What I didn't know about Pokemon

I made a Pokemon cake over the weekend together with the recipient of the cake - a very vivacious 12-year-old girl who taught me everything there's to know about Pokemon. Needless to say, she's a huge fan of the Japanese video game franchise.

Did you know there are altogether 648 characters in the Pokemon series? 

Her mummy was so sweet, she arranged the fondant-making session as a birthday surprise. So I baked the cake, covered it in a pretty blue fondant, and waited for them to come by to make those zany Pokemon characters.

S went straight to work and rolled out a Pikachu in record time - 10 minutes! She was quite nifty with the fondant too. It may not be polished work but it was all creative fun! Her mum made the indispensable Pokeball, it was so nice, she made it twice!

Did you know the Pokeball is used to catch and store Pikachu?

Check out the mother and daughter effort ; )

We cut out stars to dress the cake... one for every subject that S will be taking for her PSLE exams this year! Good luck girl ; )

And Happy Birthday!