A 60th Birthday Canvased in Pink and Orange

This year was a milestone birthday for my mother - she turned 60 in April.  My father is a year older than her and historically he was the one to get the 40th birthday bash and the 50th birthday extravaganza.  We thought we would change things up a bit for the big 6-0.  We decided to throw our mom a surprise 60th birthday party and I was tasked with making her a special cake.  I used her invitation as inspiration for the cake.  It is the tallest cake that I've created this far.  As I mentioned in previous posts, I like to try at least one new technique with each cake, so for this cake I made gumpaste flowers and used a stencil on the cake instead of piping.  I'm very happy with how the gumpaste calla lilies turned out and can't wait to try different flowers.  The cake received rave reviews at the party and best of all, my mom loved it.

The beautiful invitation that my sister picked out.  This became the inspiration for the cake.

Calla lilies in process

Finished calla lilies

Bottom tier covered with fondant

Top tier covered in fondant

The beginning of giraffe print layer

Completed giraffe print tier

Top tier made to look like a quilted gift box with pearl bordered top

Another view

Middle pink tier with stenciled paisly design

Finished product