Hi all!!! Finally, things were so busy that there was no time to post. This cake was for my little cousin's birthday. The tiers of the cake were both red velvet with a delicious cream cheese icing. I molded Jake's name with red fondant and gum paste and then inserted lolli-pop sticks into the bottom of the letters so they can dry. The top tier was covered in blue fondant and the sprayed with blue coloring to give it a bit of dimesion. The bottom tier was covered in green and then also sprayed green.
We cut out palm trees and blades of grass using fondant. We used some green coloring on the glass and leaves to give it dimension. We also rolled brown fondant into little coconuts which we then attached to the palm tree leaves. Also, we used green icing to pipe grass around the bottom of both tiers. I bought little animals to put around the cake. I added a giraffe, lion, gorilla, tiger, leopard, hippo and zebra. We made little red snakes also. The finishing touch was the plaque with Happy Birthday in the center of the cake.