Earlier this year I had made little Zachary’s christening cake and so when Candy contacted me asking if I could make his first birthday cake, I was excited…. love being a part of such milestones.
She had a few ideas in mind and finally settled on this retro toy car. I loved it, cause just like her, I too was into retro toys for my little man before even he could !! Candy sent me images of the car to be replicated , a few design ideas and the colour scheme. We kept the top tier design similar to one she had forwarded me, except I added fondant buttons to hold the pinwheels in-place. I suggested fondant panels for the bottom tier in the theme colours as I thought this would compliment the topper and add a bit of movement like feel to the design.
Candy loved the top in the image and wanted that to be included and I did so by adding the fondant thread running across little Zachary’s name.

Candy , its been an absolute pleasure working with and for you. I appreciate and thank you for trusting me with the design….its a wonderful feeling to be able to be creative without boundaries….

The Cake:
Bottom tier: White velvet cake layered with pecan praline Swiss butter cream and iced with Belgian white chocolate ganache.
Top tier: Moist coconut cake layered with French vanilla Swiss butter cream and iced with Belgian white chocolate ganache.

Car topper hand carved with fondant details.