Green Ruffle Cake

We both won.

Olivia got a green cake and I got to try the ruffle cake I've been dying to try for so long!

The icing was not as green as the photo shows here, this was taken with my iphone.

The icing took FOREVER to make.  

I made a huge batch using this Swiss Meringue Buttercream and it used 16 egg whites, 800g caster sugar and over a kilo of butter!  Just as well I don't like icing.  

I have some left over icing to try the rose cupcakes I posted here.

The ruffles took only about 20 min.  I used a tear shaped tip and piping bag and went back and forth from the bottom to the top of the cake.  I was ecstatic with the results!  

The sun was at the front of the house coming into Jessica's bedroom so it was the best spot for a photo, up on the Jessica's shelf.

I love the alphabet print on the right.  It was a free printable from here.  There are lots of other colours and printables available there also.

So there it is.  My green ruffle cake!  Can't wait to try another one.  Fortunately I only need to wait 4 days until the next birthday in this family!