Waterfall cake

Last month one of my best friends asked me to make a cake for her dad. They were having a surprise party for his 70th birthday. Her mom and dad were like second parents to me growing up and I spent A LOT of time at their house as a teenager. They were a great influence to me and how I viewed what a family was and how they operated. I was really excited to do this for him.

Needless to say I wanted to do something really cool for him. He likes to fish, so I went with that theme. I just had a few glitches along the way :) . I started working on it several days before the due date like always, doing little things here and there. Then I felt a great urgency to finish it Friday night. I worked like mad staying up till the wee hours of the morning. I finished most of the cake with the exception of some detail work. I went to bed to get a few hours sleep. Or so I thought. A couple hours later I woke up sicker than a dog! I ended up being sick for a week. Luckily Traci my best friend came over and took me to the Doctor (cause dh was out of town). She ended up taking the not quite finished cake with her to the party. So not only did I not get too complete it the way I would have liked, I missed the party to boot! :P

Anyway, here are some pictures of the cake I made for Russ.


The figure laying down was a replica of Russ sleeping while fishing. There was a big fish just to bite his line.