Elizabeth's First Birthday Cake

Just had to post this as it was my first attempt at doing a 'proper' iced birthday cake. I wanted to be a brilliant mummy and make my daughter's cake myself, even though I have very little experience of decorating cakes (that's my next project once this one's completed!). I used Mary's Victoria Sandwich recipe, filling the cake with buttercream and lemon curd, and then wrestled with the ready-made fondant icing. I'd bought the stuff you needed to mix with water, and spent ages with my Mum trying to roll it out without it sticking to the surface. After failing miserably at this, we resorted to using the ready-to-roll stuff, which looked like it was going to go the same sticky way. However, with a bit of help from husband wielding a spatula, I managed to get it onto the cake. I'd also bought some coloured icing and a cutter kit, so got all polka dot-tastic and made a lovely spotty cake for the special little lady. She was a bit bemused by the whole thing, and didn't eat much of it, but the rest of us enjoyed it, ultra sugary, ultra sweet icing and all (which husband duly peeled off). I now need to buy one of those smoothing things to get a less bobbly finish...