Any Suggestions On How To Do A Lion's Mane In Buttercream?
Decorating By J9 Updated 2 May 2006 , 4:31am by lastingmoments
Oh yeah! I'm not sure who "Alex the Lion" is (guess my 5 yr old son didn't discover that one) but you could use your grass tip and a few different shades of golden yellows, yellows, and copper (Wilton) for the darker parts. With the grass tip, I'd start at the face with the darkest color and pull straight lines out from around the whole head. Second I'd use the medium shade over top of that and lastly the lightest shades on top of that! You could also double fill your pastry bag with two shades, side by side, of icing and pipe. Dont' forget to upload your cake pic's when you're done!!
Hope that makes sense to you and helps a bit!!
blessings
elly
I would use either tip #16 with pull-outs or tip #233 blending lighter and darker shades.
Good luck.
I'm not sure if this is the look you're going for but I made a cake with a puppy on it and used tip 14 for the hair. You could use any star tip and use different shades of gold and brown. I just layered strips to make it look a bit shaggy and 3D.
Hope this Helps!
Pic too big. I'll add to my photos!
I'd use the grass tip 233, pulling quite long strands out! Ellyrae - Alex the lion is the lion in Madagascar!
I'd use either a star or grass tip too. I made fringe for a purse cake using the grass tip and it looked a lot like a lion's mane. I built up the area first by piping around the area using just a couple and then went over that with the grass/pull-out fur tip.
I'd use the grass tip 233, pulling quite long strands out! Ellyrae - Alex the lion is the lion in Madagascar!
OOOHHHH! Sorry, I didn't see the movie but I know my son did!!! He never told me about Alex the lion!!! Oh well 
Thanks for filling me in bonjovibabe!!! I get "out of the loop" very easily these days!!!
Can't wait to see the cake J9!!!
elly 
cool cant wait to see it !!!!!!!!!!
goodluck
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