Begin preparations for PARTYING!!!!

We actually put up the decorations on Monday!  It was lots of fun to decorate.  I even put up streamers!  We used the pictures of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, etc that the kids had been colouring for a few weeks as extra thematic decorations.  I think it turned out nicely.

This is my first adventure in fondant icing.  My lovely sister-in-law was kind enough to both supply the icing AND colour it for me.  She also loaned me the small star-shaped cutter for the stars you'll see on the cake.  My friend Cherie loaned me the larger star-shape for the cupcakes. 

Because it was my first adventure in fondant icing I kept my design very simple.  Working with fondant really is like working with play-doh though and a lot easier than I anticipated!  I am happy with how things turned out and may even be more adventerous next time!

These were the cupcakes for his small party on his birthday that we had with our little family plus both sets of grandparents.

 The cake had a black fondant  6 that was a road.  I put 3 pull-back motorcycle racers (peach, luigi and mario) on top.  The outside edges are lined with gold coins and because I had extra white space on my platter (and lots of yellow fondant!) I made lots of little stars to fill the void.  The kids at Patrick's party just LOVED the fondant stars!  Patrick doesn't like fondant so I wasn't anticipating that at all. 

Side view of the cake