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| Annika loves dogs and the color green - so I came up with the idea for this cake. I found the picture online and Grant enlarged it for me to approximately 11 x 15", the size of my pan. |
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| I cut out the picture, frosted my yellow cake with white buttercream, traced around the outline of the picture on the cake with a toothpick, then filled in the details freehand. I used storebought Wilton black piping frosting with my smallest tip for the outlines and used my buttercream for the rest. For Lady, I tinted about a cup of frosting very light brown with cocoa powder. I filled in the area between her eyes and muzzle with that. I didn't use it all, so I just added more cocoa powder to make the area surrounding her eyes and paws a bit darker. Then I added even more cocoa powder and a touch of red food coloring for her ears. All of those I piped with the smallest star tip. Then I used a larger star tip for the stripes on the box and bow, using a toothpick to help out in the tight spots. I used the #17 tip for piping shells on the bottom and rosettes on the top edge. |
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| This is one happy girl! This recipe is linked to the Ultimate Recipe Swap: Birthday Cakes. |
What a beautiful cake! Good job. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brandy!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking cake!
ReplyDeleteJust a little tip - pictures from the kids' coloring books are great to use like this for cake templates. Pick ones with few details, especially little tiny details.
Thanks, Sue! The picture I used was a coloring page, free to print online. It really does work well...and you're right, picking one with few tiny details is vital!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a link to where you found the picture? I want to do this kind of cake for my daughters birthday.
ReplyDeleteThis is the link to the picture I used - http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=795
DeleteI did change the face a little to make her a bit "happier" but other than that, I copied it very closely.
Good luck with your cake!