Happy Birthday to My dearest Friend Sarah

Sarah is one of my friend here in Montreal, I know her when I went back to high school at PACC. She is a very nice, kind and caring woman who sometimes taking care of my children when they stayed home. To make my story short, when we moved to our new apartment, we hardly talked to each other because of the works she have and I am also busy with my studies.

Three days before her birthday, I decided to make a surprise birthday party for her. It was not really big celebration but I prepared some foods aside from the cake I bake and decorated. 

April 28 2014, Sunday I know that it was her day-off so I called her at around 11:00 a.m. I asked if she has something to do that day. She said "No". I invited her to come to our apartment because I told her that my children already missed her and I want her also to meet my new born baby. What she doesn't know that I made special for her to celebrate her birthday.

When she came I told her to go straight to the kitchen, she sat down. She didn't surprise that there was foods on the table because she knows I always cook. Then, I told her that we made something special for her birthday. 

We begun to eat and chatted, we laugh and so on. Then, I said, closed your eyes while I got up to get the cake I prepared for her. When, we started to sing a birthday song, she opened her eyes and saw the cake I made for her. She was teary eyed and said "Thank you very much, but you shouldn't do this, you should not spent to buy cake for me." I told her that I did not bought the cake I bake and decorated it by myself.

Her reaction was priceless. "Weehhhh" she said. "Now this time you lied, I do not believe you because I know you for two years and I did not see you bake and decorate cake." These were the words she said. I simply smiled and told her that everything we learn if we are eager and patience to learn it. I, myself did not expect to learn in decorating cake but I did it for the sake of my daughter who believe that people can do things in life. I need to learn to let them see and believe that in the future for her life there is nothing impossible.

This cake was heartily made for my friend Jovelyn's baby "Jean-Louis" who was celebrated his first birthday on September 12, 2014. I was the one who offer to make this cake as my gift to her baby. It took me a lot of time making the fondant sea creatures as my decorations. 

My friend Jovelyn made a request what sea creatures to be included on the cake and it was really an honor to make those fondant creatures of course, it helped me to practice these crafts.

Making this cake made my family and I so happy being part of this important occasion especially that my friend allowed me to create this cake. The bottom cake was Mocha cake filled with custard cream and the top was a rainbow cake filled with custard cream also. It was covered with Swiss butter cream icing while the decorations were made of fondant.

To make the cake more alive, I decided to put an aquarium with three guppies fishes on it. On top of it, was a giant octopus where one of his tail held the number 1.

Although, it took me a lot of time to complete and finish the whole cake but it was really worth it, when I saw the finished product and have a nice feedback from the people I don't even know, it was like I won a lotto. Charot!!!