John, a single friend was having a big number birthday and we wanted to celebrate. He has been widowed a long time and has family in another area. We thought it would be nice to plan a surprise celebration for him. He loves fishing and most particularly, Ice Fishing. He looks forward to a winter lay off each year so he can do as much ice fishing as he wants.
I wanted to find a cake topper of a guy fishing so I could put it on his cake. After two weeks of looking I found nothing suitable. I decided to change my design just a little and started with a yellow cake. I frosted it with white icing with a simply shell border to add dimension. Then a "frozen pond" made of blue icing set towards one side, with white icing pushed up against it's sides to indicate a snowy edge. I used one of my decorating tips to make a circular impression in the pond area of the cake, to imply a hole had been "cut into the ice". I made a road of Oreo cookie crumbs and pressed the boots of a toy construction working into the frosting walking from one side of the road to the pond and back again on the other side of the road. I piped evergreen trees along the edge of the pond in a few bunches and sprinkled them and the pond with powdered sugar to show it had recently snowed in the area. Then I piped "John Was Here" with white icing on the blue pond. Everyone loved the cake and the design. In their minds, it was perfect. John was thrilled to be treated with such love and even though he doesn't like to be the center of attention, he really was a good sport about it.
I wanted to find a cake topper of a guy fishing so I could put it on his cake. After two weeks of looking I found nothing suitable. I decided to change my design just a little and started with a yellow cake. I frosted it with white icing with a simply shell border to add dimension. Then a "frozen pond" made of blue icing set towards one side, with white icing pushed up against it's sides to indicate a snowy edge. I used one of my decorating tips to make a circular impression in the pond area of the cake, to imply a hole had been "cut into the ice". I made a road of Oreo cookie crumbs and pressed the boots of a toy construction working into the frosting walking from one side of the road to the pond and back again on the other side of the road. I piped evergreen trees along the edge of the pond in a few bunches and sprinkled them and the pond with powdered sugar to show it had recently snowed in the area. Then I piped "John Was Here" with white icing on the blue pond. Everyone loved the cake and the design. In their minds, it was perfect. John was thrilled to be treated with such love and even though he doesn't like to be the center of attention, he really was a good sport about it.
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