I was asked to do a 16th birthday for my friend's sister, who I was expecting to want some crazy, animal print, neon color, topsy turvy birthday cake. Sooo not the case, my friends. See...Miss Danielle is having a "barn dance" for her birthday, and so.... what was her birthday cake request, you ask? Country.
I honestly don't know why it was so hard to for me to translate "country" into a frosted masterpiece, but it was a *REAL* struggle. I googled, pinterested, pinterested some more (yup, "pinterested" is a verb in my world, just like "jumping" or "swimming", lol) Still couldn't think of anything.
Now, let me clear a few things up. I do live in the city,...but I know country. I know dirt roads, bonfires, tractors, cows, wild sunflowers, floral print, cowboy boots, etc. I also *love* country music and I know all the words to ALL the songs (At this point is where Jay would interject and say "Uh...no you don't." My response? At times, I freestyle, :) ) I am a city girl, however, I am a city girl in Kansas....these are just things you get exposed to.
Back to where I was. I think my struggle was trying to not make it look like "Velma's 90th Birthday", or a little boys 1st birthday cake....and make it fun enough for a 16 year old. So that's when I found a picture of some orange and red flowers and decided I would let my creativity guide me through this cake. No plan, no drawing, no picture....just decorate as you go. I decided to "wing it".
I have done this before, however, I'm pretty sure my friend was a little nervous when I told her I didn't have a plan....except to figure it out as I went. What resulted from my "cake freestyle" was so great. I hope the birthday girl loves it as much as I do.
Here is something fun that I haven't done before. I documented each step of my decorating process so you all could see how I go from almost the beginning to the end. Enjoy :)
Ta Da!
Rock Chalk,
Jenna
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