Made for a February baby shower, the new mother saw a similar cake online, one with a striped bottom tier, stars on the top tier, and a crescent moon & baby topper. I found a picture of a ceramic figurine of a moon & baby and she liked it so much that she asked me to use it as inspiration. She was very happy when she saw the results. The first image above is the actual ceramic figure and the bottom image is my completely edible creation.
To construct the topper, I molded Rice Krispie Treats into the shape of the crescent moon, stabilized it with white chocolate, and then covered it all in yellow modeling chocolate. I made the face separately and then applied it to the moon, blending the seams. For the baby, I made a mold of a small plastic figure and used just the face and chest, adding hand modeled arms, legs, and wings. I hand painted the facial features on the moon and baby.
The top tier of the cake was french vanilla with mint chocolate chip mousse filling. The bottom tier was red velvet cake with white chocolate mousse. Both are covered in vanilla buttercream with fondant and modeling chocolate accents. The 10"+8" tiers will serve 50.
The Kidney Foundation of Cleveland, OH received the donation for this cake.
