She is a huge fan of The Wizard of Oz film and loves to wear her 'ruby slippers' (tasteful) and have her hair in plaits 'like Dorothy'.
Thanks again must go to mum who looked after the kids, did the hoovering and worked through a pile of ironing whilst I faffed in the kitchen making a scarecrow hat and a wicked witch 's legs.
The cake was a two tier sponge cake (see my earlier post for a revelation in baking ensuring the edges don't burn!) covered in green and white icing. The green layer had four faces round the outside; the scarecrow, Dorothy, the tin man and the lion. There was the wicked witch of the west's hat and the wicked witch of the east being squashed by the house. The yellow brick road led up to the snowy poppy field white tier where the rainbow in the clouds towered over the ruby slippers.
Toto caused a few problems though. My attempt looked more like a bear and just as I finished the other half looked quizzically and asked if that was going on the cake. His tone was clear and implied that this sorry excuse for a dog just wouldn't cut it. I asked him to help and he crafted a rather cute incarnation of Toto even if he did look more like a sausage dog. When babypuddleduck woke up on her birthday morning and saw the finished cake, her first exclamation was "is that Toto? It doesn't look like Toto. It's not very good is it!". After that I felt we had to keep him!
I'm fairly pleased with the finished result. I still had a few problems with the icing cracking on the initial covering. This seemed to be down to the amount of icing sugar I put down before rolling it out and covering the rolling pin to top sticking. I do have some trex so will try that next time instead of the sugar.
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