Noah’s Ark Cake
A friend of mine was dedicating his daughter and wanted a cake to mark the occasion. They wanted something unusual and not conventionally shaped. That was a tough one as all the ideas I had were either round or square cakes. I then remembered I had always wanted to do a Noah’s ark cake and decided to give it a go. 24 fondant animals later, this lovely cake was created. This is one cake I love so much and it turned out just the way I envisioned it.
The top tier of the cake is an 8 x 5 inch red velvet cake frosted with cream cheese which I made using my method of dry fondant paneling. The bottom tier is an oval shaped Nigerian Style cake frosted with vanilla buttercream. All the design work and the animals were made with marshmallow fondant.
Below are links to tutorials on how some of the animals were made. In most case, all you need make are the heads of the animals.
i. Fondant Lions. Link
ii. Fondant Elephants. Link
iii. Fondant Pandas. Link
iv. Fondant Monkeys. Link
v. Fondant Giraffes. Link
vi. Fondant Hippos. Link
vii. Fondant Penguins. Link
viii. Fondant Whale Tails. Link
A tutorial on how this cake was made can be found here. Below are a few more views of the cake.
Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.
Wow, this is lovely. I’m sure it was time consuming but it came out very fine. Welldone Terry & thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Yes it was especially making all the animals. But the end justified the means.
Oh terry! U eh! U too much oh. Wish I could be ur student. What do u say?
Thanks Christy.