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Decorating your cake to look like a lion might sound like a wild idea, but it's one that is sure to cause a 'roar' of delight at your party.
You could even say that the cake might prove as tempting as a gazelle skipping through a wildlife reserve.
Anyway, if you're interested in making a lion shaped cake, read on.
How to make a lion cake
The first thing to think about is your cake base. Something simple and solid like a vanilla buttercake is a good idea. You want something that is strong enough to withstand the weight of the icing, but that'll also be easy to cut when it comes to serving up your cake.
There are a number of ways to decorate a lion cake, and one idea I found on hungerhunger.blogspot managed to create an awesome-looking design out of icing (with dry spaghetti as the lion's whiskers).
For those of us who find the art of icing a little too fiddly, there are alternatives.
Decorating a lion cake
To start off, you will need to use some icing to color the face of the cake. Once you've got that in place you simply need to get creative with ingredients that you can use to create your lion's face. I find that dry thick noodles work well for the mane, and using candy like Jolly Ranchers Fruit Chews (for the nose) and gummy peach rings (for the ears) works well.
Finally, you may want to check out a video of cake expert Paul Bradford putting together his lion cake. This might give you the inspiration to become king of the patisserie jungle!
You could even say that the cake might prove as tempting as a gazelle skipping through a wildlife reserve.
Anyway, if you're interested in making a lion shaped cake, read on.
How to make a lion cake
The first thing to think about is your cake base. Something simple and solid like a vanilla buttercake is a good idea. You want something that is strong enough to withstand the weight of the icing, but that'll also be easy to cut when it comes to serving up your cake.
There are a number of ways to decorate a lion cake, and one idea I found on hungerhunger.blogspot managed to create an awesome-looking design out of icing (with dry spaghetti as the lion's whiskers).
For those of us who find the art of icing a little too fiddly, there are alternatives.
Decorating a lion cake
To start off, you will need to use some icing to color the face of the cake. Once you've got that in place you simply need to get creative with ingredients that you can use to create your lion's face. I find that dry thick noodles work well for the mane, and using candy like Jolly Ranchers Fruit Chews (for the nose) and gummy peach rings (for the ears) works well.
Finally, you may want to check out a video of cake expert Paul Bradford putting together his lion cake. This might give you the inspiration to become king of the patisserie jungle!
