These are some of the many steps that went into making this four layer 6” chocolate giraffe cake. I initially baked three layers and after stacking it decided that it wouldn’t be tall enough, so baked a fourth layer and added that to the stack. Filled and crumb coated it all in chocolate buttercream and then iced it in a pale yellow vanilla buttercream. The brown fondant is chocolate. I had to cut out all of the spots. I didn’t have a cutter but used a combination of a circle and square cutter to achieve the look. Then I made the snout components and then the eyes. The ears and horns I freehanded and then put them in the oven with the light on to dry overnight. Thankfully, that seems to have done the trick. Fresh flowers, and voila! A pretty giraffe for my SIL’s bday. If I had to do this again, I think I would charge $300! I made this one for her just because I love her. ❤️
