Turquoise ruffle buttercream cake

We have a few ruffle buttercream cakes to make but we've not done one before, so we had to practice first. Here's our first try...

Turquoise ruffle buttercream cake:

This was inspired by a few cake blogs (it's a very popular cake icing technique for a number of reasons. It's simple. It's NOM. It's frugalicious!). However, being me (Janey, who likes order, balance, patterns, the list goes on), I wasn't that ecstatic about how the top part of these cakes are usually iced. So here's our take on icing the top of the cake:

Not bad for a first try, I hope. :)

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!