Hello to all, I have a Birthday cake to do for Sat, it is for 2 sisters that want to share a stacked cake, one is 20 and the other is 17 , one wants Almond cake and the other wants Chocolate cake, with choc icing. What in the world can i do to these cakes to make them look good the Almond cake i can do im thinking Neon colors with power flowers and circles what can i do on the chocolate since its so dark, Help me please need to start on this tonight, Thanks to everyone, Im thinking wires on the chocolate its the smallest,

I would do flowers on the almond cake and various circles on the top cake. Or here is another idea I saw a on flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/stephaniescakes/3998503423/). Good luck!

Almond layer a lime green frosting with brown circles. Choc frosting layer with green circles. Green and brown bow on top.....

Here's an example of white on the bottom with chocolate on top. You could do something like this with brighter colors. http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1911477

Here are some examples of chocolate cakes with bright colors
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1687400
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1645059

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dont know if i will have enough time for the bow to dry, /quote]

Fondant and gumtex (or gumpaste) will easily dry overnight. If you use chocolate melts to assemble the loops, that drys almost instantly!

But your pink and brown with strips on bottom sounds cute. Since it's a female, you could add cute pink ribbon roses.

A lot of colors go well with brown (chocolate), especially pink.

Few samples:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/surlybratt/4184918665/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantasticakes/3622398063/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimakonfections/4713167920/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kim_thibodeaux/3298722478/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jellycakes/4649550907/

Here's a cake with a similiar theme to what you are doing... at least the chocolate part.

http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1733912

I agree with pkinkema, If you mix your fondant 50/50 it will have plenty of time to dry. I have made many last minute bows this way. One word of caution, if you will be using 100% fondant on the cake and mixed 50/50 for the bow, tint the bow a shade darker than the fondant on the cake because it will dry lighter.

cakebaker1957, instructions for a bow, in gumpaste, which rolls out thinner and you get that flowy characteristic.

http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-gum-paste-bow