I received an order from someone who wanted to surprise their friend with a 21st birthday cake. Her friend would love to be a marine biologist someday and so she wanted a "sea themed" cake. To be quite honest, this is totally out of my element and not a design that I was particularly excited about... My 'ideal' cakes to make are shabby, chic, feminine or pretty - but between cake orders and work I don't necessarily have a lot of time to design those kinds of cakes. I have a few other orders coming up and I've been looking forward to getting this cake completed so that I could start on the other orders that I was a lot more excited about.
So I got to work researching sea creatures and sea cakes for inspiration and formulated a plan - hoping this cake wouldn't be too difficult or time consuming. I made a large 21 and gave it some texture to appear "corally" (yes I made that word up). I also made some sea creatures - an octopus, some fish, a jelly fish, a couple of star fish and a crab - all with cartoon like faces for fun. I didn't forget about foliage and included sea weed and other sea plant life. I covered the cake board with brown sugar and crushed up chex cereal as "sand". I also added a whale tail splashing through the top of the cake for a fun detail. With some bubbles and the birthday girl's name on the top, the cake was complete.
This is probably the first time I can say, this cake turned out so much cuter than I imagined (it is usually the other way around). Although I was not looking forward to designing this cake I am so pleased with the way it turned out. I don't want to sound conceited or anything but I think this cake is uber cute and cuter than the sea themed cakes I was pulling inspiration from. Not to mention, the tropical colors are an instant eye catcher, especially with this dreary snowy MN weather.
Happy 21st Birthday Emily! I hope you loved your cake as much as I did :)
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