Cake Dilemma

Today is my daughter's birthday, but between all the handmade gifts and other details, I was so exhausted and was not able to bake her a cake. My husband got one from a bakeshop and I just personalized it with an M and a fondant strawberry (will edit this later to add a picture). She asked for a birthday cake, but Mark got a mango one. I think I'll bake her a cake tomorrow or on Friday, a proper strawberry one. :)

Mark's Birthay Cake

My husband recently celebrated his birthday and I decided to bake a cake instead of buying one. Since it's my first time making a birthday cake from scratch, I opted not to be too adventurous and just chose a simple white cake recipe. I wanted to do a fondant, but chose the uncooked recipe and that flopped. I should have paid attention when it said "for candy" (somebody was able to use it for cake though, accdg to the reviews). I should have just gone with the traditional cooked with gelatin version. Anyway, I was still able to produce an edible and "charming" cake. Here it is: