I baked 5 cake layers that were 8 in. We used both chocolate and vanilla because that is what my son wanted. The cakes were stacked with a buttercream layer in between each cake. Then I used buttercream tinted with Teal to make Perry.
The feet, tail, beak and hat were all sculpted out of crispy cereal treats and left to dry for about 4 hrs.
I made a marshmallow fondant and tinted it with a little bit of copper for the feet, tail and beak. The fondant was rolled out and placed over the cereal treat shapes. I used brown for the hat and colored the fondant for the hat. Then rolled it out and laid it over the hat.
The beak was held in place by 2 bamboo skewers stuck into the beak and then into the cake. I did not put the beak on until we started the party just in case. I used white and black buttercream for the eyes.
This Perry the Platypus Cake was fun to make and my son and all his friends loved it.
Your comment has been sent successfully.