First birthday cakes are always fun, and this cake was no exception. It gave me a chance to remake the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse design, and this time I took a slightly different approach. Instead of trying to simulate the grass with a sheet cake covered in green buttercream, I chose to cover the cake board in green foil. The advantages were a brighter green color (to contrast with the red and yellow colors in the cake) and it gave me more cake to use in the various structures. The ears of the cake and the bottom of the sphere were made of styrofoam, but everything else in the cake was edible. I used airbrush color for...
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