Three Elephants and a Ribbon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a very exciting cake which was made for a 4 yeah old young man celebrating his birthday. I was asked to do whatever I wanted to do and I came up with this original piece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cake is a 2 tier square cake. The top tier is 6 inches while the bottom tier is 9 inches. Both tiers are French Vanilla Sponges frosted with Vanilla Butter Cream. The sugar decorations were done with Marshmallow Fondant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the second time I made this elephant toppers for a cake, the first time being my Party on a Tree Stump Cake. They are quite adorable and impressive. I chose to go with cream colored elephants this time around because I wanted something softer on the eyes. The elephants are also in different positions because I wanted them to interact with each other. A pictorial on how to make these elephants can be found here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bottom tier is colored blue with traced out square patterns on it. The hearts were an afterthought, but they worked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top tier is made up of white, blue and grey stripes which go all around the tier. These 3 colors go well together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting the tree elephants is a pink ribbon with cream strip in the middle. Getting the top end of the ribbon to curve and stay suspended was quite tasking. But it worked thanks to marshmallow fondant which dries out quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, there is a number 4 for the age of the celebrant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This cake is all about contrasting colors which work well together. I plan to play around with this concept in other cakes in the future.