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 C...