One of my bosses, Uma, left our office last week. We had a farewell party for her, and of course I volunteered to make the cake. Uma is originally from India, and I knew I wanted to incorporate that into my design somehow. Since I waited until the night before the party to make the cake (including baking the cake and making the pineapple filling), I didn't want anything too elaborate and knew I wanted to limit the design to one color. I googled images of wedding cakes and henna and mehndi designs, using all of the beautiful images as my inspiration. I iced the cake with buttercream and piped the design with royal icing, using paisley cookie cutters as a template, working my way around the cake, adding lots of details as I went.
I love decorating cakes, but any time I can work in a little more art/design, the happier I am. Uma loved the cake as well, which only made me love it more. That was, after all, my goal!
