Happy Birthday, Sarah Anne!
For my sister's 13th birthday celebration, I decided to bless her by challenging myself to do something I've never done - Zebra fondant! As I began pulling together recipes to design the flavors of each layer & fold, my inner creativity came alive and my night owl tendencies shon through. I worked all through the night to produce this animal print confection, and let me just say, it was well worth it!
The cake you see here is stripes through and through! The inside cake is layers of Devil's Chocolate & Classic French Vanilla to make black & white stripes when cut. The layers are "glued" together with a Classic Buttercream frosting, then the entire mountain of sugar is gently draped in the hand-made, marshmallow based, Zebra print fondant. The bow is made from the same fondant. I used a beautiful lavender gel to hand-knead the color shown.
I got so excited when this cake came to life right before my eyes, after I had draped the Zebra fondant, smoothed it, and added the bow. Adding the pearls around the base gave it the finishing touch, which also, were hand-rolled on my kitchen countertop.
Once I finished I had many, many ounces left of the purple & black fondant. I wasn't sure what to do with it, except store it for a rainy day. Just to my luck... it rained the following day. :)
So, I created the daisy-themed cake you see here, just because I could!
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