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This is my dino crazy grandson's 5th bday cake. Crusting buttercream frosting. All fondant decorations. Used "Pluffy" molds for 3D dinos & sandwich cutters for the background ones. Painted details with food coloring. I was surprised all the kids recognized the border. Everyone asked to eat a dino egg. The 2 hour trip caused some cracking on the side. This was a really fun project.
Cake is 2 - 12" layers, split & 2 - 9x13" layers trimmed to form oval track. "Asphalt" is made from chocolate filled oreo crumbs sprinkled with black sugar crystals. Number 4 was cut from left over pieces from the 9x13 cake. Hot wheels logo was FBCT. Purchased Hot Wheels cars & candle.
Strawberry (Jello) cake, frosted with strawberry(Jello) flavored crusting buttercream. BC borders, MM fondant decorations. Pearl dust on all fondant. Pearl dust also on candle. Fondant polka dots attached to candle with BC. Bottom layer is 12", top is 6" smash cake set to the back of the lower layer. Bamboo skewers kept the separator plate so it was just barely touching the frosting which make it easy to remove for the baby. I was pleased with the overall look but had problems getting the large circles not to stick out from the cake, since they had already dried flat. Is there a way to curve them as they dry, or should I have made them as I was decorating so they would be pliable? Inspiration for this cake came from many, many cakes here on CC. Thanks for all the great examples!!!
Frosting & borders with almond flavored buttercream frosting. FBCT for emblem & football jersey using same frosting. This was a rush job so it is far from perfect but my dad was impressed anyway. I love the FBCT technique but continue to have one big problem - dark colors bleeding. That's one reason the yellow is so messy. I touched up what I could where the blue ran onto it. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how to solve this problem.
Snow white buttercream frosting & borders. Elmos on top & sides of cake are FBCT. This was my 1st attempt with FBCT. A great technique! Was not as smooth as I thought it should be. Is there a trick to make it smoother? Also red frosting bled slightly. But overall effect was very impressive.
I made this cake for my grandson's 1st birthday.
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