Photos Of Animal Cakes

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Kristin P. from Taunton, Massachusetts

1. Lay out all pans and spray with non- stick coating. 

2. Mix and bake cakes as directed by a recipe. In this case I used Lemon Cake with Lemon curd.But any kind will do. I baked 2, 10" layers, and 2, 8" layers. 

3. Allow ample time to cool. Meanwhile I cut a name plaque, loops for the bow, and butterflies out of fondant, and set them aside to dry. Then either make or use prepared frosting to lightly coat the cake. 

4. Cut dowel rods and evenly space them in the center of the bottom layers, for support. 

5. Roll out Fondant evenly, on a very clean surface, large enough to cover the cake. For the bottom layer I embossed a butterfly pattern before I applied it to the cake. 

6. Use frosting to apply the bow, name plaque and butterflies to the cake. Place ribbon along the bottom of the cake. And your done :)

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Dawn D. from Cumming, Georgia

 

This baby shower cake is made out of a 6 inch fondant cut circle with another 6inch with a 1 inch border overlay. The bunny rabbit is a fondant cut out that I laid on top of the cake and highlighted with luster dust. 

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Dawn D. from Cumming, Georgia

I have a new cake I just did last week-end for a baby shower. Take a look at the baby elephant cake it is so cute. It was made from the teddy bear cake pan (ears cut off) made fondant/gum paste ears and it was covered in fondant the base was made from 1-8" and 2-10" rounds cut on an angle and then decorated with buttercream and fondant accents.

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First we cooked a sheet cake and decorated it like a pond with a log for the frog to sit on. For the frog we used the large Wilton bear pan. We cut the crown out of cake and used rods to hold it into place. Buttercream icing was used on the entire cake.

Here is a picture of my jungle baby cake. It was fun to make this and I love the hippo's. The jungle animals are all edible, made from molded fondant.

This spring chick is a chocolate cake, decorated with buttercream frosting, candy clay, and white chocolate.

The body is layered 8" round cakes carved to the shape needed for the body. The head is a "ball" cake pan by wilton.

The beak, feet and eyes are molded out of candy clay. The shell is molded out of white chocolate.

I made this winnie the pooh baby shower cake with 3 tiers. I used 10 inch, 8 inch and 6 inch cake pans to make the layers. s

It was decorated with a white chocolate winnie the pooh that was painted with dusts and gel color. I topped it off with a fondant bow.

I started with a 1/2 sheet single-layer rectangle cake. I iced the sides in white buttercream and did a light coat of icing on top, since it will be covered. Then I piped a small top and bottom border with light green icing, using a small round tip. Then, for the pond scene on top, I used my small spatula to spread light blue/white striped buttercream pond. It was in the shape of a kidney bean/oval. Then I used my grass tip to pipe green grass surrounding the pond to the edges of the cake. There are drop flowers in the grass. The fun of this cake are the buttercream duckies in the pond- they are made by piping a base body with tip 10 (large round). Pipe a round ball which tapers off into a point. Then, using a smaller round tip (like #4) pipe a little round ball on top for the head, and little tapering wings on each side of the body. Then, using orange buttercream, and small leaf tip (#352s), pipe a little beak. And lastly little dot blue eeys. I made varying size duckies to look like mommies with ducklings! I pipe each duck on a piece of wax paper, on a flower nail, and then pop it into the freezer. It hardens enough so you can take it off the wax paper with fingers or scissors to place on the pond.

Lastly there are little lily pads and flowers. The pads are made on a flower nail with petal tip, making a round shape. Same thing as the duckies- freeze and then position. The flowers are with white buttercream, with a star tip, pull out in a circle to make a spikey flower. Then pipe a little yellow star in the center. This is one of my favorite cake designs to make for baby showers!

Use half of the wilton duck pan for the duck body. Bake a smaller cake to use as the platform for the duck. Use mini muffins to form the bubbles. Assemble the cakes together, frost, and smooth fondant onto cake. Use a gumpaste tool to press fondant into crevices. Use clear piping gel as glue where it is needed (it comes in a small tub, and is very thick and quick to dry). Using good quality paint brushes- dab brush into luster dusts to create a satin finish in different colors over the cake. When the duck's darker luster gets onto the bubble's while applying the lusters, use a wet clean brush and paper towel to remove the darker color. With a fine paint brush, use extract and luster to paint the eye onto the duck.

I used a small imprinted rolling pin on the fondant for the neck tie and for the base cake. The rolling pin leaves a design on the fondant for a more decorative look. The fondant for this cake can be prepared by kneading shortening and extract (flavor of your choosing) into it until it is soft like a play dough or clay. Keep your work area and rolling pins coated with confectioner's sugar so that it does not stick. Keep your hands coated with shortening when kneading the fondant. I colored the fondant with a food colored gel in a very pale color. You do not need to use a lot of coloring if you are going to paint the cake with different colored lusters. The fondant can be placed entirely over the cake or in different sections to create this cake. Cut off the excess fondant and smooth onto the cake. Use the gumpaste tool gently to help create the details and shapes in the cake. A basic buttercream recipe is best for fondant covered cakes.

This is a butter flavored cake with Buttercream Icing, and Gumpaste & Fondant characters Detailed Instructions and how-to-tips: Cake instructions - follow box instructions. Buttercream Icing - Wilton buttercream. Characters - combined 2/3 gumpaste with 1/3 colored fondant. Mix by pulling & twisting until totally mixed. Form to desired shapes.

Detailed Instructions and how-to-tips: I made this cake for a friend. I used a 10" round cake and a double layer 8" round cake for the waterfall. The cake was covered with rolled fondant. The ducks with made with gumpaste,leaves and flowers were too. I used piping gel for the water.

This is a 11 x 15 inch sheet cake fondant lamb covered in buttercream stars. Cake is covered with whip cream icing and has a whip cream and strawberry filling.

This is actually a cake I did for my nephew's first birthday, but it would be so cute as a shower cake too! The elephants, monkeys, snakes, and lions are 3-d figure piping with a toothpick inside for added support. The water is piping gel tinted blue. They all loved it!

P.S. The watermark on the photo is my website, as I do cakes as a part time home-based business. I love doing it!

This was such a fun cake to make! I was so excited to be able to make a baby shower cake for one of my good friends. It was a complete surprise and everyone loved it. The lady hosting the shower had decorated her entire house with the same design scheme. It was so festive and fun!

I baked the cake according to the box directions. I made 1- 8 inch, and 1- 6 inch round cake from each box, using 2 boxes total. Instead of pouring the dulce de leche syrup all over the cakes, I put just a small amount on the cakes. I then used the rest of the syrup and mixed it with butter, powdered sugar, and powdered milk for a delicious filling. The cute little chick on top was molded out of gumpaste to match the baby shower invitations. The cakes were covered in chocolate marshmallow fondant and decorated with marshmallow fondant.

The baby shower theme was woodland critters and I was in charge of the cake! I wanted to make something really unique for my friend. I began with a six balloon cake pan, since hedgehogs and balloons are quite similar in shape. I then filled half with chocolate cake batter and the other with vanilla so there would be something for everyone to enjoy. After removing from the oven and allowing them to cool, I got my icing bag and filled one with chocolate icing the other with vanilla icing (dyed brown) and began to make the spikes. For the eyes and nose you could use candies like m&ms but I was running short on time and simply chose to use icing. They were a hit at the shower, and it was nice to see a different sort of shower cake.

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