Barnyard Animals!

The other order we got to make for the weekend was a barnyard inspired cake for a little girl's second birthday. It turned out to be a funny "it's a small world" occurence when the cake was ordered by the birthday girl's mother and I then found out that her husband and I went to high school together! Funny :)

It was so much fun making this cake because putting together the little animals was so much fun. One comment we received was that they brought artist Nick Park to mind, which I take as a huge compliment. I cannot take all of the credit, however, because most of the animals were made by a girlfriend who came over for a lesson on how to use and work with fondant. She was a natural!

Anyways, the cake is a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting.

We were thrilled when just a few hours later, we heard back from Emma's mother:

"Just a quick little message to let you know the cake was delicious as well as gorgeous. Everyone loved it. I passed out your business cards to people who came.Will definitely contact you in January for our other daughters 4th birthday - she's wanting a Handy Manny cake.Thanks again!"

Now, all we have to do is figure out what a Handy Manny is.