Number 2 Birthday cake

A lady asked me to create a blue number 2 birthday cake with a cartoon model of her son surrounded by birthday presents…

For the character of Shakai the lady sent me multiple images of her son to use for reference. The character was made out of 50/50 gumpaste and icing, which made it a little easier to work with as it meant it dried slower than gumpaste.

The cake was baked using a number 2 tin. Because of the height of number cakes these can be really difficult to cover because of the tight corners, so I covered the edges first in a long piece of icing /fondant. I hid the join in the right hand side of the number 2 where it goes to a point. I then covered the top of the cake and hit the join with the icing detail around the edge. i really liked this cake as the main focus was on the little boy and his birthday.

Thanks for reading!