my first birthday cake attempt...

it's frema's birthday this coming sunday (feb.22) and i wanted to bake her a cake. they invited us to a small gathering at pizza hut with aying and jayson, so i decided to bake the cake today and give to her tomorrow.

i don't know what to do since it's my first time and i didn't have any cake decoration training except for the cooking/baking show i watched on pinoy tv here in uae. that's just it. this is a challenge for me. but everyone always have a first time and this is mine...

i used ready cake mix, cream cheese frosting with sprinkles, and strawberry jam for the filling. i have a small bread knife and that's the reason behind the crooked cutting of the cake in half. the cake is also a bit soft and the frosting is a bit tough but manageable, that's why i had a hard time covering the cake with the frosting because the cake tends to break everytime i spread the frosting too hard. instead of just sprinkling with sprinkles, i decided to cover the cake with sprinkles to hide the imperfect frosting (as you can see, it's really uneven). using the same cream cheese frosting, i used for the text. i chilled it before meeting up with them and placed it in a cake box i bought at daiso.

that's it... really needs improvement huh? hahaha...

happy birthday frem... hope you'll eat this. hahaha... :p