Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I really wanted to do this design because I thought it would be challenging and fun! I love the flow of it and wanted to capture that in my cake. I made the bird before hand so the wings had plenty of time to dry. I then constructed the stand and baked my cakes (three full vanilla sheet cakes). I used white chocolate ganache for the filling (mmmmm!)

Stacking and carving the cake was a little crazy and I wasn't sure it was going to work until I started smoothing things out and could really visualize the shape of the head and shoulders (did I mention it was a 90 degree day with no air conditioning!?) I removed all the shelves from my fridge so she could chill out for a while before adding fondant and modeling chocolate for her face. Here total height was 2' 4" from base to bird wing.

I wanted the cake to appear to be on as thin of a base as possible so I covered the base of the form in all white fondant. I think it worked out pretty well but if I did it again, I would make the structure even taller.

It took me about 8 hours to mold her face until I was happy with the proportion. I painted on her eyes with oil based food color as well as her lips and eyebrows. After chilling in the fridge again overnight, I applied strips of thin fondant for her hair and her "clothes" which went fairly fast. Only a couple hours. I made the flowers out of isomalt (only my second time trying sugar flowers) and I got a nice blister for my efforts but I think the final flowers looked ok. I wish the one on her forehead was a bit smaller.

Since it was just my husband and I, we had some fun cutting her up and devouring her head haha. Sounds like we are zombies! I have always loved vanilla cake so it was no hard sacrifice on our part. The cake was still super moist and yummy after being in the fridge for two days!