One day I received an email from a customer telling me that she wanted me to do an arabian theme cake for his 1 year old boy birthday bash. She gave 2 options: either a castle cake or a pillow cake with crown on top.
After emailing the necessary details she opted for a pillow cake with crown on top. I was excited to do this commission as I had only done pillow cake once and that was just 1 tier and not 2 tiers plus a crown.
With my limited experience in doing pillow cake, at first I thought of buying the wilton pillow cake pan as they look gorgeous when done but considering that the design was quite straight forward ie cut corners and do the necessary carving to resemble a pillow, I decided to take the challenge and do the cake without the pan. The carving was quite tricky but as long as you have a dense cake, sharp knife and if possible, a template, carving the cake was manageable.
Since the theme was arabian, I decided to go with bold colours ie orange, blue/purple, green and a bit of red. The crown was hand painted in gold (oh how I wish for an airbrush machine :) ) with no 1 glued in the middle. I decorated the crown with plastic gems that I have from my charm bracelet craft to make it more regal. All in all, it took me whole night and a bit more to finish decorating the cake. I was quite happy with the result and wish little Prince Meshal a very happy birthday. Enjoy the cake and the birthday bash.
