Chocolate Retirement

This was a big cake. It's two 11x15s with a book cake on top. The chocolate base is two toned. Apparently, when you let chocolate sit at room temp too long before you pipe it, it get's darker. The piping is both light and dark. I tried to camoflauge (sp?) it a little by sprinkling cocoa powder on it but to no avail. Who knew!!! Bookmard and tassel are fondant. flowers are royal. Icing is a chocolate buttercream.
Very cute cake! I love the tassle on the end of the bookmark, what a nice touch!
Oh letters are royal icing. I printed them on a printer and then traced them in royal and let them dry cause my handwriting is terrible and i'm always afraid i'm going to ruin a perfectly good cake by writing on it.
Very cute cake! I love the tassle on the end of the bookmark, what a nice touch!
Oh letters are royal icing. I printed them on a printer and then traced them in royal and let them dry cause my handwriting is terrible and i'm always afraid i'm going to ruin a perfectly good cake by writing on it.