Circus Fun Cake

by Laurie
(California)

Circus Fun Cake

For this Circus Fun cake, I made two, three layered tiered cakes, one 8" round and one 6" round with buttercream. Each was covered in fondant and detailed with fondant stripes, and a yellow icing boarder, representing a circus theme park.

A fondant curtain was made with a (gumpaste/fondant) elephant coming out from behind! Other circus animals made of the same mixture of fondant and gumpaste joined, with a seal balancing a ball on his nose, a friendly lion and little monkey, seated upon their circus stands (molded, rice crispie treats covered with fondant.

Stars made of gumpaste and balloon in monkey's hand added to the birthday theme! The main flag at the top of the cake was also made of gumpaste, and displayed the 1st birthday to Alexis (whose name is also displayed on a birthday banner made of gumpaste.)

Royal icing finishes off the cake with colorful boarders and added detail. This was a fun theme for a first birthday!!

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Jan 16, 2012
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supa cute..
by: Patty

how much fondant,and icing supplies did you need to bring this to fruition, first grand childs bday and Im contemplating the project,somewhat expierenced in decorating,not with the fondant though, what would be your thoughts on degree of difficulty, and does an average box cake batter work as well as purhaps from scratch or a pound cake that will be more dense, any info you can send back would be greatly appreciated.

PattyByTheSea@aol.com

Apr 02, 2010
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circus
by: Kelly

That is very cute and you did a great job

Apr 01, 2010
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A Winner!
by: Michael

The cake is absolutely adorable, especially for a baby's first birthday. The warm and friendly looking animals must appeal so much to a young child, as if they were inviting them to enjoy the most wonderful circus a child could ever want. With ferocious beasts like lions and playful little monkeys, I'm glad you entered your photo here. Keep up the good work and continue to put smiles on your cake eating fans!

Apr 01, 2010
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A TEN STAR*****
by: NANCY OF CA

THAT IS JUST ADORABLE, YOU PUT LOTS OF WORK IN THAT CAKE AND IT IS JUST AS SWEET AS CAN BE...IF I WERE JUDGING YOU WOULD GET IT..I JUST LOVE THIS CAKE AND SO VERY CLEAN. GOOD WORK KID..NANCY OF RIALTO CA

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