I loved the bright colors on this Ladybug Birthday Cake! It was a 30th birthday cake for a friend and she wanted a ladybug. I got my ideas from this site and came up with this version.
I used a 10inch round cake for the body and filled the cake pan a little fuller than normal so it would dome at the top. I frosted with red buttercream and used fondant for the spots, feet and legs.
I used a small Wilton soccer call cake pan for the head and cut it down a little after it was baked so it would not sit as tall as the body. I frosted with black buttercream. The eyes were made out of fondant and the feelers were made using lollipop sticks (local cake store)with fondant on the top.
The leaf was made from fondant with Kelly green food color. To get the marbled look I only partially mixed the food color in. I rolled out fondant thin to make the veins of the leaves.
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