t's 8th birthday cake was a much needed easy, peasy cake.
Just 2 cake layers, sliced in half and assembled with buttercream icing.
Left outside in the -40 degree weather to
I trimmed the edges of the cake to square it off a little more and used more buttercream to flatten the top.
It's ugly under the fondant, but it works.
Using LOTS of spray coconut oil and a very clean, flat work surface (solid countertop) roll out the fondant as thinly as possible. Make sure the piece is larger than your cake surface, including sides.
Lay it over the cake and begin to smooth it out.
Trim away excess fondant.
Using an 8x8 grid system on paper lay out your creeper face.
I took a piece of paper the same size as the top of the cake and folded it in half enough times to create a grid with the face. It was easy and quick.
I bought already green fondant this time (as my poor Kitchenaid will not be able to handle another fondant making session without smoking and emitting an awful sound/smell)
I added gel colour to get a few different shades of green. Yellow and darker green.
I also took a small amount of green and added black gel colour for the face.
After rolling out the Using a small paring knife a cut out the squares and place in order on the cake, alternating greens and affixing the black face pieces as the green shows.
I piped green buttercream icing around the bottom of the cake and corners to clean up the cake for a finished look.
This is a large cake and feeds a lot of people! We had 9 little boys and a smattering of parents and still took more than half the cake home to feast on for the week!
***Update***
I did a second Creeper cake for the schools Cake Walk fundraiser.
It was just as easy, but it is a long process. Easy, not quick.
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