Minty-fresh

My sister-in-law and I have birthdays one day apart and decided it would be best if we had a cake-off for our joint family party. I specifically requested a "princess cake" and I sent her a picture of a 6 tier wedding cake I was going to make her. Unfortunately time got the best of me and the 6 tier cake was not going to happen, so I decided on a more subtle mint green cake for the occasion. Good thing because with my parents, a dog, a bike, golf clubs, toys for my nephews and myself in the car...we would have had to strap that baby to the roof. This sweet little minty fresh cake was a dark chocolate cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream icing and fondant accents. 

I've included a picture of the "winning" cake below mine. I just couldn't compete with an actual princess cake complete with a barbie in the middle. She was quite a hit with the kiddos!

And the winner made by my lovely sister in law: {she's pretty fantastic}