Zodiac Cake

This cake was part of an Instagram cake collab. #ZodiacCakeCollab2020 Look on Instagram under that hashtag to see all the wonderful creations of all the participants.

But don't hate me, because I was really tired of eating cake. So I made this cake on an 8-inch cake dummy. I frosted it with vegan American Buttercream.

Then I covered it with black fondant.

I rolled out some flesh-colored fondant and cut it into 12 fairly even pieces. I wanted the symbols to be about the same size.

And I pressed a line with the back of a knife to split it into 12 fairly even spaces.

Then I started freehand cutting the zodiac symbols. I started with Aries.

Then Taurus.

 Then Gemini.

 Then Cancer.

Then Leo.

Then Virgo.

 Then Libra.

 Then Scorpio.

 Then Sagittarius.

 Then Capricorn.

 Then Aquarius.

 Finally Pisces.

For the top, though, I wanted a symbol of my children's sun signs. My youngest daughter is a Capricorn. I know, Capricorn has a fish tail, but that was a little too much for me to model, so I just did the goat's head.

 My oldest daughter is a Cancer. So, I modeled a crab.

 I put the two toppers onto the cake.

 Then I painted the toppers and the symbols on the side with gold luster dust. I also painted the lines between the symbols with white food coloring. I painted splotches and flicks of white food coloring to represent stars.

Finally, I painted some dry gold luster dust onto the figures to add some extra sparkle.

But how epic is this gorgeous zodiac cake?

I absolutely love it.

I think all the symbols on the sides are recognizable.

And my Capricorn and Cancer are well-represented as well.

What's your sun sign?

Watch us make this epic zodiac cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/EoLcu0N_5PQ

Schaut zu wie wir diese großartige Sternzeichen Torte auf unserem YouTube Kanal hier: https://youtu.be/bGCNt6Iujeo