16Th Birthday Party Cake

I made this cake this weekend for a young woman's 16th birthday. The bottom tier was a chocolate cake, the middle tier a french vanilla cake, and the top tier was a lemon cake. The icing over the whole cake was buttercream. The stipes, polka dots, and the twisted ropes at the bottom of the top and middle tiers were made from fondant. The bow on the top of the cake was made from red ribbon, and a few red silk daisies adored the top and sides of the cake.

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Comments (4)

lisad1 on 23 Mar 2008 , 12:07am

you did a nice job! I'm sure she loved it! :wink:

ashleyk4214 on 23 Mar 2008 , 6:37pm

Thanks everyone! I just put a LOT of black food coloring into the icing and fondant to achieve the dark color. I think if you let the icing "sit" for a while after adding a lot of black icing, it helps it darken up a bit more too. The size of these cakes were 6, 8 and 10 inch. :wink:

ljudd1969 on 23 Mar 2008 , 3:37am

that is really adorable. great colors - how'd ya get the black so black? mine always comes out kinda purple :? nice work :D

twinkletoe21 on 23 Mar 2008 , 6:09pm

hi there.. i was wondering what sie are the cakes?