Owl Themed Cake Part 1. With Edible Bunting

Last year I made this cute owl themed cake with mini edible bunting flags. Writing up a tutorial has been on my to do list but I simply have not had the time to write it all up. In saying that I thought the very least I could do was to upload all of the photos that I took, because as they say "a picture tells a 1000 words".

All the decorations pictured are 100% edible (except the 2 straws,  candle,  and the string used to thread the flags) and were homemade with love.

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Here are the photos of making the main cake, and over the weekend I will make a separate part 2 post on the owl cupcake toppers. 

Cutting strips & flag shape with pizza wheel.
Use a toothpick to make holes for threading.
Let letters dry a few minutes before handling to
glue on to mini flags. (CMC edible glue)

Started a week before to allow drying time.
Not pictured,  but there is a straw in the centre
holding the body together. 

Rough ganache before smoothing with a hot knife.
Cracks in my edges frustrated me. Satin Ice dark
colours always seem to crack on the edges. I
smoothed over as much as possible with Copha.
In the end it looked just fine.

Building up the final display.
I used sewing thread to join the bunting flags
together and attached to the straws .

I am clearly not a pro, and still have a lot to learn
before I even considered selling cakes, but
I think this turned out pretty awesome for
a homemade job! ♥

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