The toys, the bakings and a dead minnie mouse

Toy #1 checked!

Toy #2 checked!

The cinnamon tea cake was evenly browned . Checked!

The wheat & cranberry bread was also a success. Checked!

So, now its time to start making our figurines for the ACTUAL cake

Sister came over to help me with the figurines. It was so fun playing with the sugar dough and we though 1 evening is good enough to complete the entire MINNIE...

We went out in the evening to send off the maid to the airport for a month long holiday. When I return MINNIE MOUSE was seen  lifeless and dead!!

Our 1st Minnie mouse melted. Hands and legs was amputated, head was seen on the floor (I picked it up to take a picture), The Minnie's body was flatten due to the weight of the head and the ribbon broke into 2 due to the fall. Heartache & headache! Our 4 hours of hard work went down the drain. I text ed my sis to tell her the news..

The next day, sis and I worked on our Minnie #2 with  MORE patience and more CMC was added to the sugar dough..This time, no more assembling the entire figures until they'll all dry and hard. Guess it would take days.

The parts are all drying up now and nothing is breaking apart after 24 hours. Lets pray that this Minnie would be sitting upright on her birthday end of this month. In fact, I hope the entire cake will be sitting upright  because the ambitious mom loves challenges and is about to bake a 3 tier cake.for the VERY FIRST TIME.