My four year old girl had been watching repeatedly the Madagascar DVD a few weeks before her birthday and so no doubt she said she wanted a Madagascar cake! I had the thought of the character animals popping up from the cargo boxes from seeing the movie posters on the web.
The square cakes were covered with “timber” fondant strips – one by one. I had used a piece of plastic which had lined grooves in it and pressed it against the timber strips to give it that texture. Then I place four dots at both ends to make it look like nail indents. As for the characters themselves (apart from the penguins) I had printed out pictures of the characters and built up the face starting from the base of the face and adding on the features layer by layer. My guests couldn’t believe I made them and many of them probably didn’t think they were edible and thought were toys until the kids were eating the characters!
I was impressed myself with how well the characters’ faces turned out! This hobby I picked up two years ago keeps me busy, now as I have many interested mummies calling me up!
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Wow you did a wonderful job. I love it! I just wanted to tell you that I think your cake is just great! =) Thanks for showing!
Could you tell me what size square cakes you used? Thank you
You did an amazing job on the characters. Can you please tell me – did you paint the details with a brush and gel dye?
I’ve just started searching for a Madagascar cake design (we’ve gone with Cookie Monster for the last three years……I think we’re ready for a change!)
I think your cake is not only amazing, but cannot believe those figures are edible !!!! Awesome, awesome job !!
Do you sell? Can we place orders?
That cake is awesome. My son just loves this movie and wants a cake now for his birthday in April. I do wish you lived closer. Nice job.
Hi Vivian, saw the gorgeous birthday Madagascar cake u made and was wondering if u still do it. My son is crazy over the movie and I was thinking of getting it for his 2nd birthday. How do I contact u?