Black, White, & Blue All Over!

I was recently contacted by a friend from high school about making a birthday cake for her 26th birthday. She wanted something to express her personality. She originally said she liked things that sparkled and then sent an example of a cake that she would like. We decided on a two-tier topsy turvy cake with zebra print and electric blue with black details.

To express the sparkley side of her personality I decided to use black sanding sugar on the embellishments to give it a depth instead of being flat black. The final product turned out very well!

The cake itself is a red velvet cake with a crusting cream cheese icing covered and decorated in buttercream fondant. The black fondant is chocolate fondant tinted black.