Kelly did all the baking for these cakes which made my life much easier.
CUPCAKES
When I found the jungle cupcake toppers it was perfect for Jack's birthday.
Kelly and I took about 4-5 hours creating the fondant cupcake toppers a week in advance.
We used templates found on the net and coloured the fondant to suit each element of each animal. www.chicaandjo.com/2009/04/07/zoo-animal-cupcakes
For the lion mane I used a textured roller and for the fine detail work in black I used an edible marker.
I used a craft knife to cut out the shapes and a scone cutter for the lion.
The eyes and small details were quite difficult to get right.
To personalise the cupcakes I created a zebra pattern with white and black fondant. I cut strips of black and rolled it into the white, then cut out letters to make 'Jack'.
'1' CAKE
The idea behind the '1' was to match the invitation.
I cut the two log cakes in half and created a double layer '1'. These were placed onto a silver cardboard and I cut around the shape for stability.
The fondant was chocolate fondant pre made and ready to roll.
The cakes were filled with butter cream using shortening (cocoa added for some flavour). The cakes were covered in buttercream and the chocolate fondant rolled on top.
This was my first time moulding fondant over an odd shape and it wasn't all together bad. I found the chocolate fondant harder to work with than white fondant. It was much stiffer.
The covered cake was placed onto another cardboard for presentation and buttercream used to pipe star shapes all around the base.
The spots were white fondant coloured to match the yellow, green, pink and blue. These were cut in varying sizes using circle shaper cutters.
CREATING THE THEME
To bring the cupcakes alive we used a cake board, covered it in green tissue paper with clear plastic over the top and then added green and yellow cardboard cut to look like long grass.
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