The design was inspired by a cake the birthday girl saw and fell in love with.
The original cake was a topsy turvy, but I didn't feel ready to tackle that type of cake engineering challenge just yet. This was the tallest cake I've made, and more challenging than it might seem at first glance. That gravity defying bow around the middle kept me up a few nights when I was in the planning stages.
But I'm happy to say all that worrying was for nothing, because the bow stayed in place perfectly (even through a windy, bumpy drive in the car). Phew!
The design was also really different from most of the birthday cakes I've made. Usually I'm making them for my little nephew so I'm designing cakes with cookie eating monsters and ravenous caterpillars. It was a lot of fun working with hot pink fondant, I think I'll have to do it again soon!
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Your cake came out great! I love the hot pink with the black and white and will have to give this color combo a try sometime. Congrats again on a gorgeous cake!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan! This color combo was really fun. The only thing I had to be careful with is that the black fondant stains anything you stick it to... so I had to be really sure of all my placement of the zebra stripes and bows.
DeleteWhat a beautiful joy you did! It is almost too pretty to eat--I bet she loved it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Craftymoose. I hope they enjoyed eating the cake too.
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most of the birthday cakes I've made. Usually I'm making them for my little nephew so I'm designing cakes
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