6 year olds have such great ideas for cakes! Gio was having a beach party in the backyard, complete with a waterslide, so he wanted a beach themed cake. He also loves Guitar Hero, palm trees, and purple octopi, so......that's what he got!
The cake, which stood about 17 inches tall with the sun plaque, would serve well over 50 people. The bottom oval tier is chocolate cake with malted chocolate ganache filling. The middle tier is yellow cake with seedless raspberry preserves. The carved wave tier is one layer yellow & one layer chocolate with buttercream filling. The outer icing is vanilla fondant. The sand is brown sugar. The white wave foam is buttercream.
Everything on the cake is edible. The palm trees are pretzel rods coated in chocolate. The shells & fish are molded fondant. The sun is gum paste lettered with edible marker. Gio, the surfing Guitar Hero was hand modeled using gum paste & fondant.
Gio's response to seeing his cake, "Awesome!"
