TA-DA!
This cake was an evolution, and it took strange turns and became something I wasn't really expecting but I am so happy with the results.
Rachel came over the night before I planned to make the cake, and I asked her a couple of questions to get a better feel of what she would like.
Favorite color? "Blue."
How about favorite animal? (Besides cats. Rachel has 3 cats, but I didn't want to go down that road). "Shark."
SHARK? Seriously? How could I make a shark cake cute? Ten year old boys get shark cakes. All I could think was a bloody Jaws-esq monster on top of her birthday cake. In retrospect, maybe I should've tried to make a cute shark. Could've started a new cute shark trend, add shark to the bounty of owls and ducks. Next time, maybe. Rachel then Googled cute animals, but couldn't come up with one she liked. Maybe I'd just scrap the cute animal thing.
I knew the next thing I wanted to include was bunting. Here was my inspiration cake:
I found this in a Bing images search and I can't find it's source to credit them but I love this cake!
After I finished the bunting on the bottom layer, I added the stripes to the middle layer. To the top, I originally had yellow flowers, then a few more flowers sort of cascading down the side. However, my husband bravely suggesting that the flowers did not fit the style of the cake. They were too serious while the rest of the cake was whimsical. Swallowing my pride, I admitted he was right, ripped the flowers off and my bow-tie wearing elephant took their place.
(In case you are wondering, the cake inside was alternating layers of yellow butter cake and chocolate fudge cake with vanilla frosting)
Rachel's response was fantastic and today she texted me "I froze the elephant. I want to keep him forever". Yep, I'd say this cake was a success!
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