Zebra Cake Party and Tutorial

After I make the blue zebra cake I had someone want one just like it but in pink.

You can check out our Blue Zebra Party HERE!

On to the tutorial

Before I started the cake I made the zebra.

Here is what you need. On the left, the body and below is the head. On the right side from top to bottom. Tail, front legs, ears and back legs. All made with gumpaste.

I put this together on top of a six inch pan. The size of the top layer.

First I added the head with a little water. 

Then the front legs. Same way, with a little water.

Back legs...
 

Ears and tail. 
 

I rolled out a little black gumpaste and cut a small section for the nose. 

Again with a little water I added a thin layer across his nose. I then took and made two little holes for the nose. 

I then took black gum-paste and cut a rectangle out. I then cut all the way down to make a mane.

 

 I attached it with water. Sorry about the next two blurry pictures.


 Next I cut out some half circles and wrapped them around the end of each leg for the hooves.

I added a little gum-paste hair to the front and two eyes.

 Add some gum-paste stripes and there you have a cute little zebra.

Now on to the cake.

The night before I do the cake I make my fondant so it can sit over night.

Fondant Recipe Here

I made an 8 inch and 6 inch French Vanilla cake.

1 cup (2 sticks) room temperature butter

2 cups of sugar 

1 large egg
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup of cream
2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and continue until mixed.Add vanilla.
Put all dry ingredients into a bowl.  Flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
Alternate adding cream and dry ingredients.Mix well. Pour the batter into your prepared pans and divide evenly between the 2.  Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until done.
Cool completely.

 Use your favorite frosting.

I crumb coated them both. (see the crumbs ha ha)

If you have a turn table, it is much easier to work with.

Now for the fondant!
Fondant Recipe & tutorial Here

This is the 6 in covered with fondant and the other one is a 10 in board that I decided to cover to put the cake on.

For the larger cake I rolled out white fondant. I then cut out black fondant for the stripes and laid it on the fondant. This is how I make my zebra stripes lay flush with the white. I cover it with plastic wrap and then roll the black stripes into the white. 

Awesome trick right! 

Next put this on the cake.

 Stack the two layers with the zebra on top and add some ribbon around the bottom if you like.