This carousel cake was inspired by several cakes on this site. I found the swirl lollipop sticks and decided to do a carousel from them.
The bottom is two 12 inch rounds, iced. On top of them is a layer of rice krispie treats pressed into a 12 inch round, hardened and then iced. Then I made a rice krispie treat log and stuck the lollipop sticks around it for stability and put the bottom RKT circle to the RKT tent top.
The top is a rice krispie treats coated in candy and decorated to match the sticks stuck on with candy melts. The animals are candy molds and I wrapped pretzel rods with wax paper and inserted them while they dried so that there was a hollow hole down the middle of the lollipop sticks to insert into.
Then I slid each animal into the cake base/tent top piece. You can’t see all the animals in this photo but there was an elephant, giraffe, tiger, swan, and two unicorns. The little girl was caramel molded then a starburst for her dress and bows. The hair is tootsie rolls which I made into tiny curls and put on her hair to look like my daughter. The flag and HB sign are both candy melts made freehand.
It was A LOT of work but a blast and my friends and her friends loved it. If you want more pictures I would be happy to send them.
These are the cutest animals ever! Would you mind sharing where you got these? thnx
The animals are all candy molds, mostly purchased from Sugarcraft. I wrapped a pretzel in wax paper and inserted it after I poured the tinted candy melts, so that when I put the two pieces together there was a hole. Then I inserted the lollipop sticks in that so that the “poles” ran through the animals and allowed me to put them in the carousel.
OMG you are SOOO creative! I can’t believe you thought to use pretzel rods! I am doing a carousel theme for my 4 year old’s birthday and am amazed at the talent! great job.
Your little animals are so sweet. The lollipop swirl sticks are perfect for this. But where is the little girl?