Cakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I did my first ever fondant cake ytd!
took me half a day to make it.
Started around 15.30, and ended at abt 21.30.
It turned out to be really pretty,
although there were a few flaws in the fondant.
well, practice makes perfect :)
gonna practice it
till its flawless.
Then, i can start selling them :)
(BTW i have never taken any kind of cooking/baking class before)

To make a cake like this,
here's what i did:
First, i used the cake mix and other ingredients to bake the cake.
While its in the oven,
I prepared the chocolate buttercream icing.
I did it according to the recipe i found online
but it turned out to be quite dry and not as creamy as i expected.
Thus i modified it a little by adding 2 tbsp more of milk
and an extra small slice of butter.
The icing turned out to be not bad and quite delicious actually :)
When the cake is done,
i let it cool for abt 15 mins. (cuz its too hot to touch :O)
When its cooled enough,
i used a long bread knife to first cut off the crown of the cake.
(Its like a dome shaped thing.)
Then, i cut the cake into half horizontally
and applied chocolate buttercream frosting in between the layers,
the top and side of the cake.
This is what it looks like after crumbcoating it:

Yea i know, its my first try, and i couldnt seem to make it smooth :'(
Aft crumbcoating, its fondant time!!
I prepared these a day before i made the cake:

i was experimenting with the colors,
and realised tt the orange balls and pink ribbons
were a few shades lighter than what i wanted.
Learnt tt i needed to spam coloring to get a darker shade of color :/

anyways. for the fondant that covers the cake,
i couldnt make up my mind what color to use.
In the end, green was randomly chosen.
even the amt of green colouring i used was random. Haha.
It was difficult to put the fondant on the cake.
i tried my best, but it still ended up with a few flaws.
And finally, presenting to you,
my first homade mmf chocolate cake!

Its looks so pretty in this picture! :DDD
The flaws have either been covered up by the balls at the bottom,
or they cant be seen by this angle. hehe.
But flaws or not, im still proud of myself for making something like this.
I have never in my life dreamed that i could make a cake like this.

Oh, and here's the inside of the cake:

My baking life aside,
my life is actually boring.
I either watch TV, use the com, or go out with friends.
Although i keep complaining abt being bored at home,
i know that when sch starts,
I would wish that i be bored, rather than studying my ass off.
It was exactly what i felt when JC life started,
aft months of resting at home.
ohwell.
Life's like that.