Goodnight Moon Cake. (October 2001)

Well, one thing I have got to say about this cake, if nothing else, it was a huge success. I made it for a baby shower for a friend of my mother. Everyone gave books as gifts, and they wanted a cake shaped like a book. I decided to make a cake with a design from Goodnight Moon, one of my favorite books as a child. It took a while to decide on exactly what design to use, but in the end I chose the cover, minus a few details. The thing I'm proudest of on this cake is the colors. They're so true to the original. Also, the cow. I was *SO* scared I wasn't going to be able to draw a cow in icing, but it turned out great. I got a lot of compliments from people at the shower.

Problems: I wasn't overly happy with the lettering on this cake. Kind of messy. I wish I'd taken a little more time to practice a bit before putting it on the cake, but I was rushed to meet a deadline, and it certainly turned out well enough in the end. Also, the cake kind of...well...fell apart when I was transferring it from the cooling rack to the cake board. My fault, really. I should have just flipped it back into the pan, and then from the pan onto the board instead of skipping the middleman. But some icing held it back together again, and my mom said nobody noticed. Since then, I've always used the pan to get the cake onto the board. As far as decorating it goes, I wish I hadn't outlined the folds in the curtains in black. I thought I would like the effect, but i think it looks kinda bad, unlike the black outlines on the other half of the cake, which look just right.