THIS was my first attempt at decorating sugar cookies this past Christmas. When my husband saw them, he said, "Oooh! Is it Santa?!?!" At this point I could've cried. Or sulked. But I laughed! "No! It's not Santa! They're supposed to be trees!!!"
But honestly, no matter what professional cake decorators everywhere are going to think when they view this next concoction, I am very, very proud! For my child's first birthday party in November, I made this Elmo cupcake cake... You may gasp in horror, but it was my SECOND attempt at decorating!!!
My husband and I worked on it until 10:00 PM the night before the party. I had bought several different brands of red icing (whatever was on sale), and boy was that a stupid idea! They are all different shades and textures, some sparkly, some not, so we ended up dumping them all into a zip-top bag and squishing them into one paste, then cutting a hole in the end and inserting an icing decorator's tip... thingy...
We didn't have enough black icing, so I was happy I had chosen a dark chocolate cake - it all kinda blended together!
And, since there were extra cupcakes I didn't want to waste, and didn't want to stick the candles in Elmo's head, I opted to use the extra cupcakes as candle holders.
Honestly, everyone at the party loved it! The were all super impressed! And, more than anyone else's opinion, my sweet child's face lighting up to see her favorite character was praise and reward enough. I was sad to see it eaten.
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