I decided this year to take my kids cakes into my own hands. This lion cake was for my youngest son who was turning two. What I found, was that in planning a party for him he really had no interests, so I chose a wild animal safari theme, since he loves the zoo.
I was so nervous about my first cake experience that I decided to make a practice cake, and when it turned out, my sister suggested I freeze it (only for 1 week). Thanks Heather, because I would have never thought to do that.
At my local cake shop, in the very back, on the clearance rack lay Mr. Lion… no directions… no picture to go by. I thought it was a steal because it was only $4.50 so I picked it up and bought all I needed to make the special butter cream frosting, came home and got to work.
I found him really easy to do, and really fun too! I frosted part of this late one night, and the rest the next day. What I found was that leaving the food coloring over night created a much darker effect, which is why his mane turned out to be two different shades.
In the end I thought this looked pretty neat, so I just added a little of the darker brown to the top of the mane too..
This was my VERY FIRST cake. And gave me the confidence to try again!
please write down the recipe.
it’s beautiful!
this is one cool cake ‘well done im sure your son loved it.