This was a fun and cute cake I made for Emma Jade to celebrate her 2nd birthday.  The colors are so cute and unexpected for a little girl, but that is exactly why I love them.  This is not your typical pink birthday cake.

The little monkey with a flower in her hair is my favorite part.  She is just so cute!  The little fondant bananas are really cute too.  I shaped them out of yellow fondant and added little black markings with an edible food color marker.  To add a little extra cuteness I brushed the bananas with glittery green petal dust.  The flowers were made using gum paste.  I used a flower cutter to cut the shapes but then added some texture with a gum paste tool.  I shaped them whimsically by hand and let them dry before attaching them to the cake.  I love the fantasy look they give the cake!

I used my funky letter cutters to spell out the birthday girls name.  Happy Birthday Emma Jade!

I was given a fun challenge and asked to decorate a cake using Mike and Ike candies. I wanted to come up with something simple and fun to do, but something elegant that would really make a statement.  I came up with this really dramatic pattern that looks really cool and complicated.  It is actually a lot easier to do than it seems.

This is a great fun project to do with kids!  Mike and Ike candies are so pretty that they make the cake look like a gem.  This cake design will surely pop at your next party, and nobody will believe that it’s all made out of delicious Mike and Ike candies!  For complete instructions head over to JoyOfKosher.com!