Woodland Baby Shower Cake-Learn how to make these adorable animals!

I actually made this adorable woodland cake for my own “virtual” baby shower. I was so excited to finally get to make a cake for me, and then the pandemic hit. My family and friends were hopeful that by the summer things would be back to normal and we could still have a baby shower, but as we all now know, that did not happen. Instead we did a small virtual shower, but I still decided to make a cake. After all I had plenty of time on my hands! Here is a quick rundown of how I made each of the cute little animals

Bunny

To make the bunny I used about 15 grams of white fondant that I rolled into a tapered log. I curved it a bit and flattened the larger end so that it would sit upright (see photo below). I inserted a toothpick to act as support for the body. I trimmed the toothpick so that the head could be placed on it without it going all the way through.

For the head I rolled 5 grams of white fondant into an oval shape (see image above). I used small pieces of black fondant rolled into small balls for the eyes, and a little piece of pink for the nose. I attached them with a little sugar glue (but you can use water too).

to make the tail I rolled out some white fondant and used the end of a large round tip to cut out a circle. Then I used fine scissors to cut ruffles all around the circle and attached the tail to the back of the bunny (see image below).

For the arms and the legs I rolled out white fondant and used a small 1 inch diameter circle cutter to cut out a piece for each leg and arm. For the legs I then rolled out the fondant into tapered logs and cut the larger end off. I attached the legs to the sides of the bunny (see below) and added the piece I cut off rolled into a ball and flatted at the back of the leg.

I rolled the arms out as tapered logs as well and flatted the larger end and attached with sugar glue. Lastly, I used a decorative Wilton mold to make the little flower that I added to the bunny’s head.

Fondant Fawn

Too make the fawn you will need to mix up a tan colored fondant. To do this I mixed together 80 grams of ivory, 4 grams of brown and 4 gram of red fondant. Once my tan fondant was mixed I used 60 grams to make the body. I rolled the fondant into a log and tapered on end, then flattened the bigger end to be the bottom. I inserted a wooden skewer through the body and trimmed it so that about 0.5-1 inch was sticking up to act as the head support (step 1 in image below).

To make the head I rolled out 20 grams of ivory and 20 grams of tan into individual balls. Then I cut each ball in half and stuck the two halves together using sugar glue. I added small logs of white and black to be the mouth (Steps 2 and 3 above). For the ears I rolled out two small logs of ivory and tan fondant, then rolled them into a teardrop shape, placed the ivory on top of the tan and used a gumpaste tool to crease them together (Step 4 in image above). I attached the ears to the head using sugar glue.

For the legs I rolled out tan fondant into 8 inch long logs (step 5 above) then attached them to the fawn as shown in step 6 above using sugar glue. Also add an oval of ivory fondant on the chest. For the back legs I rolled tan fondant into a ball then elongated one end (see step 7 above). I attached to the back of the fawn using sugar glue as shown in step 9 above. I made the tail very similar to the ears (step 8 above) and attached to the back of the fawn with sugar glue. Fill in the eye sockets with a small circle of ivory and a small ball of black fondant. I also added

Fondant Hedgehog

For the hedgehog I used 15g of tan fondant to make the body. Roll it into a ball and then taper one end and point it upward

Next indent small holes on each side of the head and add small balls of black fondant for the eyes, and a slightly larger black ball for the nose.

To make the spikey bad roll out brown fondant and cut into a small circle. Attach the the back of the hedgehog with a little water then use a pair of scissors to snip spikes into the fondant. Add small teardrop shaped tan ears and legs. I also added a small pink flower from a mold.