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Minion Cake

This cake was for a New Year's birthday.  I was so excited to get to do a minion cake.  I love the Despicable Me movies.

Again, I was told to choose the flavour.  Quelle surprise, I chose chocolate.  :)


Love him!!!

I did up a recipe of the Perfect Chocolate cake, pour it into 2 6" round pans, one half of the ball pans, and one cupcake to form the minion.

To cover the cake in fondant, I first started with an 8" circle of yellow to go over his head.  Then I took a rectangular piece rolled out to wrap around his body.  There is a seam going down his back that's visible but I was able to conceal the seam joining the head and body with the strap for his goggle, or is it a monocle?  For his "hair" spikes, I stuck a toothpick in each one and let them dry out before sticking them in.

I love how this cake turned out.  Sometimes what I envision in my head is not what the end result is.  This one worked out even better.
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