I made this cake for my mom's birthday in October. My mom traveled to Hawaii over the summer and since she had such a wonderful time, that I wanted her birthday cake to remind her of the islands.
This is a carrot cake with a cream cheese buttercream filling. I covered the cake in white Wilton fondant. It's a little lumpy on the top, I did not yet have my wonderful cake leveler. The design for this cake had me stumped for a while. I didn't have enough time to order fondant cutters that looked like Hawaiian flowers, so I decided to paint the flowers. There's a first time for everything! I did a few practice flowers on some cardstock, then went to town on the cake! I cut out the lettering using a Wilton alphabet set that I picked up at Hobby Lobby. Although it's difficult to see in this picture (sorry, it's a crappy iPhone camera shot), I put some brown sugar along a base of the cake to look like sand and cover up the fondant edge.
My mom loved it!
