I recently made a Perry the Platypus cake for a boy turning 9. I had no idea who Perry the Platypus was, but of course looked him up and quickly found out that he is from Phineas and Ferb. He was actually a pretty easy character to do.
I only had a quarter sheet cake to work with here, so I decided to just keep the design simple. I sketched Perry by hand on a piece of paper. I then used that template to make him out of fondant. It took me a little while to get the colors right, but I think they were pretty close. He sat atop a vanilla flavored cake iced with French buttercream. I thought he turned out pretty cute!
People are always telling me that my cakes are very moist. They always ask how to achieve this. One of the best tips that I can give you is to find a recipe that uses oil instead of butter. In my opinion, butter cakes are always much drier than oil based cakes. There are lots of great sources online for recipes. Just try a bunch and see which ones work best for you!
That's way cool. You are so talented! We may have to have you do one of those for us in March...
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