Hey Cutie Pie!

I had a lot of fun making the cake for Tanya’s shower. I made sure to document every step of the process. Before I get started, I just want to say that my inspiration was a cake in the book The Whimsical Bakehouse by Kaye Hansen and Liv Hansen. My cake did not look just like theirs, but I got the idea from there. Very cute!

First, I drew the animals on parchment paper. I decided to free hand rather than use the templates from the book...

Next, I traced the animals in chocolate.

Then, it was time to fill them in. I used wafer chocolate and colored it with candy colors...

Finally, they were done. All in all, it took about an hour.

I decided to make a cake that was two tiers-one eight-inch and one nine-inch. Both were two chocolate layers and one yellow layer with cookies and cream filling and meringue buttercream icing. I didn’t take pictures of the cake-making process...too much of a pain, what with all that icing....but here’s the finished product....


Oh my gosh! I know I made this, but it turned out so well. Yes, Mr. Giraffe got a broken neck...and he and Mr. Zebra lost their tails...but the cake was a hit!

The shower was wonderful and Tanya got lots of adorable gifts! I wish now that I had thought to take a picture of her with the cake...