I made this Twilight cake for a friend’s daughter’s 12th birthday.
I made a chocolate cake mix 12″ round cake for the base. I then made two vanilla and strawberry 8″ round cakes. After that, I made another 6″ strawberry cake just for her.
I made buttercream icing and tinted it black and red, using Wilton’s icing colors. The buttercream icing is from a C&H Sugar recipe. I used almond extract to flavor it instead of vanilla.
I leveled all the cakes and used thick straws in the 12″ round to support the two 8″ cakes. I then crumb frosted it and let it sit for a while, before I finished the frosting. I piped the red bead border using #3 tip. I made the apple, chess piece, flower, red ribbon, lion and lamb all out of MMF. I made it three to five days prior to allow it to harden.
To make the lion’s mane, I used a clay extruder which you can find at your local craft store for about $12.50. I then placed all the characters on the cake with black buttercream icing. I then piped the writing on it.
The 6″ cake was iced in the same way as the first. I added black sugar to the top of the cake. I didn’t have time to get an edible print so I printed the picture off the computer on paper and then glued it to parchment paper. I placed it on the cake and used red icing to trim around it. The birthday girl was very happy and all the guests were amazed!
That cake is so cool! Best cake ever!
Nice cake, I’m getting ready to do my daughter’s 13th birthday party in April and I am doing a 4 tier cake of Twilight. Hope I can do it. I have made lots of cakes but this one has to be special, your’s looks nice
thx!
It says “And the lion fell in love with the Lamb”