I've baked two other simple cakes for friends over the past year or so. As a result I've have been on the receiving end of the comments of a very unhappy friend. So when her birthday came around I had no choice but to bake her one (God forbid she wouldn't forgive me this time).
So I though if I'm going to do this I might as well do it right, and nothing smaller than two tiers would do.
Given I didn't have much time I was quick to try and find as many short-cuts as possible, however I was adamant not to settle for cake mix because I can't stand the taste.
As you can see I picked yellow fondant icing since her favourite colour is yellow and then I decided to add sunflowers on it since I wanted a flower on the cake.
I made two batches of cake and used two colours to marble the inside so that you can differentiate the cherry, raspberry from the chocolate part. I continued to pour a small amount in the centre one after the other and made 4 rings then put the two tins in to bake.
After baking the cakes i proceeded to trim and using Betty Crocker icing I crumbed the cake then rolled out the fondant and covered the cake.
Next using piping bags and three batches of icing I made the centre of the sunflowers careful to position them such that any flaws were covered.
then using a leaf tip by cutting a small triangle in the bag I made the sunflower petals. finally I presented it with green dessicated coconut on the sides.


















