Baptism Cake

I love this cake - it is so sweet.

My client had seen a cake with a fondant teddy that she liked. I did a few similar designs and this is the one she liked.

It consists of two tiers of vanilla sponge cake with vanilla butter cream.

I began by colouring fondant in lilac, bright pink, claret and pale pink.

I then made the flowers and butterflies.

I used blossom cutters in different sizes and little butterfly cutters.

When all of these were made I filled and covered the cakes.

The fondant cover on the cake was pale yellow.

I felt this would be more interesting than white but still neutral enough not to interfere with the floral design on the cake.

I inserted plastic dowels into the bottom tier to provide support for the top tier.

I placed the top tier on a cake card and then centred and placed it on the bottom tier.

I put a row of little blossoms around the base of the top tier in pale yellow.

I made a pink fondant teddy to sit on the top of the bottom tier and lean against the top tier.

I wanted the teddies legs to dangle over the side of the cake.

The teddy was completely edible. Once I had made her tummy, arms, legs and head and stuck them together I placed the teddy on the cake and secured her with a little brushed on water on her bum.

The next thing was the name which I made from thin sausage shapes of white fondant shaped into the letters of the name of the little girl the cake was for.

I attached her name along the top of the bottom tier.

Once this was in place I attached the flowers and butterflies all over the cake.

I trimmed the board with pale gold ribbon.

The venue for the celebration was De Rougemont Manor in Brentwood. The cake looked stunning in the stylish surroundings of the Garden Room.

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Tags: Baptism, Cake, Celebration, Fondant Teddy, Sponge