Flamenco

Flamingos are beautiful! I made this cake over the course of several days. Stupid full-time job prevents me from doing much work on any single day. The cakes and the buttercream icing are homemade, and I covered them with fondant. There were four cake layers total. The flamingos were made out of gumpaste. I painted them with gel food coloring diluted with vodka. I put the flamingo bodies on the cake and then attached the gumpaste legs. I love how long their legs are compared to the rest of their bodies! Even the thinnest slice of cake ended up being fairly large because of the four layers, but I loved ever bite! The only non-edible part is the tiny cake board under the bottom layer, but if cardboard happens to taste good to you, I suppose it could be considered edible.