Look, Another Pool!

Here is another pool party cake. I wanted it to be a little different, so this time it wasn't a large pool with stuff around it. I opted to simply do a bunch of large pool accessories.

The towel on the left has the child's name on it, as if you couldn't tell. I went for fairly bold colors for interest and contrast. The towel, goggles and flippers are all made from fondant. The cake's surface was buttercream icing dyed blue to at least remind you of water. The white highlights on the flippers are also piped buttercream. The name and stripes on the towel are more marshmallow fondant.

Just for full disclosure, I was working on this one late into the evening on a Friday. When I got done with the flippers, I noticed that one of the foot holes was larger than the other. I wasn't about to go back and re-build them because it probably would have involved me making a whole batch of fondant to do the fix. I just let it go, which is hard for me. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist on my cakes if I have the time to do so.