. I would like this with a lavender or green base and basket-weave on the outside, if I was doing it myself. Pretty pretty! Kinda expensive, though -- definitely not as cheap as baking and decorating from scratch, or even from a mix and canned frosting. Definitely answers in the pretty and the time-saving department, though.

Pregnancy + bedrest != able to do scratch cakes :P