So Hurricane Ida grazed my neck-of-woods on Sunday, August 29, 2021, and even though we took just a glancing blow, the power was out for 5 days. We have a portable generator, so conditions were livable. The generator kept the refrigerators going and powered some fans that kept us cool. Silly me thought the loss of power would cancel my upcoming cake order, but surprisingly the party took place just six days after the hurricane hit.
<< Disclosure: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to ear fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.>>I honestly thought the cake/party would be canceled so I didn't make anything ahead of time. But on Friday, when the power came back on, the Mom texted and said she still wanted the cake for Saturday night. I had to scramble to make everything. The fondant "Switch" came first. I cut out a piece of cardboard and covered the center section with black fondant.
Then I covered one side with red fondant and the other with blue. (I'm not a big fan of Wilton fondant, but it works fine for things that won't be eaten.) I also added some strips of fondant to hide the seams. I used my handy Jem Strip Cutter #3. For the final steps I used circle cutters to make the knobs and buttons, glued a printout of the "Sword" game to the center, and called it finished. Easy-peasy.
The Poké Ball is actually a Hot Chocolate/Cocoa Bomb. I made one side out of red candy melts, one side out of white, and then used a strip of black fondant to cover the join (and make it look like a Poké Ball). More circles in white and black completed the look. (Note: JMO, but candy melts don't work unless you add Paramount Melting Crystals to the melted candy melts. The Paramount makes the candy melts softer, more fluid, and much easier to pour into the half sphere molds.)
This cake has one of those money pullout kits in it. Here is the cutout waiting for the box.
And the Pokémon "Sword" is the "pull" for the money box. (I hot glued the sword to the goldish "pull" that came with the money box kit.) The birthday boy will pull the sword from the cake, and at the end of the sword will come a banner of money. The Mom didn't send me a picture of the actual money pull, but I heard that it was a great success.
So sorry for the lack of picture during construction. I was scrambling to finish this cake on time because you know - I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY FOR 5 DAYS.
