This is my third long distance cake. Well, fourth if Newcastle counts as long distance. This one had to survive a flight up to Brisbane and surprisingly, she got there safe and sound.
The construction was pretty simple. Two round chocolate mud cakes, slathered in ganache and trimmed to make a neat little doll shape. She was then covered in light blue fondant, given a green shroud and accented with flowers that were made using pop-out cutters. The stamens for the yellow flowers in the centre were purchased online. I must say, they are fiddly little things and definitely require a little more time. The pop-out cutters however are a quick and easy way of brightening up a cake.
To make the face, my dear friend Isabel shaped some rather pouty lips. The doll got blonde hair (like the birthday girl) and the eyes were drawn on with decorating pen. To colour the cheeks I used petal dust for a more subtle finish.
Whilst the cake was meant to be a surprise, the birthday girl actually found it sitting on the washing machine whilst looking for the spare loo-paper (in the middle of her party!). Needless to say, she still acted the part when the cake cake out, and it was a success!