Sainsburys Icing Challenge

Sainsburys family blogger network had a fun challenge to offer to us bloggers. They would send icing and we we would make something to show everyone. I loved the colours they sent really bright and sunny. If you read my blog often you will know I have recently got into cake decorating. Its funny really I am not keen on cooking but I loved cake decorating. I also love watching cooking shows as well which is also funny.
Over the last year I really think I have got better and I guess the old saying " practise makes perfect" really is true. The more you make the better or the more confident you become. So I thought I'd show you my first and then leading up to my Sainsburys challenge. So my first cake I made was for my friend Sarah for her birthday. I was rather pleased with it but looking at it now makes me cringe . It was a giant cupcake and I thought it was ok for my first attempt.

So then I practised a bit more and when my friend Rosa asked for another cupcake for her daughter Katy I was ready to have another go. This time I think I was a bit better.

Then I was off and racing . I had really got the bug and the more I did the better I got. I was really proud of one I made for my daughter in law Karen for her birthday. She loves the colour of purple and butterflies so I thought of a perfect cake for her.

I loved that cake I was so proud of it. So I think that the sainsburys icing challenge was right up my street.
So I thought I would make a cute cake which we could use to raffle for our local church. They were having a fund raising event which was a teddy bear picnic. The packets of coloured fondant I got from sainsburys were perfect. Already coloured so no mess of fuss. I used their while flower and modelling paste and mixed with a little fondant to make the figures. The modelling paste sets hard but you can still eat it. I found they all worked really well and would say go and buy some today and have fun. This is my cake for the challenge, can't wait to see yours.