American Baker in Germany

 This cake was an order from a friend of a friend.  This cake was inspired from this one, however it was requested that the top be left free as they have a wedding topper already. Also, they wanted the colors to be inspired by raspberries. So, I began a few days before by making roses in raspberry pink and baby pink. Then I used a 12-inch silver cake board and the bottom tier is an 8-inch vanilla cake filled with raspberry Swiss meringue buttercream... and fresh raspberries. Then I frosted the cake with raspberry Swiss meringue buttercream. Then I started the top tier. This is 6-inch vanilla cake filled and frosted with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. Then I frosted the bottom tier again. And I covered it in a store-bought roll of rolled out marzipan, which I have never used before and never will again. This product, while a nice, convenient idea, leaves folds and creases everywhere and is very difficult to smooth properly. Also, it's very thin and you can see the pink but...

 This cake is for the 8-year-old daughter's friend for her baptism. She helped design the cake. So, Leonie wanted a figure of herself on top of the cake. I can't make realistic figures, so my figures are quite stylized. I made a little body in a dress and thin white sleeves. Then I added hands and a neck as well as a toothpick to add stability. I added a round head. And a brown piece of hair on the back of the head. I added some thin locks of hair around the head and painted on a kawaii style face. Then I cut out a whole lot of circles from pink fondant and made a whole bunch of fondant roses out of them. I frosted the cake. This is a 6-inch vanilla cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. And I covered it in white fondant. Then I used this fondant press mold to form the letters of Leonie's name. And placed it on the cake. I placed the figure in the middle on top of the cake and placed the roses around the cake in groups. I made a handful of green leaves. And I placed ...