Missionary Cake

I took a "Tall Cakes" class at JoAnns to learn how to stack cakes.  So now I can easily do wedding cakes.  This didn't turn out perfect, but it was for class.  However, I did use it for my cousin's mission farewell.  It is suppose to look like paints with pinstriping on the bottom, a belt, dress shirt and tie.  It also has a missionary tag and RWH means Return With Honor.  Overall, it was pretty good and I was quite happy with the elements.

Inside, the top tier is Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting, middle tier is German Chocolate, and bottom tier is Chocolate with Strawberry filling.

One Technique

After my 2nd Wilton class, we figured out that we were going to move to Oregon from Southern California and I was going to go...now!  It was crazy, but I had about 2 days of packing and I was on the road to be at a job the next Monday.  That Tuesday was going to be another kids birthday in my mom's class, so the night before my long 16 hour drive to Oregon, I stayed up late making him a cake.

I have no recollection as to what kind of cake it is.  All I know is that he wanted a Book of Mormon cake and I only knew one technique.  That was a lot of stars.  I did accent decorations and font with a Wilton Sparkle Gel and it was very messy.  I'm sure there are tips out there to how to better use it, but I didn't like it.