What the eff is a Cricut?

I had NO idea when I first heard about it, but it has turned out to be one of the great things that make caking a little bit easier.  Sort of.  This machine can be very temperamental.

When I first heard about it, I thought it was a CRI-(rhymes with TRI)-cut.  But now I have learned that it is “crick-uht“.

Like the noisy insect in the bushes when you’re camping.

You would have thought that the cricket shaped logo would have given me a heads up!  Duh.  Not surprising that that one got away on me if  you know me.

This is a Cricut Cake. It is a pain in the a$$ but it does some pretty cool things when it wants to.  A refined adjective to call this frustratingly beautiful red machine (I love red electronics) would be FINICKY.

You need to have a perfect combination of gum paste and fondant, but it can make you cool crowns, and Happy Birthday signs!

You have to have the mixture at the correct temperature . . . too warm and it won’t cut, the blade with just rip the fondant.  The Cricut Cake cut this image out of the girl guides, which was perfect for a Brownies wrap up!

You have to have the blade at the correct depth (I’ve heard this is a complaint also from the Cricut Expressions for scrapbooking, but I don’t claim to know anything about paper) . . . too high and it won’t cut anything, too deep and it cuts into your cutting mat.  The depth was perfect for these butterflies and yet another Happy Birthday sign!

These cake pops were topped with flowers and butterflies cut from the Cricut Cake.

For a horse lover . . . horse shoes, and a different Happy Birthday sign.