Oakland Raiders themed cake made with the strawberry cake I baked yesterday. The top layer is strawberry and the bottom is basic yellow, as per client's request.
Due to the short notice I didn't really have too much time to be too creative with it. (and let's face it, with black, silver and white as the colors there's nothing much I could do.) But, I thought, let's make the logo out of fondant.
I thought about a buttercream transfer, but I was leery and I have never done one of those to be honest. And I had a hard time dyeing buttercream black, even with adding cocoa powder to the buttercream. Turns out I did things right, I just needed to let it rest overnight.
The client asked not to cover the entire cake in black, and requested, if at all possible, not to use fondant. So, I had to do buttercream. Which I am not still 100% confident working with. I tried as much as I could to smooth it out. Had I have more time to work with, I think it would have been better looking.
If there's one thing I am proud of is of the way the logo came out. I had the hardest time tracing the images over the fondant and then cutting them with my Xacto knife... It's a miracle I didn't cut off a fingertip.
I am now waiting for the client to pick it up and hoping she'll like it. The cake is for her husband's 40th birthday.
More pictures here in my photobucket album.
GREAT looking cake, Arlene!
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