Noah's Ark Cake
A friend of mine has guessed that I had made a Noah's ark cake for months. So, I figured I finally should. So, here we go! I'm using two 6-inch layers and two 4-inch layers of red velvet cake. As you can see, this cake isn't in the best condition. One of the 4-inch layers had a pretty significant corner pressed into it and one of the 6-inch layers had some pretty bad cracks. Ordinarily, I would make cream cheese frosting to go with red velvet cake, but I knew I was making this for a friend who was lactose intolerant, so I made Swiss meringue buttercream instead. Now, you may think that some of my cake layers aren't usable, but I used all of them. The 4-inch layer with the dent in it, I filled in with buttercream. Then put it down upside down. Problem solved. Then I put the intact 6-inch layer on top of the first 4-inch layer. I reassembled the cracked 6-inch layer on top. Then I topped it with a layer of 4-inch cake. I began by sculpting the cake by trimming the top la...