Character Cake

For some reason I prefer round cakes. That is why most of my cakes... almost all my cakes are tall round cakes. I then design within this round surface. My friend B who was turning twenty-three, has the cutest smile. She's the quintessential happy person who always has a grin on her face. Because she is such a happy person she reminds me of cartoon characters. No one in particular but just general cartoon figure. Thus I made a small gum paste figure to resemble B and her outfit for the night. She had told me that she would wear a white lace dress so I dressed her mini-me in a white lace dress with glittery red shoes. Then I put a small basketball by her side. The inside story is this- couple months before her 24th birthday she met this perfect boyfriend. To congratulate her on her birthday and meeting the perfect boyfriend for her I added a basketball because his nickname is from a comic book called Slam Dunk. And to prop the figure I added a crystallized ribbon and on the sides I placed simple ribbon flowers made from gum paste. The side walls of the cake was painted in pink shimmer and I piped royal icing to separate the colored from the non colored areas and made it look like some sort of wallpapering. The flavors of this cake was white-choc-white sponge with vanilla buttercream. I loved the simplicity of this cake with its very squared off edges. So my advice is this, even the simplest cake should begin with a cleanly cut cake where the edges are crisp and sharp. This will make your cake look more professional and make any decoration look even better.