Camouflage

After several days of work, I have finally finished this cake. I started off on day one by turning the great-grandmother's chocolate cake recipe into two 9" and an 8" round. I cut these down, stacked them, and used cake crumbs mixed with buttercream frosting to mold a round dome shape. Mint flavored marshmallow fondant colored brown went on top of the cake, along with legs and a tail. Frosting colored the same shade of brown was used for texture in areas that needed it. I covered more cake mixed with frosting in brown and yellow fondant for the bee.

The sign is made from several layers of melted chocolate, with a buttercream frosting honeypot. The decorations on the bee and bear are also made this way. The antennae on the bee are made of royal icing left to dry and painted black with food coloring and topped with a buttercream frosting dot

Also during this time, I had the frustrating experience of attempting to learn to pour sugar, despite the humid weather. I made a clay model wing and covered it with silicon mold putty to make a mold usable for food. I then mixed a lollipop recipe with mint flavoring to pour into said mold and create wings. During some of my many attempts, I discovered that, when slightly cooler, I could shape the globs of leftover sugar into shapes - hence the sign base was born. The bee wings were made by pouring sugar onto foil.