First covered cake

So after many bakes, comissions for friends to do their birthday cakes, a cake for a clothing company and various other small projects, I realised that I needed to know more. I needed to start taking it seriously as nothing else was fulfilling me in the same way. Food has always been my speciality; I'm a foodie, I love good grub and I love the feeling of feeding people good grub. I'm also very artistic but along with my poor concentration skills, OCD and fear of failure, the pieces of art I created were just never good enough in my distorted eyes. At least with cake, it's always guaranteed to make someone smile, which ultimately is the main point for me. Also, I find I'm much more creative with sugar so visions and ideas develop more easily.

So here is me with my first covered cake in sugar paste (only ever covered in buttercream) after a class I wish not to disclose as I wouldn't want you to waste your money. But nor do I want to name and shame.
We were told to make either a handbag cake (urgh) or a car. I turned my ski jump nose up at both options, made a fuss and wha-do-ya-know, was allowed to make a character from my favourite film Totoro. (I think mainly to shut me up).

We also made cupcakes. But really, cupcakes shmuck-cakes, I couldn't give a damn. They're just as naff as the handbag idea. I will not post these.