12" square bottom and a 8" hexagon top will look amazing in my opinion. I think you will be fine covering it with fondant as you have done it a few times.
Thank you for the vote of confidence Mehnaz.
I see your drawing. Thanks for making it for me. :D
I think it will look nice with the animals around the bottom layer. There are plenty of websites that show video tutorials and exactly how to make animals. So be sure to check them out and follow them.
The animals will be placed on top of the 12" cake so it will be around the 8" cake (hence the drawing that i did for you dude ;) )
I think you should insert skewers as well with stars on top. Have them sticking out of the cakes to give it a fireworks effect. I did this for my son's first birthday cake and everybody loved it. So the 'wow' factor was there.
I would love to see a pic of that cake if you have it...?
Question: Is there an overall theme for your cake? Are you doing a jungle?
Nah...not really...just wanted to make it look more appealing and colourful rathar than have just building blocks on the top layer.
ok so here's what you will have on the cake:
- animals on the bottom layer - which animals?
monkey, elephant, cute snakes, giraffe, bear, zebra .... if I were you, I would make a baby lion and put that on the top layer and have the rest of the animals on the bottom. after all, your son is your sher right? :D Love this idea! Awww...
- make some grass ground the edges as a border of the bottom layer .... and place some small lillies or flowers around them randomly - wont that be a bit too much then? Too much going on? Or shall i leave the building blocks and have a jungle theme for the cake instead otherwise the 2 ideas gonna clash?
- is your top and bottom layers going to be the same colour??** I was thinking of keeping it white as the animals will add colour but now i am swaying towards leaving the building blocks out and go with the above idea and have the rainbow cake.**
Are you planning on having happy birthday written out on the blocks themselves? Do you think it will all fit across an 8" cake? Nope just my son's name and 1.
Don't worry about the $$. First check everywhere for coupons. If you can't find it ... it's a good investment. Tell yourself that you will be making him cakes for the rest of his life and therefore you need another cake pan. That's what I do. :D OR, just stick to the square pan on top. Either way, your cake will be amazing, inshallah!
** Hehe...thanks dude...really appreciate your help and input. I am still playing around with the ideas...now im thinking more about the jungle cake. Or what about a huge No 1 cake with animals on top? But then i wont be able to do fondand icing! Beh! Fondant icing on 2 layered cake will suffice!**
well you'd need a ruler to measure out the blocks from the rectangle cake you bake, in order to be precise.
and you would measure and cut first and then decorate, starting with the crumb coat. Yes, and now im re-considering. So many ideas are being stirred up in my mind.
why would two sides not have icing though? the only side that wouldn't have icing would be the underside of the cake, which never has icing... right? *I was thinking that once i'd baked a big square cake, i would crumb coat, ice and then cut into squares - sorry! Can think straight and that was very dopey of me to think like that! *
