Birch Tree with Forest Animals Cake

This past week was a busy one in our household - between work and babysitting, there was hardly anytime left in the day. I had been planning this "Montana" themed baby shower cake for a couple months and was really excited about the vision I had for it in my head.

As always, it's a lot easier to put together in my head than it actually is to make it. I had a couple set backs while working on, and not working on the cake this week. First of all, I planned on making the fondant on Tuesday so I would be ready to start sculpting the animals on Wednesday. Both days came and went and I still had yet to start on it. After a labor-intensive Friday, I had the cake baked and frosted and 3 of the 4 animals made. Then my daughter found the animals while I was out of the kitchen...Luckily I was able to quickly repair the damage, complete the outside details of the cake, sculpt the moose, and make cupcakes with time to spare. Phew!

I think it's safe to say this is one of my favorites! It fit into the rest of the decor perfectly! I'm really liking the carved name on the birch tree stump, but that moose sure is cute!

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