Ok--Odd Request, I Know...
Decorating By Lybby2000 Updated 11 Aug 2008 , 1:27pm by CustomCakesBySharon
I need to make a cake with a 'Dandelion' theme...
Background-it's my fathers 55th and my s-mother has requested a dandelion cake (due to my fathers obsesion with dandelions--he hates them! He's always been a neatfreak about our lawn and so they are his enemy) We used to get in soooo much trouble for blowing the little white puffs when we were small but we all find it so funny now that she wants a dandelion cake to tease him with...
I searched the Gallery and no luck--such an odd request...
Any suggestions are appreciated... I don't know if I want to do it as the yellow flower or as the puff...
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I think the yellow ones would be easier to do. I can see like a cross-section of lawn with the grass on top and a big ole dandilion on top with the fat, weedy leaves to go with it. It'll drive him nuts 
Try a Google search on "dandelion cartoons" or something like that. I've often done this when stumped, and it usually helps.
Ditto.... I do this too. I google to look at real pics as well as animated, cartoon, and coloring pages. I love using coloring pages or my son's coloring books to do FBCT's.
It sounds cute! I was trying to think of something edible you could use for the white , puffy ones.. what about white cotton candy on green floral wire.?! 
Cool idea. Hee hee. I think you should put both the yellow kind and the white kind! - especially considering the history about the white puffs. One thing you could do is use white cotton candy for the white ones, yum. I don't know if you can buy it or make it, but I think it would be nice and tasty.
OK... I might be thinking something like a square cake with a green 55 smoothed out on top and grass all over the top (except the 55 of course) and then have a tractor posed like it's mowing the 55 into the cake... and then have 2-4 dandelions on top (with the huge roots into the cake--love that idea!) and a dandelion border along the bottom (rotate the yellow/white fluffy cotton candy flowers)...
what do you think?
Maybe, use fuzzy, fluffy pom poms from the craft dept. for the seed bloom.
OK... I might be thinking something like a square cake with a green 55 smoothed out on top and grass all over the top (except the 55 of course) and then have a tractor posed like it's mowing the 55 into the cake... and then have 2-4 dandelions on top (with the huge roots into the cake--love that idea!) and a dandelion border along the bottom (rotate the yellow/white fluffy cotton candy flowers)...
what do you think?
That will look really cool! Could you add a tiny figure of a child playing in the dandelions around the border?
I'd keep it simple and make a total grass cake with Happy Birthday written in dandelions!
i like this idea! simple is always better IMO.....can't wait to see the cake, what ever u decide to do! 
wow, i think it turned out great! i LOVE the sprinkler & the huge dandelion leaves!!!
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