Buttons and Bows Bakery: Animals

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Penguin Cake

Can you believe that in the five years I've been making cakes, that this cake is the first penguin themed creation I've made?! I had a fabulous time making this cake and was pleased with the outcome of the penguin topper. I had the very last minute idea to make a cupcake stand and use that as the holder for the penguin. I made the stand from gumpaste and let it dry, then painted it and sprayed it, and finally gave it a gloss by using a little corn syrup with water.

The cake was for a little girl's birthday celebration and the cake flavors were mint chocolate chip with mint buttercream. The penguin I made with fondant and I used a new brand that I felt took a long time to dry. I textured the front of his body to look like a heart with an arrow through it. The balloons were sugarpaste. One lone snowflake sits between the cupcake stand and the top tier of cake. I finished off the cake with little bows and ribbon at the bottom of each tier.

Cat Lady Cake

There are few times in a cake decorator's life that they can make a cake for themselves instead of always making them for everyone else! This was one of those rare times, in fact the only time in the five years that I've been creating cakes, where I decided just to make something for me. I didn't really want to make a huge cake so I made a cake that was a little bit of cake and a little bit of rice krispie treats. The result is a cat lady surrounded by her feline friends, knitting away after a nice relaxing bath. And no relaxation would be complete without little bunny slippers.

The cake board was covered in fondant and then given the effect of wood flooring by hand painting it with gel. The armchair is also hand painted.