Lego Birthday Cake

Our little man turned 7 and he asked for Lego Movie themed party! 

This cake did not turn out as I imagined in my head. My plan was to cover it with red fondant and create a large lego brick. The plan worked, but I totally messed up my red fondant during the coloring process. I ended up using too much to achieve a bright red color, and the end result was a goofy textured fondant.  I covered the cake completely in the red and the brick was made, I wasn't pleased.

 I switched gears and started creating Emmett.  

I loved the end results with him and after an hour into his creation, I looked over at the red brick and realized that Emmett looked too good in comparison to the large brick. I swallowed the sadness of wasted time spent on coloring a huge piece of fondant, and went to work removing all the hard work. 

It was 2 am at this time, so I used the rest of my icing and covered the cake in a completely different way, allowing Emmet to be the main focal point. 

Early the next morning after I took Haiden to school, I looked at the cake and thought how it looked as if it were missing something. And then it hit me, Emmett was lonely. 

I set to work creating Wildstyle.

While this might not be my most favorite cake ever, it was fun and good experience. 

That afternoon after I picked up our son, he ran to see the cake and said, "Wow mom those figures look almost real!" At least there was that- he was happy. ;)