I saw this and it is so great!!   I love it!!  Anyone has any idea how to do it?http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/155564_10151066154610989_1037519845_n.jpg

o.m. to the g.

far beyond way too cool

the bottom tier yes i know how the top tier no

i'm gonna wait with you to find out

wow--and the background behind the cake!!!

That is beautiful! I have those cutters, so I am guessing that has something to do with it.. Is there much of a market for this? I made a cake shaped like an American flag inside for a Citizenship Ceremony but I charged $1 more a serving for it, for the time it took... I can't see very many people doing that.

How is the bottom tier done?

pipe the icing into the cake pan

since it's sliced all the way across there like a square cake would be

and we're veiwing a cross section

pipe three long brown blobs like the three shapes on the botton--in differing heights like that --from front to back

pipe over with the white cake batter

lay in or pipe in the next row of brown long ones

pipe over white

etc

if it was a round cake to be served in wedge cuts, you'd go 'round & 'round with the piping

then the layer on top with the animals could be accomplished with using frozen cake batter cut out with a cutter and set into the other red & colorful batter--but i'm purely guessing--there's probably a better way

then they just have the one cross section with the animals

or they set frozen batter cut outs in a long row one after the other

there's you tubes for leopard spots & stuff

heavier batter of course that holds it's shape

not time for the hershey chocolate cake recipe ;)

They're done by double-baking I think. Like when the polka dot cake is made by baking the balls separately in the ball pan, then inserting the balls in the batter for the second bake. My friend tried it and the cake was kind of dry and not as delicious as she wanted it to be.

That's why Annabakescakes has the cutters used there...I think the shapes are cut with those cutters and inserted back into the cake for a second bake (I could be wrong of course, but I'm sure it's not baked all together at once). 

You can see that in the photos too; there's also holes in the cakes sometimes, as with bread.

She sells tutorials, if you're interested. I think her site is down today, but you can get to her facebook page here.

https://www.facebook.com/cakesandcookiescupcakewrappers

I saw this type of thing in a book yesterday for cupcakes with shapes inside. It said to bake a sheet cake, use a cutter to cut the shape, and place in the cupcake batter before baking...Sounds kinda funky to me.

Tutorial is available from the site below in South Africa

http://www.cakesandcookies.co.za/product.php?mode=catpage&id=75

I would agree that the top layer is prebaked and cut animal shapes  and a cirlcle for the sun that were inserted into batter.  I'm not sure how she got the giraffe spots

so perfect, 

Sort of like this:

http://once-upon-a-pedestal.blogspot.com/2012/07/hidden-butterflies-inside-another-twice.html

The cake wouldn't have to be round.

That blog is done by DStauch: http://cakecentral.com/u/769738/dstauch