Lumberjack Baby Shower Cake

Buffalo plaid is so popular right now that it is spilling over to baking. The lighting wasn't great when I took this picture to see that the bottom tier is supposed to be buffalo plaid! This cake was for a baby shower. I used my baby booties cutters for the first time to make the boots. It was a bit finicky for my liking but I was able to make it work for the most part!

The bottom tier is an 8" vanilla cake with buttercream filling and the top tier is a 6" chocolate cake with buttercream filling.

Above was the first picture I took of the finished cake and fortunately at that time I noticed my mistake with the lettering. Good grief! Thankfully, I was able to fix the spelling/grammar error in time and without destroying the white fondant underneath! For the letter I cut out a set in black and red and offset the layering to make it stand out.

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