Toy Giraffe cake

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Comment by Suzie Toms on March 16, 2010 at 6:28pm

Ok - I'll try to explain how I did it. When I cut the round cake in half I placed the two bottom edges together with the cut edges resting on your work surface. My cakes generally come out of the oven with a rounded top so I used that to my advantage here and they formed the curve of the cheeks. I stuck the two halve together with buttercream and then gradually carved the shape of the head by rounding out the edges and curving the cake slightly under in the front to form the nose. Once I had the shape looking about right I crumb coated it with buttercream. I put it up on top of the base (body) cake and decided I wanted the cheeks to be wider so I softened up some chocolate fondant and rolled two equal balls I stuck these to the side of the head an smoothed them around to the front and back and then up to the top until the shape looked right. Once I had the shape to my satisfaction I rolled out the yellow fondant and with the head resting on a spare cake board I covered it as best I could pushing the excess fondant underneath. It may tear in places and mine did a little but I covered those with spots later. Before I smoothed the fondant too much I placed the head upside down and cut away some of the excess fondant. Once I turned it back over I smoothed out the fondant with my hands. I covered the body cake with fondant, placed the dowels and then put the head on top. I hope this helps. Just ask if there is anything else you need, I'm happy to share.

Comment by Sissy Chapman on March 16, 2010 at 6:03pm

I'm not very experienced in forming all these cakes. I've pretty much limited myself to pans. My granddaughter has a giraffe blanket that she's had since she was born, she's 3 1/2 now and still loves her Mimi! I would love to make one of these and surprise her with it. Just don't really know where to start. I asked the member on Cake Central about instructions but from all the posts I've read on there she doesn't answer or else she just sends to their email address. I guess I'm not clear in my mind about how you use the round cake for the head.

Comment by Suzie Toms on March 16, 2010 at 5:28pm

Hi Sissy, I don't have detailed instructions written down. I described how I made it earlier and I only had a photo to go from. The original cake was made by a member of Cake Central and I included the link in one of my comments below. Is there anything you'd specifically like to now about it?

Comment by Sissy Chapman on March 16, 2010 at 2:40pm

Susie, do you have detailed instructions on how to make this cake? You did a wonderful job!!!

Comment by Lisa Seidling on March 16, 2010 at 10:27am

I love your cake, it is so adorable.

Comment by Suzie Toms on March 15, 2010 at 1:34am

Hi Rosalie - I actually used a ceramic mixing bowl which is shaped very much like the Wilton wonder mold pan for the body. I also made a 6in round cake and a bar cake. I cut the round in half and placed the flat edges together keeping the rounded top edges facing out to form the head. I stuck them together with buttercream and shaped the front to make the nose. I did have to bulk out the cheeks with some fondant to get just the right shape - I used chocolate fondant and I suppose you could use modeling chocolate too. I used the bar cake to make the feet and to add an extra bit of height to the body. I was left with about 1/4 of that cake. I placed 2 dowels into the body one at the front and one at the back to hold the head on. I also put the fondant on the head before I attached it to the body hiding all the creases underneath in the join. I hope this is helpful. Good Luck!

Comment by Rosalie on March 15, 2010 at 12:50am

Hi Suzie, absolutely loved your giraffe cake. Thebody seems to be baked in wiltons wonder mold cake pan, what about the head and the feet? Would you share this information. My grandson second birthday is coming up and I think he would love something like this. thank you.

Comment by Suzie Toms on March 14, 2010 at 5:17pm

Thanks Sherry - it is a copy from a cake featured on the Cake Central website - here is the link http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1310386.html - my client asked me to make a copy for their son's first birthday. I was happy to oblige and thoroughly enjoyed creating him - I think he is very cute too!

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