A friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her mother’s 70th birthday. My friend handed me a photo and said her mother was all about her grandkids, to please make each of the grand kids (9 figures in all) and put them on a cake.

When I stopped laughing and settled down a bit, I had to start thinking about how I was going to execute this cake. The only inspiration I had to go on was the photo. No color scheme, no ’mom’s favorites’, theme.

I decided to go with a green buttercream cake. The Grandma is wearing green glasses on her face. I figured if you are wearing green eyeglasses on your face, you must not hate the color green.
I was inspired by green Jasperware.
After much thought, I wanted the cake to be birthday cake, but i wanted it understated and the details minimal so the focus was on the Grandma with her grandchildren.
I am very excited about this cake!

12" vanilla cake, 8" chocolate cake, iced with Avocado tinted buttercream and white buttercream accents. The fondant/gumpaste figures were all hand molded and hand painted. (I had to use a magnifying glass to paint the details on the face with food coloring gels.

Thanks for looking!