It was a friend's 26th birthday over the weekend and since we recently become obsessed with playing the new Super Mario Brothers on the Wii; I decided to make her a Mario themed cake. Since a birthday means you're turning 1 year older I felt that a 1-UP cake is fitting. It was a 6 inch (two 2 inch cakes stacked on top of each other) layer cake made of both chocolate and vanilla cake filled with whipped cream and strawberries.
This was the first square cake I covered with fondant. I thought it was going to be a lot easier than it was. (Darn you Wilton website!) I think I need to practice with a fake cake.
The mushroom was made out of crispy rice and marshmallows. This was also harder to cover than I thought. Since the crispy rice was bumpy I covered the whole thing with some buttercream first before covering it. It still was kinda lumpy in spots though. Also, it was really heavy! Luckily I planned ahead and put dowels in the cake to support.
