American Baker in Germany

 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 ...