Mermaid Cake II

Mermaid Cake II, originally uploaded by bakers-cakes.

Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I posted any cakes. No, I'm not just recycling the Mermaid Cake of a couple of weeks ago! Sometimes this is just the way orders play out! So, I took the opportunity to work out some of the kinks that came up in the last mermaid cake.

While I liked the painterly quality of the rocks that the last mermaid sat on, I really wanted a cleaner crisp look on this cake, so I went with a overall purple layer of fondant on the cake. I also softened the waves in shape and color by going with a blue that was tonally very similar to the purple. The clients provided me with the Ariel Doll and a dolphin, so I created a sugar paste dolphin to accompany Ariel on the cake.

This cake was a delicious combination of Buttermilk Vanilla Cake and Fresh Strawberry Buttercream, topped with vanilla rolled fondant!