Bake Me A Cake As Fast As You Can

  Birthdays mean different things for different people. For some people, birthdays are an important and special day that should be celebrated with friends, family and loved ones. Other people treat their birthday as if it was any other day. I happen to fall into the second category, but my girlfriend definitely falls into the first one.

  And, while I am perfectly content with staying in, ordering a pizza and watching Sharktopus...my girlfriend isn't. She goes out of her way to make peoples birthdays special. So, when her birthday rolled around, I wanted to do something special for her. The problem is I couldn't really do what I wanted to do for her birthday, which is why I decided to make her a cake rather than buy one.

  Oh, and I know you probably are wondering what I really wanted to do for her birthday and honestly, I would love to tell you. I won't though, but only because I might want to use it later on. I kind of suck at thinking up cool surprises.

Twin Rocks in Oregon

  Anyway, I had decided to make her a cake. I already had an idea of what I wanted to do. There is this place in Oregon called, Twin Rocks, she talks about all the time and even has a framed picture of it. I figured it would be cool to recreate that location in cake form.

  In my head, this project would take maybe one to two hours. I could crank it out in no time at all, easy peasy lemon squeezy. Plus, I figured if I made the cake, the brownie pops and and brownie men in advance it would take even less time.

  You would think by now I would know better, but nope. I am famous for taking mountains and calling them mole hills. In other words, I come up with ideas that I think will be super easy to do, but then I take my idea from head to paper.

  When ever I come up with any idea for a project, I will do a rough sketch and make a rough list of things I will need. I'll do this a couple times...refining the sketch and making my items list more detailed. Usually by the time I have finished this process, I realize I have way under estimated the amount of skill it would take to pull off making the project and the amount of time it will take to finish.

  This birthday cake was no exception. It pretty much took me like 9 hours to get the whole cake done. So, it only took 7 hours longer than I thought it would. Some of you out there might be like, "Holy Crap." However, I thought, "Well, that didn't take as long as I thought it would." And while it didn't turn out as perfect as I would have liked, I think it came out better than just okay. Like if I had to grade myself, I would most likely give myself an 'S' or 'S+'.

  I am happy to say that this past Saturday I gave her the cake, and she did actually like it. Heck, she even ate a piece. I am also happy to say she has not died yet. So, score one for me. Woohoo.

  For those of you who might be curious, below are a few of the snap shots I took while creating my masterpiece. Yeah, you heard me. Also, I would love to know what you think. So, hit me up with that awesome feedback you guys are known for giving.

  The Twin Rocks Cake

The advance baking

The supplies



Fun mixing frosting

Placing the people and rocks

 

The finished project