Let me start by saying that I love a cake smash. Even when it doesnt go exactly to plan we still get beautiful pictures of little ones eating or not eating cake. I should also mention that in order to keep these sessions affordable I decorate the cake myself.
Todays cake smash went pear shaped from the start. Well, maybe watermelon shaped but we will get to that shortly.
It started off badly, I wanted to make a dark blue cake so I used blue gel colouring and cocoa to get a dark blue. I used the whole little tube of gel. It went this colour, which I thought looked pretty good.
So I went ahead and piped it all over the cake. It looked amazing.
Until I realised it had stained my hands on contact and there was NO WAY it should be coming in contact with a Little Smasher!
I didn't even photograph the dark blue cake. I wiped off what insta-stain icing I could from the cake and whipped up a new batch of light blue icing and piped the cake again. We were ready to shoot!
Except The Smasher wasn't. Despite our attempts to get the smashing going, and The Smasher's reputation for devouring everything that he comes in contact with, this cake was not on his hit-list.
It's not a big deal, there have been plenty of times that Little Smashers aren't that excited about the cake and I have worked around it. Usually if you can get them to taste the icing (whipped cream with a little sugar) they will start digging in for more. So The Smasher's mum scoops a bit of the cream onto a finger and pops it into his mouth, and the next thing he starts choking. CHOKING!
Horror fills us all. In the rush to his aid, The Smasher knocks the cake completely upside down and it gets splodged all over the floor. This whole scenario happened over about 10 seconds but I swear it was all in slow motion. I never photographed any of it as I was too concerned for Little Smashers welfare.
We take a break. The Smasher has some water and is checked over to ensure he is ok. He is ok.
Take 2.
He's not interested in the Cake of Doom.
Sometimes a sibling can help get the cake smash going. We bring in The Smasher's sister but there is no interest in the cake. Seriously, I dont blame him. I mean would you want to get into this sad looking thing?
You can still see the dark blue layer of insta-stain icing below the splodgy, scooped-off-the-floor light blue stuff.
OK, DONT TOUCH IT!!
Lets re-set.
I have a fresh watermelon in the fridge. Its a hot day. I have yet to meet a toddler who doesnt' know what watermelon is and who doesn't love it. The watermelon comes out and so do the smiles.
And so, from the ashes of the Cake of Doom came the conception of the Watermelon Smash. Fruit Splash. Melon Mash. I don't actually know what I will call it yet, but it was pretty fricken cute and will be on my service list within the week!
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