This is the first cake I've ever done, short of baking a cake in a 9 x 13 pan, frosting it and singing Happy Birthday. I got roped into this by my friend for her sons first birthday. She seemed to think I could do it, so I gave it a shot. I did some YouTube tutoring ... watched some videos to see how it was supposed to be done and just kind of went from there.

I cannot take credit for the elephant and zebra topper (both made of fondant), my friend purchased those from a seller on Etsy.com. Otherwise, everything else I made myself. I used Satin Ice vanilla fondant and tinted the colors to match the jungle party / polka dot theme. I also used Wilton pre-packaged fondant for the black and brown (on the stacked cakes). The smaller smash cake was covered in chocolate buttercream then smoothed and colored fondant dots were embedded in the buttercream. I reallly had a fun time doing this and got a few cake orders from people just at the party.