05-21-10
The requested cake was to be an "oriental" design. This mini Japanese Zen Garden is made from an 8" x 8" square butter cake with buttercream frosting. The black frosting is a chocolate buttercream dyed black. The top of the cake was cut to leave a square recessed well. It was frosted with buttercream as a "crumb coat". Inside the well are crushed rice crispies to use for the sand. The rake is made from Pocky that was cut and glued together using a melted hershey's kiss. Candy rocks were placed in the sand and pattern was made using a fork around the stones. Bamboo in pale green was piped on the sides using a tip one, while the Chinese kanji symbols were piped in white using a tip 2 and a toothpick to shape the details. A 100% edible creation.
