Africa Cake

I made this cake for my aunt. It was hand carved out of chocolate cake with Bavarian Cream filling. Buttercream that was hand painted (with paint brush, ugh!) and the decorations are royal icing.

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Amazing cake and amazing idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8O 8O 8O . I saw the other pictures of the same cake and all I can say is AMAZING, most beautiful!!!!

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Thanks so much for all the compliments 8O I was not expecting that!!! To paint it, I just mixed my gel colors with orange extract, gave it more flavor too! And for carving, yes, I drew out a shape of africa on paper, cut it out and then set it on top of the cake, used a toothpick to trace it and then started hacking away! LOL

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Thank you everyone!! :D Yes, it is handcarved. I used two 8" rounds for the top left area and then used a 12X18 (cut in half and stacked) for the rest of the area. I was going for the least amount of scraps possible. :lol: