Animal prints are alive and well in Michigan cake designs.  Everyone wants the Zebra print and it is so fun to do.  Here is a great idea to incorporate all three designs into one cake but could easily made into one theme for all three tiers.  Later this spring, I will be creating an all Zebra print three tier wedding cake so look for that posting in June.

Leopard, Giraffe & Zebra

This cake was created with an icing base and then overlaid with black fondant stripes for the zebra.  The giraffe base icing was tinted golden color and then cutouts from chocolate fondant were added for the “spots.”  Since the leopard print is very similar in color to the giraffe, I decided to remove the tan background color and replace it with white, which had a bit of pink to it because this was created as a birthday cake for mom.  The leopard print was made with fondant sheets printed from my computer’s printer equipped with non-toxic inks.  So IF this was a REAL cake, everything would be edible.  However, since the client was transporting this cake to Tennessee, we needed something that would not fall apart in the car.  The client will pick this up today.  I hope she likes the design!