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For Justin's first birthday, the theme was a western/cowboy party! I had so much fun with the details on this cake. For the first tier, it was
red velvet cake with cream cheese buttercream and Justin's mom requested that it be blue jeans.
For the blue jeans tier, I used a stitching tool from
this Wilton set to get details on the fly, the belt loops, and pockets... and I used
edible silver paint and
silver dragees for the details on the belt buckle.
The silver paint was not what I expected and I probably won't buy it again, but after several coats, I got the desired effect. The belt itself was
Satin Ice Dark/ Chocolate Brown fondant and the yellow rope was homemade
marshmallow fondant.
For the middle tier, the decor was a red bandana and the cake was vanilla cake with
vanilla buttercream. I made homemade "cookie cutters" to cut out the paisleys and then used
royal icing for all the white dots.
For the Sheriff's Badge star on top, I used a
large star cookie cutter, then I used a frosting tip (the big end) to cut out the dots. I glued those and the "1" on with sugar glue, then I painted the whole thing with
edible gold paint (same brand as mentioned for silver - same opinion... not the best product!). It took 2 or 3 coats to get the color I wanted... and it still looked a little more brassy than gold, but anyway... it turned out cute.
I also made a little matching smash cake! I used fondant for the rope, the spots and the "1" but the white was all buttercream so that little Justin could easily dig in with his hands!!
When all was said and done... I was in love with this cake!
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