Happy 1st Bee-Day Cake

What a fun cake this was to make! Love to do a whimsical cake like this. Of course when it came time when I needed my black wire for the bumble bees do you think I could find it? I was able to find green though and it didn't look bad at all.

The 10" and 8" tiers were vanilla and the top was chocolate. To make the bee hive I used half baseball mold to bake the cake in. The top tier is going to be the smash cake so it is covered in icing rather than fondant. After several attempts I was finally able to get the look I wanted for the bee hive.

To ensure the bees stayed on I added a toothpick for strength. Then with the edible black marker I added the dotted trail.

Thankfully I have a chevron cutter but it's not fun to add on to the side of a cake, that's for sure!

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