A close friend of my had a birthday last week and I offered to make the birthday cake. My friend is a big fan of the beach and I knew I had to run with that theme. I had difficulty deciding on a specific idea until I did some googling and I finally got inspired.
Here is my cake…
Here it is again….
I made a chocolate cake (Martha Stewart’s One Bowl Cupcake Recipe) layered with cream cheese frosting (my personal favorite). Here I am cutting the cake…
Once I layered the cake and crumb coated it with the icing I dyed the fondant an ocean hue. I attempted to use white chocolate to do the piping around the cake but it was too soft so I ended up whipping up a batch of royal icing and using that.
For the shells, I used a chocolate candy mold. For most I used white candy melts. Some of the shells I swirled in pink candy melts or butterscotch chips to add some color.
My next cake making goal is a two tiered cake and/or some ribbons….